{"product_id":"sicily-43-9780552176903","title":"Sicily 43","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians.'' Sebastian Faulks\u003cbr\u003e''Holland''s skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose.'' The Times\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the \u003cb\u003e2021 British Army Military Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the story of the biggest seaborne landing in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCodenamed Operation HUSKY, the assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted. That day, over 160,000 Allied troops were dropped from the sky or came ashore to begin the fight for Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subsequent thirty-eight-day Battle for Sicily was one of the most dramatic of the entire war, involving daring raids by special forces, deals with the Mafia, attacks across mosquito-infested plains and perilous assaults up almost sheer faces of rock and scree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade worse by virulent disease and extreme heat, the Allies also had to fight their way across an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarshalling a wealth of primary and secondary sources into an engrossing narrative, Holland fills a yawning gap in histories of WWII. This magisterial account is a must-read for military history fans.\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect territory for a military historian of Holland's talents\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eHistorians too often neglect that emotional tapestry. War is characterised as arrows on a map, tables of munitions, cold casualty statistics. Holland's skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose. He's a prolific historian of the war, but each book is constructed with great care and emotional commitment...Holland is obsessed with war, but fortunately does not seem to love it. He recognises its beauty, but also its vileness * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eHolland argues very effectively that the success of Husky was a turning point in the war * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eHolland makes the capture of the island one of the great turning-point battles of the war * Military History Matters *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735173149015,"sku":"9780552176903","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552176903.jpg?v=1723810054","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sicily-43-9780552176903","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}