Commander in Chief : FDR's battle with Churchill, 1943
Hamilton, Nigel2016
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Place reservation for Commander in Chief : FDR's battle with Churchill, 1943'Commander in Chief' reveals the astonishing truth - suppressed by Winston Churchill in his memoirs - of how Roosevelt battled with Churchill to maintain the Allied strategy that would win the war. Roosevelt knew that the Allies should take Sicily but avoid a wider battle in southern Europe, building experience but saving strength to invade France in early 1944. Churchill seemed to agree at Casablanca - only to undermine his own generals and the Allied command, testing Roosevelt's patience to the limit. Churchill was afraid of the invasion planned for Normandy, and pushed instead for disastrous fighting in Italy, thereby almost losing the war for the Allies. In a dramatic showdown, FDR finally set the ultimate course for victory by making the ultimate threat.
Main title:
Commander in Chief : FDR's battle with Churchill, 1943 / Nigel Hamilton.
Author:
Hamilton, Nigel, author
Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2016.
Collation:
xv, 464 pages : maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785900570 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.532940.541273
LC class:
D748
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1533245
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