Anzio: Edge of Disaster (Men and Battle)

Allen, William Lusk

ISBN 10: 0525930035 / ISBN 13: 9780525930037

Published by Elsevier-Dutton (edition First Edition), 1978

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Synopsis:

Anzio - before World War II a tiny beach resort south of Rome; every since, a symbol of danger and desperation, of grim survival, of high-level military bungling and confusion. Everybody who remembers the war remembers the Anzio beachhead with special vividness. In clear and compelling detail, this book recounts the two battles at Anzio - the high-level plans, debates and doubts of the politicians and the generals, and the muddy, bloody struggle of the GIs on the beach. While U S Fifth Army (really an international force) hesitated ashore, the Germans reacted swiftly. "I had hoped we were hurling a wildcat onto the shore," said Winston Churchill, "but all we got was a stranded whale." The Allies clawed frantically to retain their foothold, as German soldiers, tanks and guns ringed the beach. Within a month of landing, Allied casualties reached the 19,000 mark. German panzer counterattacks were savage. German air harassed shipping on the beach. There would be much daring, much heroism, much dying before the Allied forces joined hands and the Germans retreated. Anzio: Edge of Disaster is a rich portrait gallery of personalities as well as a story of courage and endurance: Sir Harold Alexander, most urbane of British generals; Mark Clark, determined to have Rome; John Lucas, who dreaded sending men to die; Lucian Truscott, who liked to be where the action was; and innumerable captains, sergeants and privates who held on and held out.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Anzio: Edge of Disaster (Men and Battle)
Publisher: Elsevier-Dutton (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.