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The day of battle: the war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944

Creator: Atkinson, Rick.

The second volume in a trilogy chronicling the liberation of Europe during World War II focuses on the Allied campaigns in Sicily and Italy, detailing the bloody battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino, as well as the June 1944 liberation of Rome.

OCLC #: 85019241
ISBN #:
- 9780805062892
- 0805062890
- 9780805088618
- 080508861X
Call #: D763.I8A85 2007
Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — D763 .I8 A85 2007
Publisher: New York : Picador, Henry Holt and Company, 2007.
Edition:
- 1st ed.
Series Statement:
- Liberation trilogy ;
Physical Description: xiii, 791 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, plans ; 25 cm
General Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
Contents:
- 1: Across the Middle Sea
- The burning shore
- An island redoubt
- 2: Salerno
- Corpse of the siren
- Winter
- 3: A river and a rock
- Perdition
- The murder space
- 4: Four horsemen
- A kettle of grief
- The great prize.
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