Anzio: Edge of Darkness

Anzio--before World War II a tiny beach resort south of Rome; ever since, a symbol of danger & desperation, of grim survival, of high-level military bungling & confusion. Everybody who remembers the war remembers the Anzio beachhead with special vividness.

What really went on at Anzio? What was the Allied plan when, on 22 Januardy 1944, the invading force waded ashore virtually unopposed by the Germans? In clear & compelling detail, this book gives the answers. It recounts the two battles at Anzio--the high-level plans, debates & doubts of the politicians & the generals, and the muddy, bloody struggle of the GIs on the beach.

Anzio: Edge of Diaster is rich portrait gallery of personalities as well as a story of courage & endurance: Sir Harold Alexander, most urbane of British generals; Mark Clark, determined to have Rome; John Lucas, who dreaded sending men to die; Lucian Truscott, who liked to be where the action was; and innumerable captains, sergeants & privates who held on & held out.

William L. Allen
Hardcover with d/w 181pp Elsevier-Dutton 1978 1st Ed

Near Fine/Fine