LEADER 03120nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910781656703321 005 20220519094049.0 010 $a0-8131-8461-4 010 $a1-283-23298-7 010 $a9786613232984 010 $a0-8131-7198-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000046164 035 $a(EBL)792192 035 $a(OCoLC)753968515 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542691 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11363544 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542691 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10510447 035 $a(PQKB)11676563 035 $a(OCoLC)607438646 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13787 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL792192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495394 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC792192 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000046164 100 $a20040505d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWith utmost spirit$b[electronic resource] $eAllied naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945 /$fBarbara Brooks Tomblin 210 $aLexington $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (609 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-3768-3 311 $a0-8131-2338-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [545]-556) and index. 327 $aA 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 -- The Salerno campaign -- Fall 1943 : the Italian campaign -- Operation Shingle -- The Anzio campaign -- Breakout : operations Diadem and Buffalo -- Preliminaries to Operation Dragoon -- Operation Dragoon: the landings in southern France -- Operation Dragoon: final phase -- The champagne campaign -- Mopping up in the Med. 330 $a"" 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 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zMediterranean Region 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/21 700 $aTomblin$b Barbara$0939908 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781656703321 996 $aWith utmost spirit$93846304 997 $aUNINA