Fifth Army at War

George Forty; Foreword-General Mark W. Clark

ISBN 10: 0684166151 / ISBN 13: 9780684166155

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980

About this Item

1st Edition / 1st Printing - 1980) VERY GOOD in a very good dust jacket. No marks. Binding is tight and square. 144 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. . . . . . . . General Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army holds the record for the longest continuous period in action against the enemy in World War II and for being the first American formation to land on Hitler?s *Festung Europa* even thought it was not an all-American force. The Fifth Army was probably the most international of all the Allied armies ? composed to British, New Zealand, Indian, Canadian, South African, French Brazilian, and Italian contingents. . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Origins and Composition -- 2.) Salerno -- 3.) A Toast to the Infantry -- 4.) Cutting the Winter Line -- 5.) Cassino - The Epic -- 6.) Anzio - Hell's Half Acre -- 7.) The American Eagle -- 8.) Breaking the Gustav Line -- 9.) The Drive to Rome -- 10.) Living in Italy -- 11.) Pursuit to the Arno -- 12.) Off Duty and With the Locals -- 13.) Assault on the Gothic Line -- 14.) To the Alps -- 15.) Finito.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fifth Army at War
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684166151
• ISBN 13: 9780684166155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History::WWII::Unit Histories