The Battle of Sicily How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory
by Stauffenberg, Friedrich von,; Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-06-18
Publisher(s): Stackpole Books
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Summary
On July 10, 1943, American, British, and Canadian forces launched a massive amphibious and airborne assault on Sicily. After a five-week campaign-during which American Gen. George Patton and British Gen. Bernard Montgomery conducted their famous race to Messina-Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had been deposed, and the island lay in Allied hands. Yet total victory eluded them. With only four divisions, the Germans held off the invaders for thirty-eight days and then escaped, dooming the Allies to a prolonged battle of attrition for Italy. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana. Friedrich von Stauffenberg, who died in 1989, was an expert on German-armored warfare in World War II.
Table of Contents
| Maps | p. vii |
| Tables | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| The Great Blunder | p. 1 |
| Uneasy Allies | p. 9 |
| The Deteriorating Axis | p. 13 |
| The Defenders | p. 21 |
| Pantelleria, the Plan, and the Air Battles | p. 41 |
| The Allies Approach | p. 63 |
| D-Day | p. 73 |
| Counterattack and Retreat | p. 121 |
| Primosole Bridge | p. 137 |
| Enter General Hube | p. 169 |
| Patton Breaks Loose | p. 193 |
| The Battles of the Hauptkampflinie | p. 231 |
| The Allies Close In | p. 259 |
| Operation Lehrgang: A Panzer Corps Escapes | p. 283 |
| Epilogue | p. 315 |
| Tables of Equivalent Rank | p. 327 |
| Evolution and Titles of the Hermann Goering Panzer Unit | p. 329 |
| Order of Battle, Italian 6th Army, July 10, 1943 | p. 330 |
| Order of Battle, 15th Army Group, July 10, 1943 | p. 335 |
| Notes | p. 341 |
| Bibliography | p. 355 |
| Index | p. 360 |
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