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100 1  Tregaskis, Richard,|d1916-1973. 
245 10 Invasion Diary :|bA Dramatic Firsthand Account of the 
       Allied Invasion of Italy /|cRichard Tregaskis. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bOpen Road Media,
       |c[2016] 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    1 online resource (245 pages) 
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520    A dramatic and richly detailed chronicle of the Allied 
       invasions of Sicily and Italy from one of America's 
       greatest war correspondents. Following the defeat of Axis 
       forces in North Africa, Allied military strategists turned
       their attention to southern Italy. Winston Churchill 
       famously described the region as the "soft underbelly of 
       Europe," and claimed that an invasion would pull German 
       troops from the Eastern Front and help bring a swift end 
       to the war. On July 10, 1943, American and British forces 
       invaded Sicily. Operation Husky brought the island under 
       Allied control and hastened the downfall of Benito 
       Mussolini, but more than one hundred thousand German and 
       Italian troops managed to escape across the Strait of 
       Medina. The "soft underbelly" of mainland Italy became, in
       the words of US Fifth Army commander Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, 
       "a tough old gut." Less than a year after landing with the
       US Marines on Guadalcanal Island, journalist Richard 
       Tregaskis joined the Allied forces in Sicily and Italy. 
       Invasion Diary documents some of the fiercest fighting of 
       World War II, from bombing runs over Rome to the defense 
       of the Salerno beachhead against heavy artillery fire to 
       the fall of Naples. In compelling and evocative prose, 
       Tregaskis depicts the terror and excitement of life on the
       front lines and recounts his own harrowing brush with 
       death when a chunk of German shrapnel pierced his helmet 
       and shattered his skull. An invaluable eyewitness account 
       of two of the most crucial campaigns of the Second World 
       War and a stirring tribute to the soldiers, pilots, 
       surgeons, nurses, and ambulance drivers whose skill and 
       courage carried the Allies to victory, Invasion Diary is a
       classic of war reportage and "required reading for all who
       want to know how armies fight" ( Library Journal ). This 
       ebook features an illustrated biography of Richard 
       Tregaskis including rare images from the American Heritage
       Center at the University of Wyoming. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Tregaskis, Richard,|d1916-1973. 
650  0 War correspondents|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|vPersonal narratives, American. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zItaly|zSicily. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zItaly. 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / World War II.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aTregaskis, Richard, 1916-1973.|tInvasion
       diary.|dLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
       |z0803294557 (pbk. : alk. paper)|w(DLC)2003022981 
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