The Italian Campaign 1943 1945: Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives Philip Jowett Pen Sword Military Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Second World War Italian Campaign Is Often Less Well Remembered Than Struggle Of Germans Against Western Allies In North-West Europe And Soviet Union East But As This Book Demonstrates Over 300 Photographs Peninsula Was A Major Theatre Itself More Million Allied Troops Fought There Half Italians Were 600 00 Casualties 100 000 Dead Soldiers Many Nations Took Part - Americans Australians Brazilians British Canadians French Greeks Indians Poles South Africans Gruelling Protracted Sequence Battles Across Rocky Mountainous Terrain That Made Mockery Churchill\ S Description It Soft Underbelly\ Occupied Every Stage Represented From Landings Sicily 1943 Through Tenacious Defence By Series Fortified Lines Struggled North To Final Advance Po April 1945 German Surrender Showing On All Sides Towns Landscapes Which Fighting Place Record Appalling Devastation Warfare Left Its Wake Σελίδες: 240 Διαστάσεις: 18 9X18 9Cm