Second Front The Allied Invasion of France 1942-43 (An Alternative History)

Name: Second Front The Allied Invasion of France 1942-43 (An Alternative History)
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ISBN: 9781480445819

ISBN-10: 1480445819

ISBN-13: 9781480445819

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Authors: Alexander M. Grace

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One of the great arguments of World War II took place among Allied military leaders over when and where to launch a second front against Germany in Europe. Stalin, holding on by his teeth in Russia, urged a major invasion from the west as soon as possible. The Americans, led by Marshall and Wedemeyer, argued likewise. It was Churchill who got his way, however, with his Mediterranean strategy, including a campaign on the Italian peninsula, which he mistakenly called the "soft underbelly of Europe."This realistic, fact-based work posits what would have happened had Churchill been overruled, and that rather than invading North Africa in the fall of 1942, then Sicily and Italy, the Allies had…

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List price: $21.99
Publisher: Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Publication date: 3/25/2014
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 336
Language: English

Alexander M. Grace was a career foreign service officer who was posted in numerous countries in Latin America and Europe. Retired from government service, Grace presently teaches international relations at the University of Central Florida. He lives in Orlando, Florida.