Patton and the Battle for Sicily : the general, the Navy, and Operation Husky / Flint Whitlock.
| Author/creator | Whitlock, Flint author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2025] |
| Description | pages cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Getting Ready -- The Airborne: First to Fight -- Ladbroke: Risky Bet -- Rangers Lead the Way. -- The Big Red One Arrives -- Here Come the Thunderbirds -- Marnemen Hit the Beach -- D-Day at Gela. -- D-Day -- Plus One: The Crisis -- Disaster in the Sky. -- Massacre at Biscari -- Reconnaissance in Force -- Palermo and Beyond -- Rough Road to Messina -- Capturing a Town, Losing a Commander -- A Fall from Grace -- The Slaps Heard 'Round the World. |
| Abstract | "In many ways, Operation Husky was a dress rehearsal for Overlord, the Normandy invasion that would follow a year later. In fact, in terms of numbers of men, ships, and size of the invasion area, Husky was bigger than Overlord, and it brought General George S. Patton into the public eye. A demanding perfectionist, Patton wanted things done his way and could not stand it when he saw something as important as an officer fail to carry out an order or something as trivial as seeing one of his soldiers without a tie or a helmet. Patton's antagonistic relationship with British General Bernard Montgomery, with whose British Eighth Army he shared the responsibility of seizing Sicily, is well documented, and his arguments with his superior, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, are legendary. The planning was complex and the fighting was fierce, across mountainous terrain. When the Allies were unable to stop tens of thousands of Germans and Italians from escaping from the island to the Italian mainland, Patton was furious at everyone but himself. In the unfolding of Operation Husky, Patton and the Battle for Sicily will take many well-known but disparate aspects of Patton's character and abilities and frame them in a new and revealing light"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Whitlock, Flint Patton and the Battle for Sicily Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2025] 9781612517117 |
| LCCN | 2025028930 |
| ISBN | 9781612516912 hardback |
| ISBN | 1612516912 |
| ISBN | ebook |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | D763 .S5 W45 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |