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Author : United States. Army. Army, 5th
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015037402891
Author : Ian Blackwell
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783032440
A history of the Allied coalition in Italy during World War II. The US Fifth Army first saw action during the Salerno Landings in September 1943. While commanded by US Lieutenant General Mark Clark, from the outset one of its two Corps was the X (British) Corps; the other V1 (US) Corps. The multi-national composition of Fifth Army is demonstrated by the French Expeditionary Corps, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, the South African Armoured Division, the Italian Co-Belligerent forces, formations from the New Zealand Corps and the 4th Indian Division. Clark’s Fifth Army was itself part of the Fifteenth Army Group, commanded by Field Marshal Alexander. Alexander’s light and diplomatic touch oiled the wheels of this uneasy arrangement but inevitably there were tensions and disagreements that threatened success. The low priority accorded to Italy as compared with OVERLORD and NW Europe did not help matters. Seen as a backwater, crack units were taken away and insufficient resources allocated to the Italian Campaign. This combined with the tenacity of the Germans, the difficult terrain and the harsh climate caused real problems. Allied morale was at times particularly brittle and desertion rates worryingly high. This superbly researched book objectively examines the performance of Fifth Army against this complex and troublesome backdrop. The author’s findings make for authoritative and fascinating reading and give food for thought about multinational cooperation in more recent conflicts.
Author : United States. War Department. General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112106623041
Author : United States. War Department. General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UIUC:30112101557160
Author : United States. Army. Army, 5th
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015066340368
Author : Chester G. Starr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258826917
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Military history
ISBN : MINN:31951D01164091R
Author : Center of Center of Military History United States Army,Center of Military History United States
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1506087655
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:861757763
Author : Etats-Unis. Office of military history
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : History
ISBN : 0160899257
Author : Frank van Lunteren
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612004280
“An excellent read for anyone interested in men at war, as well as for students of the airborne operations, the Italian Campaign, and the war in Europe” (The NYMAS Review). Upon the completion of the Sicily and Salerno Campaigns in 1943, the paratroopers of Col. Reuben Tucker’s 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment were among the first Allied troops to enter Naples—a ghost town at first sight. The residents soon expressed their joy at being liberated. Four weeks later, the 504th—upon the special request of Gen. Mark Clark—spearheaded Fifth Army’s drive through the notorious Volturno Valley—the Germans’ next stand. January 1944 seemed to promise a period of rest, but the landing at Anzio meant deployment for the paratroopers again, this time by ship. A bombing raid during their beach landing was a forecast of eight weeks of bitter fighting. Holding the right flank of the beachhead along the Mussolini Canal, the paratroopers earned their nickname “Devils in Baggy Pants” for their frontline incursions into enemy lines, as well as their stubborn defense of the Allied salient. In this work, H Company’s attachment to the British 5th Grenadier Guards—and the Victoria Cross action of Maj. William Sidney—are painted in comprehensive light for the first time. The story of honorary member of the 504th PIR, Italian veteran Antonio Taurelli, is also included. Using war diaries, personal journals, letters, and interviews with nearly eighty veterans, an up-close view of the 504th PIR in the Fifth Army’s Italy Campaign is here in unsurpassed detail. From the author of two previous works on the 504th PIR, The Battle of the Bridges and Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper, this book shows that the Italian theater was second to none in terms of grueling combat, courage against formidable odds, and an extremely expert enemy.
Author : United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : SRLF:A0014260459
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160899613
Author : United States. Army. Army, 5th
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015066340210
Author : United States. Army. Army, 5th
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015066340509