An edition of From Salerno to the Alps
(1948)
From Salerno to the Alps
a history of the Fifth Army, 1943-1945.
[1st ed.]
by Chester G. Starr
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From Salerno to the Alps: a history of the Fifth Army, 1943-1945.
1948, Infantry Journal Press
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
FOREWORD xi
CHAPTER
I : PLANNING FOR INVASION.
1. Missions and Training
2. The Decision on Italy
3. The Plans for Avalanche.—
4. The Enemy Before Us...
CHAPTER II:
THE SALERNO BEACHHEAD
1. D-Day at Salerno
2. Consolidating the Beachhead—
3. The German Counterattacks
4. The Enemy Withdraws
5. The Drive on Naples
CHAPTER III:
THROUGH THE WINTER LINE.
1. Crossing the Volturno
2. The Drive to the Winter Line..
3. Regrouping and New Plans
4. Mount Camino
5. The Battles of San Pietro
6. The End of the Winter Line
CHAPTER IV: THE BATTLE OF CASSINO 79
1. The Gustav Line 79
2. 10 Corps' Attack Across the Garigliano 85
3. The 36th Division at the Rapido ... 90
4. The North Flank of the Gustav Line 98
5. The 34th Division Battles for Cassino 104
6. The New Zealand Corps at Cassino 113
CHAPTER V: THE ANZIO BEACHHEAD... 122
1. Planning for Operation Shingle 122
2. Establishing the Beachhead 128
3. VI Corps Goes on the Defensive.— 137
4. The First Enemy Counterattacks.... 139
5. Holding the Beachhead 145
6. The Tide Turns 157
7. The Final Enemy Drive 161
8. Special Features of the Beachhead 166
CHAPTER VI: BREAKING THE GUSTAV LINE 176
1. Plans for a New Blow 176
2. The FEC Breakthrough 185
3. II Corps Takes I tri 198
4. The Enemy Reaction to Our Attack 209
5. Junction With the Beachhead 213
6. The FEC Drive Through Pico 220
CHAPTER VII: THE DRIVE TO ROME 228
1. VI Corps Breaks Through at Cisterna 228
2. Expansion of the Beachhead Attack 240
3. At the Gates of Rome 252
4. Fifth Army Enters Rome 263
CHAPTER VIII: PURSUIT TO THE ARNO 268
1. After the Fall of Rome 268
2. The Pursuit Is Organized 276
3. The Advance to Highway 68 280
4. The Capture of Leghorn and Pisa 287
5. Regrouping Along the Arno 293
CHAPTER IX: THE GOTHIC LINE 301
1. Positions and Plans 301
2. Approaching the Gothic Line 308
3. The Breakthrough at II Giogo Pass 313
4. The Rest of the Army Line 324
5. The Thrust Toward Imola 332
6. The Drive to the North 334
7. The Final Effort 356
CHAPTER X: THE SECOND WINTER 365
1. Settling Down for the Winter 365
2. Life in the Mountains 371
3. Preparations for the Last Attack—. 377
CHAPTER XI: TO THE ALPS - 387
1. Plans and Diversions 386
2. IV Corps Smashes Through 397
3. Slugging Toward Bologna 410
4. The Race to the Po 419
5. The Collapse of the German Armies 426
6. Epilogue 438
CHAPTER XII: LOOKING BACK... 442
1. The Men . 442
2. The Fighting 447
APPENDIX 1: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 453
The Official Records 453
Popular Accounts... 454
Military Studies 454
APPENDIX 2: GERMAN ORDER OF BATTLE 456
APPENDIX 3 : TROOP LIST OF FIFTH ARMY 461
American Troops 461
Brazilian Troops. 471
British Troops 472
French Troops 478
Italian Units 481
APPENDIX 4: ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT 484
INDEX 490
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"Essentially a condensation of the nine-volume Fifth Army history."
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