| Description |
496 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Bombing the cradle of Christianity -- The frantic effort to leave the Axis -- The former Allies square off -- War in a Museum: the battle for Rome -- The Gestapo in Rome: Kappler, espionage, and sabotage -- First they take the Jews -- The Vatican nest of spies -- Unexpected, but welcome help -- Allied POWs seek freedom -- Knocking on the gates of Saint Peter's -- Official military resistance -- Ciao Bella, ciao: the Partigiani -- The Rome escape line -- Life under the Gestapo boot: raids, roundups, food, and art -- An American boy scout OSS spy in Rome -- A stranded whale -- No Roman holiday -- The order has been carried out -- The Roman spring of 1944 -- Prelude to liberation -- At long last, liberation. |
| Summary |
"From the street fighting that heralded the German occupation to the Gestapo repression that followed, this is the gripping story of the German occupation of Rome from the Italian armistice in September 1943 until the Allied liberation of the city on June 5, 1944." -- Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Rome.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy -- Rome.
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Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1870-1945.
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Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945.
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| Note |
Pre-publication title: City in terror : Nazi occupied Rome, 1943-44 |
| ISBN |
9781472841285 hardback |
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147284128X hardback |
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9781472841292 paperback : $24.00 |
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1472841298 paperback |
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