Salerno: American Operations from the Beaches to the Volturno (9 September - 6 October 1943)

by U.S. Army Center of Military History and U.S. Army Center of Military History

Under the command of Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, the Fifth Army, a great Allied force composed of the British 10 Corps and the United States VI Corps, carried out the first large scale invasion of the European mainland and secured a firm base for future operations in Italy. "Salerno: The American Operations from the Beaches to the Volturno" is an account of the American forces who landed on the beaches in the Gulf of Salerno. The actions of our British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519215401
• ISBN13: 9781519215406
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"