The Day of Battle

By Rick Atkinson

The second volume of the Liberation Trilogy chronicles the Allied invasion of Sicily and the grueling campaign to liberate Italy. It examines the strategic disputes between Roosevelt and Churchill regarding Europe's "soft underbelly" and documents the lethal battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino. The narrative traces the maturation of American forces under Lieutenant General Mark Clark, culminating in the liberation of Rome in June 1944.
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