5/24/2023 0 Comments The day of battle by rick atkinson![]() ![]() ![]() With the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory in Europe at last began to seem inevitable. Clark, among the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American troops became increasingly determined and proficient. 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. But once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizing price. ![]() 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. 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 harrowing story of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.In An Army at Dawnwinner of the Pulitzer PrizeRick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. ![]()
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