TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holland,James
TI  - The savage storm: the battle for Italy 1943 
SN  - 9781787636682 (hbk.) :
AV  - D763.I8 
U1  - 940.54215 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Bantam Press
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Italy
KW  - Warfare and Defence
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - European history
KW  - thema
KW  - Military history
N2  - With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas. And although Italy surrendered, the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped-for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war
ER  -