In the final analysis, the future Allied strategy would depend in large measure on whether the enemy collapsed entirely or resisted fiercely in Sicily. Yet who won? The Allies accomplished what they set out to do, conquer the island. But a handful of German and Italian troops, fighting a gigantic delaying action, kept two Allied armies at bay. *** <i>Sicily: Whose Victory?</i> is part of Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, and is Book #3 in the Campaign Book series.
Martin Blumenson Boeken
Martin Blumenson was een Amerikaanse militaire historicus en een erkende autoriteit op het leven van generaal George S. Patton Jr. Zijn diepgaande kennis van militaire geschiedenis werd gevormd door zijn eigen dienst als officier in het Amerikaanse leger tijdens zowel de Tweede Wereldoorlog als de Koreaanse Oorlog. Blumensons geschriften bieden diepgaande inzichten in militaire strategie en de menselijke ervaring van oorlogvoering. Zijn literaire nalatenschap ligt in zijn vermogen om complexe militaire gebeurtenissen over te brengen met historische precisie en meeslepende proza, waardoor hij een belangrijke stem is in de militaire historiografie.
Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events." This is what he tells us in this book. His account is detailed, yet dispassionate and objective. "Nothing is certain in war, when all is said and done," But in Manstein's record, at least, we can see clearly what forces were in action. In retrospect, perhaps his book takes on an even greater significance.
World War II: Liberation
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Book 14 of the Time-Life World War II series.
Here is the definitive biography of America's most engaging, most controversial hero, General George S. Patton. Blumenson is also the author of The Patton Papers.
