02202cam a2200337 4500 603539634 TxAuBib 20220829120000.0 130123s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307888006 pbk. 0307888002 pbk. (OCoLC)825046361 TxAuBib Kershaw, Alex. The Liberator : One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau / Alex Kershaw. First paperback edition. New York : Broadway Books, [2012] ©2012. 433 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-418) and index. The dustbowl -- The west -- Off to war -- Italy -- Sicily -- The race for Messina -- Mountain country -- Anzio -- Danger ahead -- Hell broke loose -- A blood-dimmed tide -- The battle of the caves -- Crossing the line -- The bitch-head -- The breakout -- Rome -- France -- Day 401 -- The Champagne campaign -- The Vosges -- Germany -- Black December -- The breaking point -- Defeat -- The river -- The Siegfried Line -- Cassino on the Main -- Downfall -- The heart of darkness -- The day of the Americans -- The hounds of Hell -- The coal yard -- The Linden incident -- The long day closes -- Last battles -- The last days -- Victory in Europe -- Peace breaks out -- The last battle. The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. The battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe; from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau. 20220829. Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917-2007. World War II. United States Army Infantry Regiment, 157th Battalion, 3rd. United States Army Officers Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Italy. Biographies.