The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) | Rick Atkinson | War is Hell

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	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) Rick Atkinson Henry Holt and Co., 2007 - 791 pages average customer review:based on 98 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Lady Be Good

A lot of information about the end of World War II in Italy &
the fight to get as many of the guys out of the dessert.If you know anything about the " Lady Be Good " you will enjoy this book.

War is Hell

The Day of Battle is a masterful historical narrative which vividly describes the struggle to drive the Germans out of Italy during WWII. The book is written from the perspective of the soldiers doing the fighting and puts you right in the middle of the fierce battles. While the detailed retelling of the violence can at times be gut-wrenching, the book illustrates the enormity of the sacrifice it took to free Europe from Hitler's grip.

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The Day of Battle

Like his previous book in this trilogy, An Army at Dawn, this book is not fun reading. However, for serious students of WWII, it is a review of the successes and the shortcomings of the political and military actions of both the American and the British efforts in the Mediterranean theatre.

Spoiled by An Army at Dawn

Having read Rick Atkison's An Army At Dawn first, I was spoiled by his immensely readable style, coupled with his first class research and the compelling nature of the North African campaign. In a sense, the Day of Battle bogs down just as the Italian campaign did and I found pushing through pages 200 to about 350 very slow going. A relatively minor quibble, though, as Atkinson provides enlightening details of this often ignored corner of WWII. Anxious to see the last installment of the trilogy, to be entitled "Victory at Dusk??"

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Excellent

Well written in an objective way. Allows the reader to compile different points of view on the matter of Allied relationships.

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