Author: Flint Whitlock
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306825732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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A riveting and comprehensive account of the Battle of Anzio and the Alamo-like stand of American and British troops that turned certain defeat into victory The four-month-long 1944 battle on Italy's coast, south of Rome, was one of World War II's longest and bloodiest battles. Surrounded by Nazi Germany's most fanatical troops, American and British amphibious forces endured relentless mortar and artillery barrages, aerial bombardments, and human-wave attacks by infantry with panzers. Through it all, despite tremendous casualties, the Yanks and Tommies stood side by side, fighting with, as Winston Churchill said, "desperate valour." So intense and heroic was the fighting that British soldiers were awarded two Victoria Crosses, while American soldiers received twenty-six Medals of Honor--ten of them awarded posthumously. The unprecedented defensive stand ended with the Allies breaking out of their besieged beachhead and finally reaching their goal: Rome. They had truly snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Award-winning author and military historian Flint Whitlock uses official records, memoirs, diaries, letters, and interviews with participants to capture the desperate nature of the fighting and create a comprehensive account of the unrelenting slugfest at Anzio. Desperate Valour is a stirring chronicle of courage beyond measure.
Desperate Valour
The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Pages : 824
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Parliamentary Debates
The Western Antiquary
Author: William Henry Kearley Wright
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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"Reprinted after revision and correction from the 'Weekly Mercury,'" Mar. 1881-May 1884.
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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"Reprinted after revision and correction from the 'Weekly Mercury,'" Mar. 1881-May 1884.
The Western Antiquary; Or, Devon and Cornwall Note-book
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English Invasion to the Present Time
Author: Dennis Taaffe
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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History of the British Colonies
Author: Martin Montgomery
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Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Pages : 672
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Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Jack's Father and Other Stories
Author: William Edward Norris
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Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Pages : 346
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