THE FOURTH YEAR began with intensified fighting on Guadalcanal in
the southern Solomon Islands in September 1942. The United States
had launched their fight back in the Pacific when they landed there
the previous month. In the Western hemisphere the USA threw its
almighty weight into the fight against Hitler's Germany with the
Operation Torch' landings in North Africa. The Americans had boots
on the ground. Hitherto in the war the Axis had largely been the
controllers of events; now as often as not, they had to react to
occurrences under a continuous rain of blows. Montgomery had
masterminded a tactical success at El Alamein in November 1942;
Rommel had retreated to face an Allied invasion of Tunisia and
defeat of all Axis forces on that continent. This was followed in
Russia by Hitler losing an entire army at Stalingrad when the
starving survivors surrendered in January 1943. Then the Allies
invaded Sicily triggering the ousting of Italy's dictator,
Mussolini, from power. Further concern for the German Fuhrer came
with the first daylight bombing raid by the USAAF at the end of
January 1943. It was followed by the RAF successfully breaching two
dams in the Ruhr valley in a precision night raid. Those events
heralded round the clock bombing of Germany by day and night. On
the Eastern Front in the summer Hitler gambled one final strategic
offensive at Kursk and suffered a decisive defeat, never again to
regain the initiative or launch a major offensive in Russia. By the
end of the fourth year of the war the Allies dominated the vital
Atlantic seaways upon which future Allied strategy was entirely
dependent - although the German submarine menace still existed.
General
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2022 |
Authors: |
Jack Holroyd
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 172 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-01173-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
1-399-01173-1 |
Barcode: |
9781399011730 |
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