Who Defends Rome?: The Forty-Five Days, July 25-September 8, 1943

By Melton S Davis

This book, first published in 1972, examines the tumultuous period between Mussolini's dismissal and the German occupation of Rome 45 days later. Double-dealing, treachery, vindictiveness, cowardliness, contradictory orders are the hallmarks of this time, and the protagonists include Mussolini, Hitler, Eisenhower, Maxwell Taylor, the Italian King, Churchill and Badoglio. Its was then that Italy arranged a virtually meaningless armistice with the Allies, the terms of which were never clear to anyone. This book reconstructs these days with a clear and thorough analysis, using new evidence not previously available to researchers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032100338
• ISBN13: 9781032100333
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"