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The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory Paperback - 2007

by Friedrich Von Stauffenberg; Samuel W. Mitcham

The Battle of Sicily is the story of Germany's "Dunkirk"--a successful evacuation that allowed 40,000 troops to escape to Italy, where they later fought the Allies to a bloody stalemate. The authors recount the campaign from the Axis strategy point of view--something no English-language book has ever done--and argue persuasively that the Allies wasted a chance for a total victory that might have foreshortened the war. Black-and-white inserts.


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The campaign for Sicily from the Axis point of viewReassesses the German Army's performanceDetails about German commanders who have been neglected by historiansIn July 1943 the Allies launched a massive amphibious assault on Sicily. The invasion proved successful, bringing fame to American Gen. George S. Patton and British Gen. Bernard Montgomery, whose "race" to Messina was immortalized in the movie Patton. But according to Mitcham and Stauffenberg, the Allies lost a significant opportunity for total victory when the Germans mounted a brilliant defense. With only 4 divisions, the Germans held off the invaders for 38 days and then escaped, almost entirely intact, to mainland Italy, dooming the Allies to a prolonged battle of attrition up the Italian peninsula.

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  • Title The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory
  • Author Friedrich Von Stauffenberg; Samuel W. Mitcham
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA
  • Date July 10, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780811734035 / 081173403X
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6.1 x 0.89 in (22.71 x 15.49 x 2.26 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy -, Sicily (Italy) - History - 1870-1945
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007000835
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.542

About the author

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana. Friedrich von Stauffenberg, who died in 1989, was an expert on German-armored warfare in World War II.
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