General Clark's Decision to Drive on Rome
Author | : Sidney T. Mathews |
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Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Sidney T. Mathews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sidney T. Mathews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Author | : Jon B. Mikolashek |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2013-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612001319 |
Although not nearly as well known as other U.S. Army senior commanders, General Mark Clark is one of the four menÑalong with Eisenhower, Patton, and BradleyÑwho historian Martin Blumenson called Òthe essential quartet of American leaders who achieved victory in Europe.Ó Eisenhower nicknamed him the American Eagle. A skilled staff officer, Clark rose quickly through the ranks, and by the time America entered the war he was deputy commander of Allied Forces in North Africa. Several weeks before Operation Torch, Clark landed by submarine in a daring mission to negotiate the cooperation of the Vichy French. He was subsequently named commander of U.S. Fifth Army and tasked with the invasion of Italy. Fifth Army and Mark Clark are virtually synonymous. From the September 1943 landing at Salerno, Clark and his army fought their way north against skilled German resistance, augmented by mountainous terrain. The daring January 1944 end-run at Anzio, although not immediately successful, set the stage for Fifth ArmyÕs liberation of Rome on 4 June 1944, after ten months of hard fighting. The war in Italy was not over, but the taking of Rome intact was a tremendous achievement. Pitted against one of HitlerÕs most able commanders, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Fifth Army spent another ten months in ferocious combat from the Gothic Line to the Po Valley, as Clark moved up to head all Allied ground forces in Italy as commander of 15th Army Group. The brutal Italian Campaign has been long overshadowed by D-Day and the campaign across France and into Germany. Likewise, the senior U.S. commander in Italy has been largely overlooked when one thinks of the great captains of the war. The author, Mikolashek remedies this situation, shedding much needed historical light on one of AmericaÕs most important fighting generals in this Òwarts and allÓ biography. It also demonstrates the importance of the Italian Campaign, paying tribute to the valorous soldiers of U.S. Fifth Army and their Allied comrades. Jon Mikolashek is a history professor at the U.S Army Command and General Staff College branch at Ft. Belvoir, VA, and also teaches history at American Military University.
Author | : Raymond Callahan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
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On the eve of World War II, the British army was more an international police force than a combat ready fighting force. This book examines its transformation in a look at Great Britain's top commanders in the field.
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Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1990 |
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An analysis of 23 decisions reached by chiefs of state and their military subordinates during World War II. Concerned with important political, strategic, tactical, and logistical questions, they include the invasions of North Africa and Normandy, the use of the atomic bomb, the capture of Rome, the campaigns in the western Pacific, and the internment of Japanese-Americans. CMH 70-7-1. Army Historical Series. Edited with introductory essay by Kent Roberts Greenfield.
Author | : Ernest F. Fisher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Italy |
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Author | : United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Ernest F. Fisher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Continues the account of operations in Italy from Operation DIADEM and the capture of Rome to the negotiations for the surrender of German armies in Italy.