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Desperate Valour - Triumph at Anzio (Hardcover)
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Desperate Valour - Triumph at Anzio (Hardcover)
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The Allied landings at Anzio, on the Italian coast, six months
before the Normandy invasion were intended as an "end run" around
the stalemate that had developed in Italy. The planners hoped that
the Allied invasion would surprise the Germans and threaten their
defensive line in southern Europe. But the invasion stalled a few
miles inland and the Allies faced a five-month bloody fight. In the
end, American and British troops accomplished one of the great
defensive stands of all time, turning defeat into victory. Using
previously unpublished archival material, including memoirs from
American, British, and German veterans, award-winning historian
Flint Whitlock reveals the entire allied and German campaign, never
forgetting the experiences of the soldiers in muddy, freezing,
water-filled foxholes, struggling to hold off endless waves of
infantry assaults, aerial bombardments, and artillery barrages.
Desperate Valour is the first comprehensive account of the
unrelenting slugfest at Anzio and a stirring chronicle of courage
beyond measure.
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