War In Italy 1943 1945 (O/P)

Author: Richard Lamb

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  • : 9780140237443
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : April 1995
  • : 198mm X 128mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Barcode 9780140237443
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Description

This is a description of the war in Italy from Mussolini's fall until the final victory, by an Italian-speaking officer in the Eighth Army. It draws on captured Mussolini documents and on British, Italian and Vatican Archives.

Table of contents

Italy changes sides; Mussolini returns; Italian Jews under the Nazis; Kesselring's atrocities; Verona, 1944; Mussolini's New Army and the fate of 600,000; the New Army disappoints; Aegean tragedy and atrocities; the Italians and British POWs; the Royal Army and the Allies; partisans, SOE and OSS; divided views on the partisans; frontier problems; the Axis bites the dust; Mussolini's end.