| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-418) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue. The graves. -- pt. 1. The dust bowl. The west ; Off to war -- pt. 2. Italy. Sicily ; The race for Messina ; Mountain country -- pt. 3. Anzio. Danger ahead ; Hell broke loose ; A blood dimmed tide ; The battle of the caves ; Crossing the line ; The bitch-head ; The breakout ; Rome -- pt. 4. France. Day 401 ; The Champagne campaign ; The Vosges -- pt. 5. Germany. Black December ; The breaking point ; Defeat ; The river ; The Siegfried Line ; Cassino on the Main ; Downfall -- pt. 7. The heart of darkness. The day of the Americans ; The hounds of hell ; The coal yard ; The Linden incident ; The long day closes -- pt. 8. Last battles. The last days ; Victory in Europe ; Peace breaks out ; The last battle. |
| Summary |
The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. The battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe; frmo the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau. |
| 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 |
9780307887993 hardback $28.00 |
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0307887995 hardback |
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