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The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
Henry Holt
October 2007
On Sale: October 2, 2007
816 pages
ISBN: 0805062890
EAN: 9780805062892
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction History
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the
liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner
Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in
Sicily and Italy
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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