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Backwater War The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-45
Backwater War The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-45
Author: Edwin P. Hoyt
Condition: Like New
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Backwater War: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943–45 recounts the gritty, often-overlooked struggle on the Italian peninsula from the July 1943 invasion of Sicily through the fall of Rome and the final campaigns into 1945. Edwin P. Hoyt follows the Allied decision to open an Italian front, the Salerno and Taranto landings, the hard inland fighting against determined German defenses, the costly Anzio operation and the destruction of the Monte Cassino monastery, and the eventual June 1944 breakthrough that took Rome — all set against the strategic controversy that left Italy’s final ten months overshadowed by the invasion of France.
Published by Stackpole Books (ISBN13: 9780811733823), this compact campaign history is a narrative military study of the Italy theater—focusing on ground operations, Allied strategy, Axis defense, and the challenges of mountain warfare on the Italian peninsula. It is useful for readers interested in the Mediterranean theater, the Italian front 1943–1945, and the operational interplay among Allied, Axis, Italian, British/Commonwealth, and U.S. forces, offering a clear, campaign-level account that highlights why the campaign has long been regarded as a “backwater” of World War II.
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Title: Backwater War: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943–45
Author: Edwin P. Hoyt
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Theater of war
Italy campaign (Second World War)
Italian front 1943–1945
Mediterranean theater (Italy)
Operations and campaigns
Allied campaign in Italy 1943–1945
Allied invasion and advance in Italy
Italian campaign land operations
Main nations / belligerents
Allies
Axis
Italy (World War II)
Germany (in Italy campaign)
United States forces in Italy
British and Commonwealth forces in Italy
Type of book
Campaign history
Military history (World War II)
Narrative history (World War II campaign)
Focus of the book
Ground campaign in Italy 1943–1945
Allied strategy and operations in Italy
Axis defense of the Italian peninsula
Land warfare in mountainous and difficult terrain (Italy)
Historical period
World War II, 1939–1945
World War II, campaigns in Italy 1943–1945
Geographical coverage
Italy – World War II operations
Italian peninsula campaign
Classification / subject tags
World War, 1939–1945 – Campaigns – Italy
World War, 1939–1945 – Mediterranean theater
Military campaigns – Italy – 20th century
Allied forces – operations in Italy
Axis forces – defense in Italy
Book Condition: Like New
Book Condition: Like New
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