Angus Konstam: Salerno 1943 | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781780962498 | Salerno 1943 | The Allies Invade Southern Italy | Angus Konstam | Buch

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Beschreibung

In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft prayed that the invasion would be unopposed. It was not to be. The Germans had seized control of the Italian-built beach defences, and were ready and waiting. The ferocious ten-day battle at Salerno was eventually decided by a combination of Allied reinforcements, and secondary landings in support of the beleaguered Salerno bridgehead. Using documentary records, memoirs and eyewitness accounts from all sides, Angus Konstam recreates the battle day by day, hour by hour. His methodically researched account offers a fresh perspective on a decisive battle that has largely been neglected by British and American historians in recent years.

Über den Autor

Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands, and is the author of over 50 books, 30 of which are published by Osprey. This acclaimed and widely published author has written several books on piracy, including The History of Pirates, and Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate. A former naval officer and museum professional, he worked as the Curator of Weapons at the Tower of London and as the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He now works as a full-time author and historian, and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. The author lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Zusammenfassung

Operation Avalanche was the highly contested British and US invasion of the Italian mainland.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of the campaign
Chronology

Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefields today

Further reading
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781780962498
ISBN-10:	1780962495
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Konstam, Angus
Illustrator:	Noon, Steve
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury USA
Maße:	246 x 182 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Angus Konstam
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.06.2013
Gewicht:	0,311 kg