{"product_id":"sideshow-war-the-italian-campaign-1943-1945-9781603440226","title":"Sideshow War: The Italian Campaign, 1943-1945","description":"The fight for the Italian peninsula presented deep dilemmas to both the Allied and Axis powers. Was the Allies' campaign to liberate Italy worth the enormous loss of manpower and matériel and the devastation of the country? Could the Germans afford the diversion of resources from the Russian front for Italy's defense? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSideshow War: The Italian Campaign, 1943-1945, \u003c\/i\u003e George F. Botjer examines the economic, political, and cultural factors that influenced the unfolding of this campaign and also provides new, unpublished documentation highlighting Axis defensive operations in Sicily, their takeover of Italy, and the internment of the Italian army. He includes new documentation of economic conditions in German-occupied northern Italy and the extent to which Germany exploited the industries of that region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Allied leaders, who never fully committed to liberating Italy as a whole, constantly debated the various possible terminal points: Sicily, Naples, and Rome. An awareness that the mountainous terrain strongly favored the defender resulted in this indecision. Incorporating the German, Allied, and Italian points of view, this study \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003epresents a more comprehensive overview of this phase of the war than any previous book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603440226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"George F. Botjer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239161819317,"sku":"9781603440226","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a9459009-67d9-4841-bb0e-1908c9d94522.jpg?v=1770917028","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sideshow-war-the-italian-campaign-1943-1945-9781603440226","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}