The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944

About “The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944”

The second volume of Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson's trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and fight north toward Rome. Debate raged among Roosevelt, Churchill, and their advisers over whether invading the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was wise, but the commitment never wavered despite difficult, lethal battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino, led by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, before Rome's liberation in June 1944.