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SALERNO 1943
THE ALLIES INVADE SOUTHERN ITALY |
| By: |
Angus Konstam, Steve Noon (Illus) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780962495 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780962498 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
6 June, 2013 |
| Series: |
Campaign 257 |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Using documentary records, memoirs from all sides, this title recreates the battle day by day, hour by hour. |
| Synopsis: |
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft prayed that the invasion would be unopposed. It was not to be. The Germans had seized control of the Italian-built beach defences, and were ready and waiting. The ferocious ten-day battle at Salerno was eventually decided by a combination of Allied reinforcements, and secondary landings in support of the beleaguered Salerno bridgehead. Using documentary records, memoirs and eyewitness accounts from all sides, Angus Konstam recreates the battle day by day, hour by hour. His methodically researched account offers a fresh perspective on a decisive battle that has largely been neglected by British and American historians in recent years. |
| Illustrations: |
30 b/w; 42 col |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |