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The liberator : one World War II soldier's 500-day odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau / Alex Kershaw.
Van Pelt Library D769.31 157th .K47 2012
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection D769.31 157th .K47 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kershaw, Alex.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917-2007.
- Sparks, Felix Laurence.
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th. Battalion, 3rd.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
- United States. Army.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishers, 2012.
- Summary:
- The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. The battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe; from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau.
- Contents:
- The graves
- The dust bowl
- 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 breakout
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-418) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780307887993
- 0307887995
- OCLC:
- 793503440
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