From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed,...

"Depicts Ernie Pyle's experiences with the men of Company C of the 18th Infantry and their role in the invasion of Italy. The story begins as Pyle joins Captain Bill Walker and the men of Company C in the desert of North Africa and follows these gallant soldiers as they fight their way from the beaches of Sicily to the hills of southern Italy."--Container.

Account of wartime espionage based on the true story of an intelligence operation designed to mislead the Nazis prior to the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily.

"Lt. James "Grumpy" Smith landed at Casablanca in February 1943 and served as a forward artillery observer in the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. In this presentation he relates his adventures."--Container.

This is an even-handed, meticulously documented, and absorbing examination of the conquest of Sicily in 1943. For the first time the major military commanders who would lead the Allied victory in Europe were together.

The Battle of the Mediterranean refers to the naval campaign between the Italian Royal Navy and the British Royal Navy. The Mediterranean was traditionally a focus of British maritime power, yet during WWII, British ships were out-numbered by the Italians. The British meant to retain the strategic points of Gibraltar, Malta, and the Suez Canal, thus holding open vital supply routes. Malta was especially important, as a needed stop for Allied convoys...

In the pre-dawn darkness of April 30, 1943, the body of a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the south-western coast of Spain, part of an incredible plot to mislead the German High Command about the Allies' impending Mediterranean invasion. What made this ruse unique--and macabre--was that the "Major" was actually a deceased Welsh laborer, who drifted lifelessly ashore carrying false documents indicating that the Allies were set to launch an attack...