World War Ii Liberation Trilogy Part 2: the Days of Fighting
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This book combs the timeline from the Allied landings in Sicily to the final capture of Rome, depicts the magnificent Italian campaign, and tells countless heroic stories of "dying for freedom." Although the decision to attack Italy was highly controversial, once the operation began, the Allied forces' determination to liberate Italy never wavered: the rallying horns accompanied by the rushing waves sent the assault boats to the golden coast of Sicily, the roaring steel chariot tracks rolled over the solid defense lines of the Salerno plain, and the roaring fighter planes dropped overwhelming and rain-like bombs at the Port of Taranto... In Atkinson's writing, a picture of majestic and tragic combination slowly unfolds. The overwhelmed Eisenhower, the fearless but conceited Mark Clark, the genius Patton, the paranoid and ruthless Churchill, the strategizing Cunningham, the embattled Mussolini... From generals to soldiers, from politicians to civilians, the trajectories of countless lives converged and burned in this period of history. This was an epic battle for the European continent between the Third Reich and its rebels, and it was the first shot to dismantle the Axis powers' European defenses. When Mark Clark finally "conquered" Rome, the last obstacle before D-Day had been removed - and the end of the Third Reich was near.
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