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| 942 | D’ESTE, Carlo. Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily July - August 1943. 666p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins; New York: Dutton, 1988. ISBN: 000217409X.
The best work on the campaign, although it has little naval material. A harsh indictment of British General Alexander. |
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| 943 | FOLLAIN, John. Mussolini's Island: The Battle for Sicily 1943 by the People Who were There. xx, 347p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hodder, 2005. ISBN: 0340833629.
An account of the invasion and liberation of the island, seen through the eyes of a number of individual participants. |
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| 944 | FORD, Ken. Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War. xv, 272p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2007. ISBN: 0750943017.
Sees the battle in terms of personal rivalry between the Allied commanders. |
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| 945 | GUNTHER, John. D-Day. 200p. London: Hamilton; New York: Harper, 1944.
An American war correspondent’s view of the war in the Mediterranean on a tour made in July-September 1943. The D-Day referred to is that in Sicily and there is some general background information on naval matters. |
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| 946 | PACK, S. W. C. Operation Husky: The Allied Invasion of Sicily. 186p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; New York: Hippocrene, 1977. ISBN: 071537382X.
A good account by an experienced author. |
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| 947 | POND, Hugh. Sicily. 224p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1962.
A good review of the dogged Axis defence of the island, with interesting new material. The author served as a Major in Sicily. |
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| 948 | TREGASKIS, Richard. Invasion Diary. [6], 245p., illus. New York: Random House, [1944].
A contemporary diary of the assault on the island. |
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| 949 | VALENTINE, A. W. We Landed in Sicily and Italy: A Story of the Devons. [iv], 55p., illus. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, [1944].
The Devons were part of the Malta Infantry Brigade and this book gives a little information on the naval side of the landings. |
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| 950 | HICKEY, Des, & SMITH, Gus. Operation Avalanche: The Salerno Landings, 1943. 379p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Heinemann; New York: McGraw Hill, 1983. ISBN: 0434391808.
Mainly concerned with the brutal land battle and relying heavily on unpublished war diaries, it gives a good account of this critical assault which nearly failed. Published in paperback as Salerno 1943: Gulf of Hell. |
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| 951 | KONSTAM, Angus. Salerno 1943: The Allied Invasion of Italy (Campaign Chronicles). xiv, 172p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2007. ISBN: 184415517X.
A day by day account of the first ten days of the landings with good coverage of naval support. |
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| 952 | MASON, David. Salerno: Foothold in Europe (Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II). 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Pan; New York: Ballantine, 1972. ISBN: 0345097335.
A brief account of the landing and subsequent battles. |
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| 953 | MORRIS, Eric. Salerno: A Military Fiasco. 358p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hutchinson; New York: Stein & Day, 1983. ISBN: 0091537207.
A harsh critique of the battle. |
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| 954 | POND, Hugh. Salerno. 256p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1961; Boston: Little Brown, 1962.
Naval bombardments helped snatch a victory in a close-fought battle which is fully described. |
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| 955 | WERSTEIN, Irving. The Battle of Salerno. vi, 151p., bibliog., illus. New York: Crowell, [1965].
An American view of the landings on the Italian mainland. |
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| 956 | BLACKWELL, Ian. Anzio (Battleground Europe). 192p., illus., index Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2006. ISBN: 1844154734.
One of the series with a basic account of the assault and some information on the state of the battlefields and monuments today. |
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| 957 | BREUER, William. Agony at Anzio: The Allies' Most Controversial Operation of World War II. xii, 258p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale, 1985. ISBN: 0709037104.
A popular account from a US Army perspective. |
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| 958 | CLARK, Lloyd. Anzio: The Friction of War. Italy and the Battle for Rome 1944. xxiv, 392p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Headline, 2006. ISBN: 0755314204.
An excellent up to date account, but with limited naval material. |
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| 959 | D'ESTE, Carlo. Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome. ix, 566p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. ISBN: 006092148X.
Another excellent work by this American military historian. It has only a little relevant naval material. |
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| 960 | HIBBERT, Christopher. Anzio: The Bid for Rome (Purnell’s History of the Second World War, Battle Book 15). 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Macdonald; New York: Ballantine, 1970. ISBN: 0356034755.
Well-illustrated, but mainly concerned with the land battle. |
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| 961 | VAUGHAN-THOMAS, Wynford. Anzio. xii, 243p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Longmans Green; New York: Holt Rinehart, 1961.
A BBC war correspondent gives a telling account of the assault which turned into a besieged beachhead. Little on the naval role. |
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