On July 10, 1943, American, British, and Canadian forces launched a massive amphibious and airborne assault on Sicily. After a five-week campaign--during which American Gen. George Patton and British Gen. Bernard Montgomery conducted their famous race to Messina--Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had been deposed, and the island lay in Allied hands. Yet total victory eluded them. With only four divisions, the Germans held off the invaders for thirty-eight days and then escaped, dooming the Allies to a prolonged battle of attrition for Italy.
- ISBN10 0517575256
- ISBN13 9780517575253
- Publish Date 20 February 1991
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 28 October 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 366
- Language English