The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total VictoryStackpole Books, 18 iun. 2007 - 368 pagini The campaign for Sicily from the Axis point of view. Reassesses the German Army's performance. Details about German commanders who have been neglected by historians. |
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... Units, July 10, 1943 The Allied Landings: July 10, 1943 The Counterattacks of July 10, 1943 The Counterattacks of July 11, 1943 The Battle of Southeastern Sicily, July 10–22, 1943 The Primosole Bridge Sector Situation, July 18, 1943 ...
... Units, July 10, 1943 The Allied Landings: July 10, 1943 The Counterattacks of July 10, 1943 The Counterattacks of July 11, 1943 The Battle of Southeastern Sicily, July 10–22, 1943 The Primosole Bridge Sector Situation, July 18, 1943 ...
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... units were soon reinforced with the veteran 10th Panzer Division, the Barenthin Glider Regiment, the Italian Superga Division (also known as the 1st Assault and Landing Division) from Italy, and the 50th Special Brigade from Tripoli ...
... units were soon reinforced with the veteran 10th Panzer Division, the Barenthin Glider Regiment, the Italian Superga Division (also known as the 1st Assault and Landing Division) from Italy, and the 50th Special Brigade from Tripoli ...
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... units in order to reinforce a lost cause in Tunisia. With Army Group Afrika gone, there was almost nothing left with which to defend their southern flank. Sicily, for example, had only one ad hoc German division and a few marginal ...
... units in order to reinforce a lost cause in Tunisia. With Army Group Afrika gone, there was almost nothing left with which to defend their southern flank. Sicily, for example, had only one ad hoc German division and a few marginal ...
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... units were at home and in the Balkans. Marshal Badoglio recalled “artillery divisions manning the coastal defences without artillery, with very few arms and with no transport.”13 The morale of these units was rock bottom, of course ...
... units were at home and in the Balkans. Marshal Badoglio recalled “artillery divisions manning the coastal defences without artillery, with very few arms and with no transport.”13 The morale of these units was rock bottom, of course ...
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... units. As he had told Marshal Badoglio some time before, “If they get a footing in the country we shall never be rid of them.”15 In early May 1943 Hitler offered to send Mussolini five mobile divisions with modern equipment. He then ...
... units. As he had told Marshal Badoglio some time before, “If they get a footing in the country we shall never be rid of them.”15 In early May 1943 Hitler offered to send Mussolini five mobile divisions with modern equipment. He then ...
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Chapter Counterattack and Retreat 121 | |
Chapter Primosole Bridge 137 | |
Chapter Enter General Hube 169 | |
Chapter The Battles of the Hauptkampflinie 231 | |
Chapter The Allies Close In 259 | |
A Panzer Corps Escapes 283 | |
Epilogue 315 | |
Tables of Equivalent Rank 327 | |
Notes 341 | |
Bibliography 355 | |
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The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.,Friedrich Von Stauffenberg Previzualizare limitată - 2007 |
The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.,Friedrich Von Stauffenberg Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2007 |
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15th Panzer Grenadier 1st Parachute 3rd Infantry 45th Infantry Division 6th Army advance Air Force aircraft airfield Allied American Armored Army Group Artillery Battalion Artillery Regiment Assietta attack August Axis batteries battle Battle of Sicily beaches bombers British campaign Canadian captured Catania Coastal Defense commander Conrath counterattack divisional evacuation Field Marshal fighter fighting Fuehrer Fullriede Gela German guns Guzzoni Hans Hube headquarters hereafter cited Hermann Goering Division Hermann Goering Panzer Highway Hitler Hube Hube’s IInd Infantry Regiment invasion island Italian Italy July July 11 Kesselring landing Lieutenant Colonel Luftwaffe Major Meanwhile Messina miles Montgomery Mussolini naval night officer ordered Palermo Panzer Grenadier Panzer Grenadier Division Panzer Grenadier Regiment Parachute Regiment paratroopers Patton Paul Conrath Porto Empedocle Primosole Bridge retreat road Rodt Rodt’s Rommel sector Senger Sicilian Sicily staff tanks Troina troops Truscott U.S. Army U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES units XIVth Panzer Corps