The Winter Campaign in Italy 1943: Orsogna, San Pietro and Ortona

by Pier Paolo Battistelli

A gripping tale of three crucial battles fought at the end of 1943 as Allied forces approached the Gustav Line in Italy.

After repulsing the German counter-attack at Salerno in September 1943, the US Fifth Army and British Eighth Army advanced up the Italian Peninsula. By October, the Allied armies had reached the Volturno Line, forcing a critical decision in German strategy: a prolonged defence would be conducted in southern Italy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472855698
• ISBN13: 9781472855695
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.7"