| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 578 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-556) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mediterranean Region.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military campaigns
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Military operations, Naval
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Operation Militär
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Alliierte
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Geschichte 1942-1945.
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Mediterranean Region
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Mittelmeerraum
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004010631 |
| ISBN |
9780813171982 |
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0813171989 |
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9780813137681 |
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0813137683 |
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1283232987 |
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9781283232982 |
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9786613232984 |
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661323298X |
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0813184614 |
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9780813184616 |
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