With utmost spirit : Allied naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945 / Barbara Brooks Tomblin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomblin, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (609 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"" Nineteen months before the D-day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe. Under the direction of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, AUS, Adm. Andrew B. Cunningham, RN, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN, and others, the Allies kept pressure on the Axis by attacking what Winston Churchill dubbed ""the soft underbelly of Europe."" The Allies seized the island of Sicily, landed at Salerno and Anzio, and established a presence along the coast of southern France. With Utmost Spirit takes a fresh look at

Contents:

A new chapter in the struggle for the Mediterranean

Operation Torch: the landings in French Morocco

Operation Torch: the Mediterranean landings

The race to Tunis

The Tunisian campaign

Gearing up for Operation Husky

Operation Husky

The Sicilian campaign

The race to Messina

Operation Avalanche

The Salerno campaign

Fall 1943 : the Italian campaign

Operation Shingle

The Anzio campaign

Breakout : operations Diadem and Buffalo

Preliminaries to Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon: the landings in southern France

Operation Dragoon: final phase

The champagne campaign

Mopping up in the Med.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-556) and index.

ISBN:

9786613232984

9780813184616

0813184614

9781283232982

1283232987

9780813171982

0813171989

OCLC:

753968515