Kershaw, Alex.
The Liberator : One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau / Five hundred days One soldier's odyssey from the invasion of Sicily to the liberation of Dachau Alex Kershaw. - First Edition. - 433 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-418) and index.
The dustbowl -- The west -- Off to war -- Italy -- Sicily -- The race for Messina -- Mountain country -- Anzio -- Danger ahead -- Hell broke loose -- A blood dimmed tide -- The battle of the caves -- Crossing the line -- The bitch-head -- The break out -- Rome -- France -- Day 401 -- The Champagne campaign -- The Vosges -- Germany -- Black December -- The breaking point -- Defeat -- The river -- The Siegfried Line -- Cassino on the Main -- Downfall -- The heart of darkness -- The day of the Americans -- The hounds of hell -- The coal yard -- The Linden incident -- The long day closes -- Last battles -- The last days -- Victory in Europe -- Peace breaks out -- The last battle.
9780307887993 (hdbd.)
2012017064
Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917-2007.
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th. Battalion, 3rd.
United States. Army --Officers--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
D769.31 157th / .K47 2012
940.54/1273092
The Liberator : One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau / Five hundred days One soldier's odyssey from the invasion of Sicily to the liberation of Dachau Alex Kershaw. - First Edition. - 433 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-418) and index.
The dustbowl -- The west -- Off to war -- Italy -- Sicily -- The race for Messina -- Mountain country -- Anzio -- Danger ahead -- Hell broke loose -- A blood dimmed tide -- The battle of the caves -- Crossing the line -- The bitch-head -- The break out -- Rome -- France -- Day 401 -- The Champagne campaign -- The Vosges -- Germany -- Black December -- The breaking point -- Defeat -- The river -- The Siegfried Line -- Cassino on the Main -- Downfall -- The heart of darkness -- The day of the Americans -- The hounds of hell -- The coal yard -- The Linden incident -- The long day closes -- Last battles -- The last days -- Victory in Europe -- Peace breaks out -- The last battle.
9780307887993 (hdbd.)
2012017064
Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917-2007.
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th. Battalion, 3rd.
United States. Army --Officers--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
D769.31 157th / .K47 2012
940.54/1273092