Third Reich: Southern Front

Author: Time-Life Books
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Publish Date: 2002-05-10
Features: When it comes to World War II, more attention is given to the Eastern and Western Fronts, yet few realize that the two-year-long Southern Front, which began in the African desert and advanced into Sicily and Southern Italy, was equally brutal. The once invincible Desert Fox Rommel suffered successive defeats under Allied pressure, losing his former prestige; the Nazi German army retreated from Africa to Sicily, then back to the Italian mainland, and finally was forced to continue retreating northward in Italy. And for every step the Allies took forward, they paid a tremendous price in blood and flesh. All of this held indispensable significance for completely defeating Nazism and achieving a comprehensive victory in the anti-Fascist war.