Invasion Diary
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803294557 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 261 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This eye-witness account is an invaluable addition to the growing library of World War II European Theatre literature and highly recommended reading for military buffs and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in 20th century American military history."—The Midwest Book Review
Fresh from his memorable days in the field on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal, Tregaskis shares an intimate and rousing diary of the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. The men who made the Allied victories in Sicily and Italy possible—soldiers and officers, bombardiers and drivers, doctors and generals—are honored and remembered in these pages by famed war correspondent Richard Tregaskis. The gleaming ivory grips of Gen. The Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy in 1943 were bloody and pivotal, securing the Mediterranean, capitalizing on the overthrow of Mussolini, and pinning down German troops that could have been used on the Russian Front or in France after D-Day. George Patton’s pistol, the terrified face of a soldier engulfed by the hellfire of combat, the extraordinary skill of a military surgeon—the uniquely American features of the Second World War are unforgettably inscribed through the pen of Richard Tregaskis.. His experiences take him from bomb-bay doors over Rome to one of the few hotels left standing in devastated Palermo, Sicily, to the chaotic front lines in Italy, where he nearly died from a shrapnel wound
Foxhole journalism Skydog Well into this book Tregaskis writes, "The lure of the front is like an opiate. After abstinence and the tedium of workaday life, its attraction becomes more and more insistent. Perhaps the hazards of battle, perhaps the danger itself, stir the imagination and give transcendent meaning to things ordinarily taken for granted." For his addiction to risk he pays a heavy price on Nov. 22, 1943 -- the removal of multiple German shell fragments from his brain in a field hospital. He lives to write this account of the war in Italy.It's difficult to think of many American reporters who sought flying bullets as insistently or who de. Midwest Book Review said Highly recommended reading for military buffs. Hard fought and with an enormous causality count, the 19Highly recommended reading for military buffs Midwest Book Review Hard fought and with an enormous causality count, the 1943 Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy were critically important in overthrowing Mussolini, pinning down German troops so they could not be transferred for use on the Russian Front or to resent the Allies' western campaign that began with the Normandy D-Day invasions. Invasion Diary is the late journalist Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973) personal and diary based memoirs of witnessing the Sicilian and Italian campaigns including his near death from a shrapnel wound in the front lines of the Italian campaign. This eye-witness account is an invaluable addition to the growin. Highly recommended reading for military buffs Hard fought and with an enormous causality count, the 19Highly recommended reading for military buffs Midwest Book Review Hard fought and with an enormous causality count, the 1943 Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy were critically important in overthrowing Mussolini, pinning down German troops so they could not be transferred for use on the Russian Front or to resent the Allies' western campaign that began with the Normandy D-Day invasions. Invasion Diary is the late journalist Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973) personal and diary based memoirs of witnessing the Sicilian and Italian campaigns including his near death from a shrapnel wound in the front lines of the Italian campaign. This eye-witness account is an invaluable addition to the growin. 3 Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy were critically important in overthrowing Mussolini, pinning down German troops so they could not be transferred for use on the Russian Front or to resent the Allies' western campaign that began with the Normandy D-Day invasions. Invasion Diary is the late journalist Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973) personal and diary based memoirs of witnessing the Sicilian and Italian campaigns including his near death from a shrapnel wound in the front lines of the Italian campaign. This eye-witness account is an invaluable addition to the growin. Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy were critically important in overthrowing Mussolini, pinning down German troops so they could not be transferred for use on the Russian Front or to resent the Allies' western campaign that began with the Normandy D-Day invasions. Invasion Diary is the late journalist Richard Tregaskis (1916-197Highly recommended reading for military buffs Hard fought and with an enormous causality count, the 19Highly recommended reading for military buffs Midwest Book Review Hard fought and with an enormous causality count, the 1943 Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy were critically important in overthrowing Mussolini, pinning down German troops so they could not be transferred for use on the Russian Front or to resent the Allies' western campaign that began with the Normandy D-Day invasions. Invasion Diary is the late journalist Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973) personal and diary based memoirs of witnessing the Sicilian and Italian campaigns including his near death from a shrapnel wound in the front lines of the Italian campaign. This eye-witness account is an invaluable addition to the growin. 3 Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy were critically important in overthrowing Mussolini, pinning down German troops so they could not be transferred for use on the Russian Front or to resent the Allies' western campaign that began with the Normandy D-Day invasions. Invasion Diary is the late journalist Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973) personal and diary based memoirs of witnessing the Sicilian and Italian campaigns including his near death from a shrapnel wound in the front lines of the Italian campaign. This eye-witness account is an invaluable addition to the growin. ) personal and diary based memoirs of witnessing the Sicilian and Italian campaigns including his near death from a shrapnel wound in the front lines of the Italian campaign. This eye-witness account is an invaluable addition to the growin. Informative book Roberto Cesar Perez If you're looking for an actioned packed book this isn't it. It's a journal of one reporters experience. It's very informative and great for people who are into world war II stuff like myself.