The Day of Battle
The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
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Rick Atkinson
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In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943, attack Italy two months later, and then fight their way, mile by bloody mile, north toward Rome.
The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and their military advisors bitterly debated whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even wise. But once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizing price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Cassino were particularly ferocious and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, among the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American troops became increasingly determined and proficient. With the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory in Europe at last began to seem inevitable.
Drawing on extensive new material from a wide array of primary sources, and written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is narrative history of the first rank.
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By: Robert Leckie
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Enemy at the Gates
- The Battle for Stalingrad
- By: William Craig
- Narrated by: David Baker
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of the 6th Army, an elite German combat unit dispatched by Hitler to capture the industrial city of Stalingrad and press on to the oil fields of Azerbaijan. The Germans were supremely confident; in three years, they had not suffered a single defeat. The Luftwaffe had already bombed the city into ruins. German soldiers hoped to complete their mission and be home in time for Christmas.
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An Unforgettable and Haunting Read
- By Jean on 02-03-16
By: William Craig
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The Longest Day
- June 6, 1944
- By: Cornelius Ryan
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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> The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly re-creates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism.
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Horrendous narration makes it impossible to listen
- By Mary on 03-18-12
By: Cornelius Ryan
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Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
- How the Allies Won on D-Day
- By: Giles Milton
- Narrated by: Giles Milton
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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Seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the greatest seaborne invasion in history. The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. Giles Milton’s bold new history narrates the day’s events through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord.
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Needs a map
- By James Lucas on 03-24-19
By: Giles Milton
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I Will Hold
- The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates from Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
- By: James Carl Nelson
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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The incredible true story of Clifton B. "Lucky" Cates, whose service in World War I and beyond made him a legend in the annals of the Marine Corps. Cates knew that he and his small band of marines were in a desperate spot. Before handing the note over to a runner, he added three words that would resound through Marine Corps history: I WILL HOLD.
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I Cannot Hold!
- By Matthew on 10-22-16
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The Ultimate Battle
- Okinawa 1945: The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
- By: Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no-prisoners ferocity led Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost, including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire. This book tells a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death.
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Takes you into the mud and death
- By Ron on 02-02-08
By: Bill Sloan
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On Desperate Ground
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- By: Hampton Sides
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Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash in the Korean War relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances.
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typical armchair critic armed with hign site
- By Brent on 10-03-18
By: Hampton Sides
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Undefeated
- America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor
- By: Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Abandoned by their government, the men and women of the American garrison struggled against impossible military odds, rampant disease, and slow starvation to delay inevitable surrender by the largest American military force ever. Rather than picturing these defenders as little more than helpless victims of an overwhelmingly powerful and sadistic enemy-as most previous books about the Philippines campaign have done- Undefeated credits American troops with the unexcelled heroism and indomitable spirit they displayed under the worst imaginable conditions.
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Mesmerizing
- By Amazon Customer on 03-30-17
By: Bill Sloan
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Those Who Hold Bastogne
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In this dramatic account of the 1944-45 winter of war in Bastogne, historian Peter Schrijvers offers the first full story of the German assault on the strategically located town. From the December stampede of American and Panzer divisions racing to reach Bastogne first, through the bloody eight-day siege from land and air, and through three more weeks of unrelenting fighting even after the siege was broken, events at Bastogne hastened the long-awaited end of WWII.
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How Did Anyone Survive?
- By Sher from Provo on 09-26-15
By: Peter Schrijvers
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11 Days in December
- Christmas at the Bulge, 1944
- By: Stanley Weintraub
- Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
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11 Days in December tells the unforgettable story of one of the grimmest points of World War II and its Christmas Eve turn toward victory. In December 1944, the Allied forces thought their campaign for securing Europe was in its final stages. But Germany had one last great surprise attack still planned, leading to some of the most intense fighting in World War II: the Battle of the Bulge.
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- By Nikki on 05-11-07
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Challenge for the Pacific
- Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
- By: Robert Leckie
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
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From the Japanese soldiers' carefully calculated - and ultimately foiled - attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of 24-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal.
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Too much like a text book
- By Randall on 01-03-18
By: Robert Leckie
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D-Day
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- By: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 42 mins
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Renowned historian Antony Beevor, the man who "single-handedly transformed the reputation of military history" (The Guardian) presents the first major account in more than 20 years of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris. This is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting.
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A commendable book
- By Michael on 01-19-10
By: Antony Beevor
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- Wig_Snatcher_69
- 01-15-15
Best non fiction book I have ever read!
The Liberation Trilogy is the best non fiction I have read. It gives equal time to what the allied high command is experiencing, as well as what the guys on the front lines are experiencing. The book gives so much detail into what daily life was like for a grunt, as well as not sugar coating the horror they all experienced. In addition, Atkinson will also throw in many interesting asides as to the history of the place where the battle is being fought. As this book takes place in Italy, there are many ancient battle grounds, spots where ancient monsters were slain, Roman orgies, and important early Christian Church locations.
Listen to this book! You will laugh learn and cry!
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- Jim In Texas!
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An excellent history of an important campaign
What did you love best about The Day of Battle?
My father (J. Nelson Howard, Texas A&M class of 1944) participated in the events in this book, first with the 36th Division and latter with the 88th Division. I have a letter he wrote home on June 5, 1944 from Rome. The day after he was one of the first GI's into Rome.
Dad didn't talk a lot about his time Italy, but I know he hated Mark Clark, as did his Aggie friends.
I learned some of the reasons why from this book, and also heard Clark's side of the story.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Day of Battle?
Reading about the 36th and 88th Divisions.
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Davis's performance was excellent. His Italian was excellent. His German, British, and French accents were a tad off, but at least he didn't overdo them.
Overall production value of this recording was excellent, there were no dropouts, changing speeds and volumes, or repeated clips.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
It's a long book, but well structured to keep one's interest high.
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- Dylan McFadyen
- 05-16-15
highly recommend
Excellent book; narrator has some dodgy pronunciation and his "quotation voice" gets kind of annoying, but doesn't detract too much from an otherwise first rate book.
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- Sean T. Sarah
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Awful Narrator, Fabulous book
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I've never written a review on here before but I had to say something about the joker narrating this book. As a fan of historical non-fiction I prefer there to be some accuracy in the treatment of the text by the narrator. Jonathan Davis fails at this, and he does so with gusto.
His inability to pronounce words (some quite simple if you know the subject matter) is grating, and frankly does a disservice to an otherwise spectacular entry in the library of modern histories on World War 2. For example:
The Somme: he pronounces it as "some"
Passchendaele: "Passion-dolly"
Ira Eaker: "Acre"
La Marseillaise: The "Mar-sally"
And these are just of few examples of his butchery of words commonplace in the vocabulary of World War 2 history.
Also laughable was the narrators attempt to any accent that wasn't some form of English, American or Anzac. No matter the other nationality (French, Polish what have you) they came off as German. Apparently, once the Germans occupy your country you start sounding like them according to this narrator.
The book itself of course is fabulous and Rick Atkinson is a towering voice in accessible modern military history.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
His contempt for the text was obvious in his inability to research even the simplest background of what he was reading beforehand. Apparenlty if you're not American, English or ANZAC you sound like a German as apparently the French, Polish, Russians, Indians all came across with a German accent.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Yes! Though it would make a better HBO mini-series
Any additional comments?
Read the book.
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- Mike from Houston
- 10-25-19
Italy We must never forget the lessons and the sacrifice
Those who demand American investment of human capital in war need to read the words of those who pay that bill in blood
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- Matthew Wright
- 04-16-21
The Day of Battle Entertainment
This was a great read with good historical detail of the conflict in Italy during WW2. However, I cannot overcome the feeling that lots of it was sensationalized. A very good read overall but I just expected more from it.
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- A. Lamb
- 07-21-18
Great & unvarnished recount of a brutal campaign
Loved it.. Add images to the audiobook, or links to the maps and the experience would be complete.
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- James S Cannon
- 12-01-22
Great reading.
I knew the challenges faced by the Allied Armies North Africa and Italy, but this made it so much more clear.
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- Tyler Quinn
- 01-19-23
Another superior epic narrative
Atkinson continues with his sweeping prose in this second book covering WWII. The Italian Campaign is not as well known but many of the most well known names were shaped there.
From the largest amphibious landing in history (Sicily) to the slog up the Apennines, through the eventual breaking the Gothic Line and the liberation of Rome. Atkinson has a knack for capturing the most minute details, like soldiers’ letters home, or the sheer danger of a bombardier. And he weaves those details in to an epic tapestry that accounts for geopolitical strategy, human error, and all the complexities of warfare.
This is another must read to understand how the character of modern warfare evolved but the devastating nature has not changed. How even in modern war, a grinding attrition can achieve some aims, though leaders will be hard pressed to justify them. How the battle field is never clean, and atrocities abound alongside valor and sacrifice.
The narration is clean and well paced. Another excellent job.
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- jon
- 07-14-13
Puts everything in context
Where does The Day of Battle rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
In the top ten books I have listened to. Usually, military history is tough to listen to. Too many places and names. This was well written, and well read, and because I had a significant background in the topic it was easy to follow.
If you are like me and watched movies like Patton and The Big Red One as a kid, this book and its predecessor puts it all in context. For military enthusiast, this book is a must.
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