The War in Italy: A Ladybird Expert Book

Oct 5, 2024 9:24 AM

Author:James Holland

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- Why did the Allies decide to invade Southern Italy?

- How did the weather and Italian terrain complicate the fighting?

- How did General Mark Clark's Allied Armies win the final battle?

Discover the mounting conflict and complex campaigns of the war in Italy. From Operation HUSKY to Clark's final offensive, the Allied campaign tightened the noose around Nazi Germany and saw the end of Italian Fascism, though it was at a cost of high civilian casualty and destruction.

AN EPIC OF GRIT, DETERMINATION AND SACRIFICE

Written by historian, author and broadcaster James Holland and with immersive illustrations by Keith Burns, THE WAR IN ITALY 1943-1945 is an accessible and enthralling introduction to these critical battles and their impact on the outcome of World War II

Reviews

A tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island's history - and O'Keeffe tells it beautifully,

—— Saul David , The Times

Fascinating, meticulously researched, often brutally detailed ... without being there, those times could not be more vividly brought to life than in this tremendous book

—— Roger Alton , Daily Mail

Brings the last battle on British soil to life with page-turning vivacity

—— Mail on Sunday

A fascinating portrait of 18th-century Britain as an age of elegance and brutality... I recommend this book strongly

—— Allan Massie , Scotsman

A fascinating portrait of eighteenth-century Britain as an age of elegance and brutality... I recommend this book strongly

—— Allan Massie , Scotsman, *Books of the Year*

Detailed, vivid - and not for the faint-hearted

—— Financial Times

Intensely readable... [and] vividly written

—— Neal Ascherson , London Review of Books

A vibrant and vivid tale, of victory, defeat, savage retribution and 'high' art... In our field one is often inclined to think or say, 'Do we really we need yet another book on Culloden?' However, if they are written as well and as excitingly as Paul O'Keeffe's...then the answer is a resounding 'Yes!'

—— Robert Woosnam-Savage FSA, Curator Emeritus, Royal Armouries, University of Leeds

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