In the final analysis, the future Allied strategy would depend in large measure on whether the enemy collapsed entirely or resisted fiercely in Sicily. Yet who won? The Allies accomplished what they set out to do, conquer the island. But a handful of German and Italian troops, fighting a gigantic delaying action, kept two Allied armies at bay. *** Sicily: Whose Victory? is part of Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, and is Book #3 in the Campaign Book series.
Martin Blumenson Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Martin Blumenson fu uno storico militare americano e un'autorità riconosciuta sulla vita del Generale George S. Patton Jr. La sua vasta conoscenza della storia militare fu forgiata attraverso il suo stesso servizio come ufficiale dell'esercito americano sia nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale che nella Guerra di Corea. Gli scritti di Blumenson offrono profonde intuizioni sulla strategia militare e sull'esperienza umana della guerra. La sua eredità letteraria risiede nella sua capacità di trasmettere eventi militari complessi con precisione storica e una prosa avvincente, rendendolo una voce significativa nella storiografia militare.
Here is the definitive biography of America's most engaging, most controversial hero, General George S. Patton. Blumenson is also the author of The Patton Papers.
Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events." This is what he tells us in this book. His account is detailed, yet dispassionate and objective. "Nothing is certain in war, when all is said and done," But in Manstein's record, at least, we can see clearly what forces were in action. In retrospect, perhaps his book takes on an even greater significance.
World War II: Liberation
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Book 14 of the Time-Life World War II series.