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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
- Author
- Kershaw, Alex.
- Title
- The liberator : one World War II soldier's 500-day odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau / Alex Kershaw.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Published
- New York : Crown, 2012.
- Description
- 433 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Portion of title
- One soldier's odyssey from the invasion of Sicily to the gates of Dachau
- Variant title
- Five hundred days
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- The dustbowl
- 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 break out
- 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.
- 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; frmo the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau.
- Subject headings
- Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917-2007. United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th. Battalion, 3rd. United States. Army--Officers--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- ISBN
- 9780307887993 0307887995