1 Season
24 Episode
World War II: Battlefield Europe - Season 1 Episode 16 The Allies Invade Italy: Sicily to Anzio
The world today is a product of the second world war in too many ways to count.
Was the Allied invasion of Italy a strategic necessity or, as many at the time suggested, a sideshow? Consider both sides in this lecture on Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, and two key battles-at Monte Cassino and Anzio-that illustrate the incredible tenacity of Allied soldiers, but also the uninspired generalship that led to an enormous waste of lives.
- Year: 2020
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- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: The Great Courses
- Keyword: germany, france, europe, world war ii, soviet union, joseph stalin, franklin delano roosevelt, benito mussolini, d-day, north africa, battle of britain, military history, blitzkrieg, world history, adolf hitler, winston churchill, nazi germany, fdr, united states, harry s. truman, holocaust, u boat, second world war, battle of moscow, fall of france, operation barbarossa, battle of stalingrad, dwight david eisenhower, charles de gaulle
- Director: David R. Stone, PhD
- Cast: David R. Stone, PhD