"A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with
unforgettable description and rooted in the sight and sounds of
battle.""--The New York Times"
In "An Army at Dawn"--winner of the Pulitzer Prize--Rick
Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the
Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in "The Day of Battle," he
follows the strengthening American and British armies as they
invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight
their way north toward Rome.
The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact,
Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated
debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly
of Europe was even a good idea. But once under way, the commitment
to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the
agonizingly high price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte
Cassino were particularly difficult and lethal, yet as the months
passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the
Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, one of the
war's most complex and controversial commanders, American officers
and soldiers became increasingly determined and proficient. And
with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last
began to seem inevitable.
Drawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with
great drama and flair, this is narrative history of the first rank.
With "The Day of Battle," Atkinson has once again given us the
definitive account of one of history's most compelling military
campaigns.
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