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Kershaw, Alex.
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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.
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Kershaw, Alex.
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.
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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 / Alex Kershaw.
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Kershaw, Alex.
Crown Publishers, c2012.
Call #:
940.541273 K41L
Subjects
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 (hbk.)
0307887995 (hbk.)
Alternate title:
Liberator
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-418) and index.
Contents:
The graves -- The dust bowl. 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 breakout -- 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; from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau.
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