https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/allied_forces/ Recent content in Allied_forces on George's Blog Hugo en-US Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-day-of-battle-the-war-in-sicily-and-italy-1943-1944-world-war-ii-liberation-trilogy-2/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:27 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-day-of-battle-the-war-in-sicily-and-italy-1943-1944-world-war-ii-liberation-trilogy-2/ <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>Army at Dawn documents the United States entry into the fight against Germany in North Africa. This picks up after the allies seized the critical port town of Tunis. This allied victory opened the possibility of attacking in the words of Churchill &ldquo;the Axis&rsquo; underbelly&rdquo; in Italy. Crossing from Tunis to Sicily (the island attached to the toe of the Italy&rsquo;s boot) the allies began their slow march towards Rome. During and after the capture (or liberation if you prefer) of Tunisia there was a great deal of disagreement between the British and the US over what the next target of attack should be. The Americans favored a cross channel invasion jumping from England to France, but on the other hand, after the Dunkirk debacle the Brits were much keener on the idea of invading Italy. So in a compromise they decided to do both, but since the allied troops were already stationed near Italy it was decided that the cross-channel invasion would occur a year later to allow for planning and logistical difficulties to be sorted out. In the meantime, the allies would use their deployed units to invade Italy and try to take some pressure off of Russia. It sounds good on paper, but as the casualties mounted and progress crawled to a halt in the inhospitable Italian mountain winter, victory was far from certain.</p>