The Day of Battle
The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
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Rick Atkinson
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Rick Atkinson
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The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even a good idea. But once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizingly high price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino were particularly difficult and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, one of the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American officers and soldiers became increasingly determined and proficient. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable.
Drawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, this is narrative history of the first rank. With The Day of Battle, Atkinson has once again given us the definitive account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.
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Au global3 out of 5 stars
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- Shaun Lynch
- 2018-11-13
Good account, but very U.S.-centric
I jumped straight to this book after listening to the first book in this author’s WWII “Liberation Trilogy,” An Army at Dawn. While I can’t say that I was disappointed, I did find that this book was less detailed than the first on many aspects of the Sicilian and Italian mainland campaigns.
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.
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