Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:186516129
Fifth Army at the Winter Line
Anonim
Fifth Army At The Winter Line 15 November 1943 15 January 1944 Illustrated Edition
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FIFTH ARMY AT THE WINTER LINE 15 November 1943 - 15 January 1944 [Illustrated Edition]
Anon
Author : Anon
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894605
FIFTH ARMY AT THE WINTER LINE 15 November 1943 - 15 January 1944 [Illustrated Edition] by Anon Pdf
Illustrated with 28 maps and 35 Illustrations. THE WINTER LINE operations, lasting from 15 November 1943 to 15 January 1944, continued the Allied campaign to drive the Germans out of southern Italy. The underlying plan was to keep pressure on the enemy and, if possible, to break through toward Rome. Both the terrain and the season reduced the chances for effecting a breakthrough. By maintaining pressure, however, the Allies would prevent the Germans from, resting and refitting the tired and depleted divisions which they might hold as a mobile reserve for the close defense of Rome in the event of a new Allied landing on the west coast or for use in a possible counteroffensive in the opening months of 1944. Then too, the fighting in Italy had its effects on the over-all military situation in Europe. As long as the Germans were actively engaged on the Italian front, they would be forced to feed in men and supplies which would otherwise be available for the war in Russia or for strengthening their Atlantic Wall against an expected Allied invasion in 1944. Continuation of the Italian campaign was not in question; the problem was how best to carry it on. The Allied effort was therefore maintained in an offensive planned to break the enemy’s Winter Line, a series of well-prepared positions along the shortest possible line across the waist of Italy-from the Garigliano River on the west through mountains in the center to the Sangro River on the east. For the individual soldiers of the Fifth Army, the attack resolved itself into the familiar pattern of bitter fighting from hill to hill.
Fifth Army at the Winter Line
Center of Center of Military History United States Army,Center of Military History United States
Author : Center of Center of Military History United States Army,Center of Military History United States
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1506087655
Fifth Army at the Winter Line by Center of Center of Military History United States Army,Center of Military History United States Pdf
Third of the three-volume account of the Allied campaign in Italy from the landings in September 1943 to operations preceding the landings at Anzio and the march on Rome.
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November 1943-15 January 1944) (Paperback)
Etats-Unis. Office of military history
Author : Etats-Unis. Office of military history
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : History
ISBN : 0160899257
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November 1943-15 January 1944) (Paperback) by Etats-Unis. Office of military history Pdf
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 Nov. 1943-15 Jan. 1944).
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:600422131
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 Nov. 1943-15 Jan. 1944). by Anonim Pdf
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November 1943-15 January 1944) ...
United States. War Department. General Staff
Author : United States. War Department. General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : MINN:30000006066686
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November 1943-15 January 1944) ... by United States. War Department. General Staff Pdf
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November 1943-15 January 1944)
United States. War Dept. General Staff
Author : United States. War Dept. General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015014619020
Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November 1943-15 January 1944) by United States. War Dept. General Staff Pdf
Fifth Army at the Winter Line
U.s. Army Center for Military History
Author : U.s. Army Center for Military History
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1519215622
Fifth Army at the Winter Line by U.s. Army Center for Military History Pdf
"Fifth Army at the Winter Line" is a sequel to "From the Volturno to the Winter Line." The actions of the United States II and VI Corps are told here in detail. They were aided by other Allied units under Fifth Army: British 10 Corps on the left flank, and the French Expeditionary Corps, for the last two weeks of the period, on the right flank. The actions of these units and of the British Eighth Army on the Adriatic coast are summarized briefly. "Fifth Army at the Winter Line (15 November 1943-15 January 1944)" is one of a series of fourteen studies of World War II operations originally published by the War Department's Historical Division and now returned to print as part of the Army's commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of that momentous clash of arms. These volumes, prepared by professional historians shortly after the events described, provide a concise summary of some of the major campaigns and battles fought by American soldiers.
Fifth Army at the Winter Line, 15 Nov., 1943-15 Jan., 1944
United States Government Printing Office
Author : United States Government Printing Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1945-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 016002000X
Fifth Army at the Winter Line, 15 Nov., 1943-15 Jan., 1944 by United States Government Printing Office Pdf
Fifth Army at the Winter Line, 15 November 1943 - 15 January 1944
Center of Military History
Author : Center of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UIUC:30112105160953
Fifth Army at the Winter Line, 15 November 1943 - 15 January 1944 by Center of Military History Pdf
Third of the three-volume account of the Allied campaign in Italy from the landings in September 1943 to operations preceding the landings at Anzio and the march on Rome.
From Volturno To The Winter Line
Anon
Author : Anon
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894612
From Volturno To The Winter Line by Anon Pdf
Illustrated with 30 maps and 36 Illustrations. BEFORE DAWN ON THE MORNING OF 13 Oct. 1943, American and British assault troops of the Fifth Army waded the rain-swollen Volturno River in the face of withering fire from German riflemen and machine gunners dug in along the northern bank. This crossing of the Volturno opened the second phase of the Allied campaign in Italy. Five weeks earlier the Fifth Army had landed on the hostile beaches of the Gulf of Salerno. Now it was attacking a well-defended river line. Along the Volturno the Germans had entrenched themselves in the first good defensive position north of Naples. Under pressure from the Fifth Army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, their rearguards had relinquished the great port of Naples with its surrounding airfields, providing us with the base necessary for large-scale operations west of the rugged Apennine mountain range, backbone of the Italian peninsula. East of the Apennines the British Eighth Army, under General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, had reached the mouth of the Biferno River during the first week of Oct.. The Eighth and Fifth Armies now held a line across the peninsula running south from Torre Petacciato on the Adriatic Sea for some sixty-five miles, then west to a point on the Tyrrhenian Sea just south of the Volturno. Along this line of rivers and mountains the Germans clearly intended to make a stubborn stand, hoping to delay, perhaps to stop, our northward advance. Within six weeks, Fifth Army troops had driven the Germans back to the Volturno, had executed a difficult river crossing in the face of a well-entrenched enemy, had gone on to cross the river a second and a third time, and had forced Kesselring’s hard-pressed army back into the chain of mountains which formed his next strong defensive position. Whether fighting across rivers, through valleys, or up steep mountain slopes, our men had everywhere proved their ability to defeat Hitler’s vaunted master race.
The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II
Donal Sexton
Author : Donal Sexton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135906870
The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II by Donal Sexton Pdf
The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II is a concise, comprehensive guide for students, teachers, and history buffs of the Second World War. With an emphasis on the American forces in these theaters, each entry is accompanied by a brief annotation that will allow researchers to navigate through the vast amount of literature on the campaigns fought in these regions with ease. Focusing on all aspects surrounding the U.S. involvement in the Western European and Mediterranean theaters, including politics, religion, biography, strategy, intelligence, and operations, this bibliography will be a welcome addition to the collection of any academic or research library. Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies provide concise, annotated bibliographies to the major areas and events in American military history. With the inclusion of brief critical annotations after each entry, the student and researcher can easily assess the utility of each bibliographic source and evaluate the abundance of resources available with ease and efficiency. Comprehensive, concise, and current—Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies are an essential research tool for any historian.
Publications
United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
Author : United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HNYVF9
Publications by United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History Pdf
Storming Monte La Difensa
Bret Werner
Author : Bret Werner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472807687
Storming Monte La Difensa by Bret Werner Pdf
In December 1943 Monte La Difensa was part of the formidable German defences overlooking the Allies' planned route to Rome via Monte Cassino. In the First Special Service Force's first combat in the Mediterranean theater, the Force would employ its special training in mountain and winter warfare to scale the peak, capture it, and then hold it against the inevitable German counterattacks. Astonishing their superiors, the First Special Service Force succeeded in the face of seemingly impossible odds, but suffered a 77 percent casualty rate. Their victory, founded on their aggressive doctrine and extensive training in a variety of combat techniques, would prove instrumental in the postwar development of special forces. Employing full-colour artwork, archive photographs, and first-hand accounts from participants, the author examines the origins, execution, and aftermath of the FSSF's spectacular success at Monte La Difensa amid the savage winter conditions of December 1943.
United States Army in WWII - the Mediterranean - Salerno to Cassino
Martin Blumenson
Author : Martin Blumenson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894100
United States Army in WWII - the Mediterranean - Salerno to Cassino by Martin Blumenson Pdf
[Includes 16 maps and 94 illustrations] The focus of the American and British war effort in 1943 was on the ancient lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea where in May victory came at last in Tunisia and where in July Allied armies began a five-week campaign to conquer Sicily. The invasion of Italy in September sharpened that focus as Allied troops for the first time since 1940 confronted the German Army in a sustained campaign on the mainland of Europe. The fighting that followed over the next eight months was replete with controversial actions and decisions. These included apparent American peril during the early hours in the Salerno beachhead; a British advance from the toe of the peninsula that failed to ease the pressure at Salerno; the fight to cross a flooded Rapido River; the bombing of the Benedictine abbey on Monte Cassino; and the stalemated landings at Anzio. The author addresses these subjects objectively and candidly as he sets in perspective the campaign in Italy and its accomplishments. It was a grueling struggle for Allied and German soldier alike, a war of small units and individuals dictated in large measure by inhospitable terrain and wet and cold that soon immersed the battlefield. The methods commanders and men employed to defeat the terrain and a resourceful enemy are instructive now and will continue to be in the future, for the harsh conditions that were prevalent in Italy know no boundary in time. Nor do the problems and accomplishments of Allied command and co-ordination anywhere stand out in greater relief than in the campaign in Italy.
