Overview

Allied Fighting Effectiveness in North Africa and Italy, 1942-1945 offers a collection of scholarly papers focusing on heretofore understudied aspects of the Second World War. Encompassing the major campaigns of North Africa, Sicily and Italy from operation TORCH to the end of the war in Europe, this volume explores the intriguing dichotomy of the nature of battle in the Mediterranean theatre, whilst helping to emphasise its significance to the study of Second Word War military history. The chapters, written by a number of international scholars, offer a discussion of a range of subjects, including: logistics, the air-land battle, coalition operations, doctrine and training, command, control and communications, and airborne and special forces. Contributors are Matthew C. Ford, Simon Godfrey, John Greenacre, Andrew L. Hargreaves, James Hudson, Alan Jeffreys, Kevin Jones, Paul Lemaire, Ross Mahoney, Christopher Mann, Cesar Campiani Maximiano, Patrick J. Rose, and Grant T. Weller.

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Author:   Andrew Hargreaves ,  Patrick Rose ,  Matthew C. Ford
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   99
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.545kg
ISBN:  

9789004275232

ISBN 10:   9004275231
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   15 May 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors...vii Introduction ...1 Andrew Hargreaves, Patrick Rose and Matthew Ford 1 Coalition Air-Land Doctrine in the North African Campaign: Moving Towards a Single Concept of Operations, June 1942 - March 1943 ...13 James Hudson 2 A Blueprint for Success: Army-Air Force Co-operation and the Battle for the Mareth Line, 19-29 March 1943 ...31 Ross Mahoney 3 The Fusion of the North African armee de l'air and the FAFL after Operation TORCH, November 1942 - May 1944 ...53 Paul Lemaire 4 When Opportunity Arises : British Airborne Operations in the Mediterranean 1941-1944 ...67 John Greenacre 5 Rearguard Action: Eighth Army's Tactical Response to the German Evacuation of Sicily, July - August 1943 ...85 Kevin Jones 6 Indian Army Training for the Italian Campaign and Lessons Learnt ...103 Alan Jefffreys 7 Learning on the Job: Training the Brazilians for Combat in the Gothic Line ...120 Cesar Campiani Maximiano 8 The Quartermaster Corps in the Mediterranean: A Motorized Logistics System ...148 Grant T. Weller 9 British Army Communications in North Africa and Italy from Operation TORCH to the Capture of Rome ...170 Simon Godfrey 10 Failures in Command and Control: The Experience of 4th Indian Division at the Second Battle of Cassino, February 1944 ...188 Christopher Mann 11 Reassessing British Army Command: XIII British Corps in the Fourth Battle of Cassino, May - July 1944 ...206 Patrick Rose 12 Learning to Exploit Depth: The Application, Evolution and Value of Allied Special Forces in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1945 ...224 Andrew Hargreaves Conclusion ...248 Andrew Hargreaves, Patrick Rose and Matthew Ford Index ...253 Contents Contents

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Andrew L. Hargreaves is an independent military historian and researcher. He was awarded a Ph.D. from King's College London in 2009. His most recent publication is Special Operations in World War II - British and American Irregular Warfare (Oklahoma University Press, 2013). Patrick J. Rose received a Ph.D. from King's College London in 2009 for a study of command culture in the British Army between 1919 and 1945. He is co-editor and co-author of The Indian Army 1939-1947 - Experience and Development (Ashgate, 2012). Matthew C. Ford, Ph.D. (2008), King's College London, is currently a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex. He has published in the Journal of Strategic Studies, Small Wars and Insurgencies, War in History, and Parameters.

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