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Fatal Decision is a powerful, dramatic, moving, and ultimately definitive narrative of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II. In the winter of 1943-44, Anzio, a small Mediterranean resort and port some thirty-five miles south of Rome, played a crucial role in the fortunes of World War II as the target of an amphibious Allied landing. The Allies planned to bypass the strong German defenses along the Gustav Line and at Monte Cassino sixty miles to the southeast, which were holding up the American and British armies and preventing the liberation of Rome. By taking advantage of Allied command of the sea and air to effect complete surprise, infantry and armored forces landing at Anzio on January 22 were expected to secure the beachhead and then push inland to cut off the two main highways and railroads supplying the German forces to the south, either trapping and annihilating the German armies or forcing them to withdraw to the north, thus opening the way to Rome. But the reality of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II was bad management, external meddling, poorly relayed orders, and uncertain leadership. The Anzio beachhead became a death trap, with Allied troops forced to fight for their lives for four dreadful months. The eventual victory in May 1944 was muted, bitter, and overshadowed by the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6. Mixing flawless research, drama, and combat with a brilliant narrative voice, Fatal Decision is one of the best histories ever written of a World War II military campaign. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Such was the plan. What really happened, brilliantly told by Carlo D'Este, was a near disaster for the Allies and the unfortunate soldiers involved. Doomed by uncertain leadership at the highest levels, including Churchill's pressure and meddling, GeneraI Sir Harold Alexander's lack of firm directives, and GeneraI Mark Clark's unwillingness to risk defeat or push a tired Generali John Lucas, the Anzio beachhead became a death trap, with Allied troops forced to fight for their lives for five dreadful months in a throwback to the trench warfare of World War I.
Even the eventual Allied victory, when the Germans fìnally gave way in May 1944, was tarnished by Clark's ambition to be fìrst in Rome instead of attempting to cut off and destroy or capture fleeing German troops. As the book points out, the fìnal irony was that Rome 's liberation wa s almost completely overshadowed by the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6.
Based on a great deal of new material full of dramatic and desperate combat, FatalDecision is one of the best histories ever written of a World War II military campaign.
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Fatal decision : Anzio and the Battle of Rome è un drammatico racconto di una delle più disperate campagne della Seconda Guerra mondiale. Il piano dello sbarco nel porto a 35 miglia da Roma si rivelò un vero disastro anche a causa delle incertezza della leadership. Anzio divenne una trappola mortale, i soldati rimasero intrappolati in una guerra di trincea per cinque mesi e la finale liberazione di Roma venne adombrata dallo sbarco alleato in Normandia del 6 giugno.
Indice: Part I: The Road to Rome; Part II: The Anzio Beachhead; Part III: "Lancing the Abscess"; Part IV: Stalemate; Part V: Breakout. ( )