The Day of Battle Volume 2
The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
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The Day of Battle Volume 2
Narrateur(s):
Rick Atkinson
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Narrateur(s):
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Rick Atkinson
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Rick Atkinson
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In An Army at Dawn—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943, attack Italy two months later, and then fight their way, mile by bloody mile, north toward Rome.
The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and their military advisors bitterly debated whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even wise. But once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizing price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Cassino were particularly ferocious and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, among the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American troops became increasingly determined and proficient. With the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory in Europe at last began to seem inevitable.
Drawing on extensive new material from a wide array of primary sources, and written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is narrative history of the first rank.©2007 Rick Atkinson; (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc.
Some specific confrontations are very thoroughly covered, including Operation Husky (the invasion of Sicily) and Operation Shingle (the amphibious attack at Anzio), as well as the lead-up to the battle for Cassino. But other aspects of the campaign are given relatively short shrift, especially if American troops weren’t involved.
As a Canadian I found this particularly galling, as my country’s involvement in the Sicilian and Italian mainland battles was considerable, but merited no more than cursory mention. For instance , the hard-fought Canadian victories at the Moro River and Ortona on the Adriatic coast, which unhinged the eastern end of the German “Gustav Line,” could easily have occupied an entire chapter unto themselves. As it is, they are barely mentioned in passing.
That criticism aside, this is nonetheless a worthy successor to An Army at Dawn, and I’m looking forward to listening to the third volume, The Guns at Last Light, which covers the liberation of Western Europe.
Good account, but very U.S.-centric
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