{"product_id":"desperate-valour-9780306825729","title":"Desperate Valour","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting and comprehensive account of the Battle of Anzio and the Alamo-like stand of American and British troops that turned certain defeat into victory\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The four-month-long 1944 battle on Italy's coast, south of Rome, was one of World War II's longest and bloodiest battles. Surrounded by Nazi Germany's most fanatical troops, American and British amphibious forces endured relentless mortar and artillery barrages, aerial bombardments, and human-wave attacks by infantry with panzers. Through it all, despite tremendous casualties, the Yanks and Tommies stood side by side, fighting with, as Winston Churchill said, \"desperate valour.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So intense and heroic was the fighting that British soldiers were awarded two Victoria Crosses, while American soldiers received twenty-six Medals of Honor--ten of them awarded posthumously. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The unprecedented defensive stand ended with the Allies breaking out of their besieged beachhead and finally reaching their goal: Rome. They had truly snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Award-winning author and military historian Flint Whitlock uses official records, memoirs, diaries, letters, and interviews with participants to capture the desperate nature of the fighting and create a comprehensive account of the unrelenting slugfest at Anzio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesperate Valour\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring chronicle of courage beyond measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306825729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.70d","brand":"Flint Whitlock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435492995253,"sku":"9780306825729","price":37.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a557510d-f5e4-4965-ac57-5eeafdd7e969.jpg?v=1776226843","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/desperate-valour-9780306825729","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}