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Anzio Nettuno 1944 - Jörg Staiger

Anzio Nettuno 1944

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
192 Seiten
2023
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-191-3 (ISBN)
CHF 69,80 inkl. MwSt
First English translation of the best German account of the defence against the Allied Operation Shingle, the landing at Anzio, Italy.
The Allied amphibious operation codenamed Shingle was launched in late January 1944. It was opposed by German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno. Success depended on the element of surprise, and the speed with which the invaders could build up strength and move inland. This was understood by General Mark Clark, commander of the US Fifth Army, but not fully understood by his subordinate commanders.

 

This German account focuses on the landing at Anzio as it was the only one that failed to achieve its objective of smashing the German defense and achieving operational freedom of movement. The battle lasted over six weeks, with mistakes made by leadership on both sides, and consequently also great sacrifice by solders on both sides. But the operation was not a German success either, and attempts to prevent the creation of a strong bridgehead failed. Ultimately the Allies would reach Rome, and the Allies applied lessons from this battle to facilitate the success of Overlord, launched five months later.

 

While not complete, as the author did not have access to some of the war diaries of higher levels of German command, this is still one of the best German accounts of Operation Shingle and is here translated into English for the first time.

Major Joerg Staiger is the author of Retreat through the Rhone Valley in the Die Wehrmacht im Kampf series (Casemate, 2023). Linden Lyons holds a master's degree in history from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He studied German at the University of Freiburg and librarianship at the University of Canberra. He is the translator of several titles in the Die Wehrmacht im Kampf series, most recently Counter-Strike Operations, Normandy, and Rome to the Po River. Matthias Strohn, MSt (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FRHistS, is head of historical analysis at the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research and the British Army's strategic think tank, visiting professor of military studies at the University of Buckingham, and a member of the academic faculty at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Matthias was educated at the universities of Munster (Germany) and Oxford. He holds a commission in the German Army and is a member of the military attache reserve. He deployed to Iraq (with the British Army) and Afghanistan (with both the British Army and the German Bundeswehr). Matthias was awarded the highest German military decoration, the 'Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in Gold,' and has published widely on 20th-century German and European military history; he has authored and edited over 20 books and numerous articles.

The assault from the sea and the German countermeasures

Amphibious operation “Shingle”

The planning for “Shingle”

The assault

The Defence of Army Group “C”

Terrain study of the battle ground of Anzio/Nettuno

Build up of German Defence

Expansion of the Allied beachhead

German countermeasures

The first German general offensive

The second German general offensive

Final remarks

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 228 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-63624-191-3 / 1636241913
ISBN-13 978-1-63624-191-3 / 9781636241913
Zustand Neuware
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