Anzio: The Friction of War: Italy and the Battle for Rome 1944 - Hardcover

Clark, Lloyd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0755314204 ISBN 13: 9780755314201

Publisher: Headline Review, 2006

Synopsis

This is the story of the Anglo-American amphibious assault and subsequent battle on the Italian west coast at Anzio which was launched in January 1944 in a bold attempt to outflank the formidable German defences known as the 'Gustav Line'. Anzio - The Friction of War outlines the strategic background to the offensive before detailing the landing, the development of an Allied defensive position, the battles in and around the perimeter, the stalemate, the breakout and the capture of Rome on 4 June 1944. While assessing the events at Anzio with the eye of an experienced military historian, Lloyd Clark also examines in detail the human response to the battle from high command to foot soldier. He also emphasises the German story - the first time this has ever been done.

About this title

Review:

'Lloyd Clark's lucid, elegantly written book is well overdue... Absolutely first class' (Alex Kershaw)

'Anzio veterans will be grateful for such a balanced, sensitive account and assessment' (Literary Review)

'This is a beautifully written history, a masterly intertwining of perspectives from the War Cabinet to the trenches, which will deservedly take its place on bookshelves alongside the works of Anthony Beevor and Max Hastings' (Gary Sheffield, Birmingham Post)

Book Description:

The first book in a generation by a British author to tell the story of the Anzio landings and the bloody stalemate that followed

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline Review
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0755314204
• ISBN 13: 9780755314201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416