US Army Campaigns of World War II - Po Valley Italy

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Offered for auction here is the booklet entitled "Po Valley". Located in Northern Italy, the Po Valley was a strategic flatland south of the Alps and north of the Apennines Mountains, the last line of defense for the Axis forces in Italy. Allied armies had invaded Italy in September 1943 and had methodically worked their way north. The Germans were forced to remove a large portion of their military to Northern France to counter the Allied invasion at Normandy, which was pushing ever closer to Germany; while remaining German forces in Italy fought stubbornly, they did not have the numbers of equipment to effectively combat US, British and Canadian armies. Germany anchored its defensive line north of the Po River.
US Army Campaigns of World War II - Po Valley Italy
US Army Campaigns of World War II - Po Valley Italy
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Description
The
US Army Center of Military History
, in the 1990s, published a
series of 42 booklets
detailing
"The US Army Campaigns of World War II".
These booklets
provided details on the planning and fighting in the various theaters of war
. Each booklet addressed such topics as the (a)
the strategic setting of the area
, (b)
military operations
, and (c) an
analysis of that campaign
. The publications are
well-illustrated with multiple color maps of the battlefields
,
routes of advance by the troops
, and
defensive lines
. There are also
black-and-white photographs
.
Each booklet measures appx 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches closed, 11 x 8 1/2 inches opened, and is printed on a high-quality semi-glossy paperstock. All are
unused and in mint condition
. Over the coming weeks, I will be offering for sale booklets from this set. You can find all listings by entering the Ebay keywords
"US Army Campaigns of World War".
Offered for auction here is the booklet entitled
"Po Valley"
. Located in Northern Italy, the
Po Valley was a strategic flatland south of the Alps and north of the Apennines Mountains
, the
last line of defense for the Axis forces in Italy
. Allied armies had invaded Italy in September 1943 and had methodically worked their way north. The
Germans were forced to remove a large portion of their military to Northern France to counter the Allied invasion at Normandy
, which was pushing ever closer to Germany; while remaining German forces in Italy fought stubbornly, they did not have the numbers of equipment to effectively combat US, British and Canadian armies.
Germany anchored its defensive line north of the Po River
. The US began a diversionary attack in April 1945, and after a vicious battle, Allied troops bridged the Po and pushed German forces to the north. On
May 2, 1945, German headquarters issued
"cease fire"
orders
to its troops, tens of thousands of which were captured. This booklet contains some
great maps, to include the breakthrough routes into the Po Valley, as well as the entire Spring 1945 offensive in the region.
This publication, which
contains 27 pages
, is in
excellent, virtual mint, condition.
There are no rips or tears, no writing or markings, no spills or smears, and the binding is secure with all pages firmly in place.
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