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From Anzio to the Alps : an American soldier's story /

"This work is Lloyd M. Wells's firsthand account of World War II based on a journal he kept during the war, letters he sent home, and personal records, as well as recollections of people and events." "In June 1941, the twenty-one-year-old Wells was drafted into the army. He was c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Lloyd M. (Lloyd Manning), 1919-2000
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • In the beginning there was basic training
  • Ninety-day wonder
  • Innocent abroad
  • Mt. Porchia: the legacy of a battle
  • Cassino, January 1944
  • Anzio: the German counterattack, February 1944
  • Anzio: stalemate, March-April 1944
  • Anzio: breakout and holiday
  • Pontedera: close encounters of a dangerous kind
  • Bombiana and Porretta Terme
  • Winter 1945
  • Holding the high ground
  • The last offensive: eight days in the mountains
  • The last offensive: twelve days in the valley
  • That Italian spring, May-June 1945
  • The end of everything.