ISBN: 9780090983506 - Rome Fell Today (6 results)

(Subject: World War II - Italy) An account of the Italian Campaign, from Salerno to the liberation of Rome on June 4th , 1944. By Winter, 1943 the whole of southern Italy was in Allied hands, and the Allied armies stood facing the Volturno Line, the first of a series of prepared defensive lines running across Italy. It took until mid-January 1944 to fight through the Volturno, Barbara and Bernhardt lines to reach the Gustav Line, the backbone of the Winter Line defenses, setting the scene for the four battles of Monte Cassino which took place between January and May 1944. (Published: 1969) (Publisher: Leslie Frewin) (ISBN: 0090983505) (Pagination: 336pp, 16 photos, notes, bibliography, index) (Condition: vg in rubbed and edge-worn dw. ) UL-XXXXXX.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First British Edition. A Near Fine 1st British edition hardcover, in about Very Good dustjacket. Book is in clean red cloth boards, very lightly bumped to spine ends, else Fine. Unclipped dustjacket is worn and lightly creased to edges, with a little chipping to spine head. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages. …

Condition: Usado - Bueno. Usado - Bueno.

Condition: Usado - Bueno. Usado - Bueno.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket in clear protective sleeve, unclipped, minor loss to edges. Red cloth withbright gilt titling. No ownership inscription. illustrated with b/w photographs. Bibliography, index. xii,336 pages. George Walton The battle for Italy was probably the most controversial campaign of the Second World War. To this day, soldiers, historians, reporters and political leaders angrily debate whether the choice of that miserable arena was a bloody waste of men and material or was the sound result of a series of inevitable problems and decisions. The leaders of both sides have not escaped the puzzled stares of contemporary and succeeding generations. Was President Roosevelt a too-willing tool in what some have agreed was a Stalinist plot to expend Anglo-American resources? Was Field Marshal Albert Kesselring a military genius or an interfering optimist? Was Winston Churchill wrong in his assessment of the significance of the Fall of Rome? These are a few of the questions answered by the authors as a result of their conversations with many of the major participants in the Italian Campaign and from their studies of the private papers of the German Generals. Many will dispute the conclusions they reach, but few will argue that they have not successfully captured the mood, the atmosphere, the colour and the confusion of the grinding Allied advance that culminated with the news that 'Rome tell today'. Size: 8vo. Photographs (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: VG+. VG Pc DW. Red cloth, gilt. Book is in fine condition BUT top text edge is noticeably spotted / marked. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped and in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.