The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory

By Friedrich von Stauffenberg and Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.

Book Overview

The Battle of Sicily is the story of Germany's Dunkirk--a successful evacuation that allowed 40,000 troops to escape to Italy, where they later fought the Allies to a bloody stalemate. The authors recount the campaign from the Axis strategy point of view--something no English-language book has ever done--and argue persuasively that the Allies wasted a chance for a total victory that might have foreshortened the war. Black-and-white inserts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517575256
• ISBN13: 9780517575253
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.