James Holland - Italy’s Sorrow - A Year of War 1944–45

NOTE ON THE TEXT CONTENTS List of Maps Note on the Text Principal Personalities Prologue Part I: The Road To Rome 1 The Eve of Battle: May 1944 2 Battle Begins: 11–12 May 1944 3 Churchill’s Opportunism 4 The Slow Retreat 5 Frustrations 6 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 7 Masters of the Skies 8 The Battle Rages: 13–16 May 1944 9 New Order 10 Breaking the Gustav Line: 17–18 May 1944 11 Achtung Banditen! 12 The Fog of War: 18–23 May 1944 13 Break-out: 23–26 May 1944 14 General Clark and the Big Switch: 26–30 May 1944 15 The Fall of Rome: 1–5 June 1944 Part II: The Brutal Summer 16 The North 17 The Problems of Generalship: June 1944 18 The Typhoon Rolls North 19 Breaking the Albert Line: 20–30 June 1944 20 The Politics of War 21 Differences of Opinion 22 Summer Heat: July 1944 23 Crossing the Arno: July–August 1944 24 A Change of Plan: August 1944 25 Despair: August 1944 26 The Gothic Line: 25 August–1 September 1944 27 The Tragedy of Gemmano: 1–12 September 1944 28 Mountain Passes and Bloody Ridges: 12–21 September 1944 Part III: The Winter of Discontent 29 Death in the Mountains: 22–29 September 1944 30 The Reason Why 31 Rain, Mud and Misery, Part I: 1–14 October 1944 32 Rain, Mud and Misery, Part II: 15–31 October 1944 33 The Infantryman’s Lot: November 1944 34 The Partisan Crisis: November–December 1944 35 White Christmas: December 1944 Part IV: Endgame 36 Stalemate: January–February 1945 37 Getting Ready: February–April 1945 38 The Last Offensive: 9–20 April 1945 39 The End of the War in Italy: 21 April–2 May 1945 Postscript References Bibliography Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Glossary Guide to ranks Index ITALY’S SORROW A Year of War, 1944–1945 JAMES HOLLAND Copyright ITALY’S SORROW A Year of War, 1944–1945 JAMES HOLLAND About The Publisher

PRINCIPAL PERSONALITIES (ranks as at end of war) CONTENTS List of Maps Note on the Text Principal Personalities Prologue Part I: The Road To Rome 1 The Eve of Battle: May 1944 2 Battle Begins: 11–12 May 1944 3 Churchill’s Opportunism 4 The Slow Retreat 5 Frustrations 6 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 7 Masters of the Skies 8 The Battle Rages: 13–16 May 1944 9 New Order 10 Breaking the Gustav Line: 17–18 May 1944 11 Achtung Banditen! 12 The Fog of War: 18–23 May 1944 13 Break-out: 23–26 May 1944 14 General Clark and the Big Switch: 26–30 May 1944 15 The Fall of Rome: 1–5 June 1944 Part II: The Brutal Summer 16 The North 17 The Problems of Generalship: June 1944 18 The Typhoon Rolls North 19 Breaking the Albert Line: 20–30 June 1944 20 The Politics of War 21 Differences of Opinion 22 Summer Heat: July 1944 23 Crossing the Arno: July–August 1944 24 A Change of Plan: August 1944 25 Despair: August 1944 26 The Gothic Line: 25 August–1 September 1944 27 The Tragedy of Gemmano: 1–12 September 1944 28 Mountain Passes and Bloody Ridges: 12–21 September 1944 Part III: The Winter of Discontent 29 Death in the Mountains: 22–29 September 1944 30 The Reason Why 31 Rain, Mud and Misery, Part I: 1–14 October 1944 32 Rain, Mud and Misery, Part II: 15–31 October 1944 33 The Infantryman’s Lot: November 1944 34 The Partisan Crisis: November–December 1944 35 White Christmas: December 1944 Part IV: Endgame 36 Stalemate: January–February 1945 37 Getting Ready: February–April 1945 38 The Last Offensive: 9–20 April 1945 39 The End of the War in Italy: 21 April–2 May 1945 Postscript References Bibliography Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Glossary Guide to ranks Index ITALY’S SORROW A Year of War, 1944–1945 JAMES HOLLAND Copyright ITALY’S SORROW A Year of War, 1944–1945 JAMES HOLLAND About The Publisher