The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
Book 2 in the series:World War II Liberation
'The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944' by Rick Atkinson is the second volume in the Liberation Trilogy. It provides a detailed account of the Allied forces' campaign in Italy during World War II, focusing on the invasions of Sicily and mainland Italy. The narrative covers the strategic discussions between the American and British leaders, the battles, the military leadership, and the overall brutality and suffering experienced by soldiers and civilians during this crucial but often overlooked period of the war.
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Content warnings include graphic descriptions of war violence, death, and the harsh realities of combat.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Majestic... Atkinson's achievement is to marry prodigious research with a superbly organized narrative and then to overlay the whole with writing as powerful and elegant as any great narrative of war." -The Wall Street Journal
In An Army at Dawn-winner of the Pulitzer Prize-Rick Atkinson provided an authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa during World War II. 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 decision to invade the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was controversial, but once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Monte Cassino were particularly lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. 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, The Day of Battle is a masterly account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.
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About the Author:
Rick Atkinson, recipient of the 2010 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, is the bestselling author of An Army at Dawn, The Long Gray Line, and In the Company of Soldiers. He was a staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post for twenty years, and his many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and history. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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