Sicily '43 the first assault on fortress Europe

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"On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Normandy invasion eleven months later: 160,000 American, British, and Canadian troops came ashore or were parachuted onto Sicily, signaling the start of the campaign to defeat Nazi Germany on Europe...

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Main Author: Holland, James, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
Edition:First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Italy > Sicily
Operation Husky, 1943.
Sicily (Italy) > History, Military > 20th century.
Sicily (Italy) > History > 1870-1945
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The Burning Blue
  • The Long Path to HUSKY
  • A United Front
  • The Problem of Planning
  • Hitler's Gamble
  • Air Power
  • Corkscrew
  • Man of Honour
  • The Glitch in the Plan
  • Crescendo in the Air
  • Countdown
  • Airborne Assault
  • Early Hours of D-Day
  • Landings
  • Foothold
  • Night Attack
  • Counter-Attack at Gela
  • Fightback at Gela
  • Expanding the Bridgehead
  • Taking Stock
  • Primosole Bridge
  • Shooting
  • Slaughter at the Bridge
  • The Bloody Plain
  • Assoro
  • Overthrow
  • The Bloody Mountains
  • Closing In
  • Troina and Centuripe
  • The Etna Battles
  • The Straits of Messina.

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