With Utmost Spirit

", Nineteen months before the D-day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe. Under the direction of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, AUS, Adm. Andrew B. Cunningham, RN, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN, and others, the Allies kept pressure on the Axis by attacking what Winston Churchill dubbed ",the soft underbelly of Europe.", The Allies seized the island of Sicily, landed at Salerno and Anzio, and established a presence along the coast of southern France. With Utmost Spirit takes a fresh look at this crucial naval theater of the Second World War. Barbara Brooks Tomblin tells of the U.S. Navy's and the Royal Navy's struggles to wrest control of the Mediterranean Sea from Axis submarines and aircraft, to lift the siege of Malta, and to open a through convoy route to Suez while providing ships, carrier air support, and landing craft for five successful amphibious operations. Examining official action reports, diaries, interviews, and oral histories, Tomblin describes each of these operations in terms of ship to shore movements, air and naval gunfire support, logistics, countermine measures, antisubmarine warfare, and the establishment of ports and training bases in the Mediterranean. Firsthand accounts from the young officers and men who manned the ships provide essential details about Mediterranean operations and draw a vivid picture of the war at sea and off the beaches. Barbara Brooks Tomblin taught military history at Rutgers University and is the author of several articles and G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II. She lives in California.

Autorentext
Barbara Brooks Tomblin taught military history at Rutgers University and is the author of several articles and G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II.

Inhalt
Introduction
A New Chapter in the Struggle for the Mediterranean
Operation Torch: The Landings in French Morocco
Operation Torch: The Mediterranean Landings
The Race to Tunis
The Tunisian Campaign
Gearing up for Operation Husky
Operation Husky
The Sicilian Campaign
The Race to Messina
Operation Avalanche: D-day at Salerno
The Battle for Salerno
Supporting the Italian Campaign
Operation Shingle: The Anzio Landings
The Anzio Campaign: "A Second Tobruk"?
Breakout: Operations Diadem and Buffalo
Preliminaries to Operation Dragoon
Operation Dragoon: The Landings in Southern France
Operation Dragoon: Final Phase
Mopping Up in the Med
Conclusion

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