With utmost spirit: Allied naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945
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1. Verfasser: Tomblin, Barbara (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lexington University Press of Kentucky 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-556) and index
A new chapter in the struggle for the Mediterranean -- Operation Torch: the landings in French Morocco -- Operation Torch: the Mediterranean landings -- The race to Tunis -- The Tunisian campaign -- Gearing up for Operation Husky -- Operation Husky -- The Sicilian campaign -- The race to Messina -- Operation Avalanche -- The Salerno campaign -- Fall 1943 : the Italian campaign -- Operation Shingle -- The Anzio campaign -- Breakout : operations Diadem and Buffalo -- Preliminaries to Operation Dragoon -- Operation Dragoon: the landings in southern France -- Operation Dragoon: final phase -- The champagne campaign -- Mopping up in the Med
"Nineteen months before the D-day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe. Under the direction of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, AUS, Adm. Andrew B. Cunningham, RN, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN, and others, the Allies kept pressure on the Axis by attacking what Winston Churchill dubbed "the soft underbelly of Europe." The Allies seized the island of Sicily, landed at Salerno and Anzio, and established a presence along the coast of southern France. With Utmost Spirit takes a fresh look at this c
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ISBN:0813123380
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