Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10-August 7, 1943Douglas & McIntyre, 2008 - 491 Seiten Book seven in the Canadian Battle Series On July 10, 1943, twenty thousand Canadian soldiers joined two great Allied armies on the beaches of southern Sicily for Operation Husky -- the first western Allied thrust to win a toehold inside Hitler's Fortress Europe. Guarding the renowned Eighth Army's left flank, 1st Canadian Infantry division and 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade struck out from the sand into the island's rugged interior. In searing heat, these untried tropps clashed in ever-intensifying battle to wrest towering mountains and ancient hill towns away from the elite veterans of Germany's Hermann Goring and 1st Parachute divisions. When Eighth Army's main drive up Sicily's eastern coast stalled, General Montgomery ordered the Canadians to save the day by turning the German left flank. The fighting reached a fever pitch as the Canadians struggled to break through a series of German defensive lines. Celebrated military historian Mark Zuehlke vividly recreates this little-known campaign, which became the Canadian Army's first triumph of World War II. |
Inhalt
Preface | 1 |
Acknowledgements | 5 |
Maps | 8 |
INTRODUCTION The Supreme Tragedy | 15 |
PART ONE TOWARDS AN INVASION | 25 |
If the Army Cant Agree | 27 |
Finally the Final Plan | 44 |
Everyone Knowing His Job | 62 |
Hazards and Hardships | 193 |
PART THREE BATTLE FOR THE SICILIAN HILLS | 209 |
Long and Savage Minutes | 211 |
Mountain Boys | 229 |
Private Miracles | 245 |
Faces to the Foe | 261 |
Daring and Spectacular Actions | 277 |
THE EASTWARD ADVANCE | 295 |
Going to Be Some Party | 79 |
PART TWO FIRST BLOODING | 95 |
The Actuality of War | 97 |
Which Direction Do We Take? | 113 |
Call This a Fight? | 129 |
These Men Have Surrendered | 145 |
On Shanks Mare | 160 |
IO Wranglings | 176 |
EPILOGUE Operation Husky in Memory | 416 |
APPENDIX B The Canadian Army | 423 |
APPENDIX F The Decorations | 429 |
Bibliography | 467 |
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