Contents
Preface: Attacking Germans in Defensive Positions: “a most unpleasant and hazardous operation”
Part One: Introduction—The Road to the Gothic Line
3. Italy: A Country Made for Defensive Warfare
4. Nisei Soldiers and the Battle for Belvedere
5. Indians on the Road to Florence
6. Blood and Honor: Partisans and the SS on the Road North
7. Best-Laid Plans: The SOE and OSS in Northern Italy
8. Dug-In Defense: The German Plan
9. The Complexities of Command: Lieutenant General Leese and Operation Olive
10. A Multinational Assault: Ten Armies on the Gothic Line
11. With Infantry and Tanks: The Canadians on the Foglia River
12. Green Devils on the Adriatic: The German Defense and the Fall of Rimini
13. Mules, Bulldozers, and Bailey Bridges: The Indians on the Apennines
14. Alienating the Italian Population: The Massacre at Marzabotto
15. Fighting German Artillery and Jim Crow: The Buffalo Soldiers in Tuscany
16. At the Point of the Line: The Attack on Seravezza
17. Behind Enemy Lines: The SOE and OSS Missions in the North
18. Regular and Irregular Forces: The Fall of Ravenna
19. Christmas in the Serchio Valley
20. East Wind: The Different Flavors of Communism
21. The Secret Surrender: Operation Sunrise
22. The Last Battles: Colle Musatello and Chioggia
23. The Last Day of Battle: Surrender in Italy and Operation Unthinkable