| Edition |
1st paperback ed. |
| Description |
433 pages : [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-418) and index. |
| Contents |
The dustbowl -- The west -- Off to war -- Italy -- Sicily -- The race for Messina -- Mountain country -- Anzio -- Danger ahead -- Hell broke loose -- A blood-dimmed tide -- The battle of the caves -- Crossing the line -- The bitch-head -- The breakout -- Rome -- France -- Day 401 -- The Champagne campaign -- The Vosges -- Germany -- Black December -- The breaking point -- Defeat -- The river -- The Siegfried Line -- Cassino on the Main -- Downfall -- The heart of darkness -- The day of the Americans -- The hounds of Hell -- The coal yard -- The Linden incident -- The long day closes -- Last battles -- The last days -- Victory in Europe -- Peace breaks out -- The last battle. |
| Summary |
Traces the achievements of the World War II regiments under Felix Sparks, documenting their clashes with Hitler's elite troops in Sicily and Alerno and their heroic liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. |
| Subject |
Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917-2007.
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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th. Battalion, 3rd.
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United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy.
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| ISBN |
9780307888006 |
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0307888002 |
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