The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: World War 2, Campaigns, Battles, Strategy
ISBN: 9780811746694
Amazon: B00CDWVM2S
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2007-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

General of Panzer Troops Hans Valentin Hube knew that he was in a tough situation, but he by no means considered it a hopeless one. As a corps commander who had been through the hell of Stalingrad, he had been in tougher situations than this. His orders, sent by the Fuehrer from his headquarters in East Prussia on July 13, read, “After the bulk of the Italian forces are eliminated [apparently a foregone conclusion] the Germans alone will be insufficient to push the enemy into the sea. It will therefore be the objective of the Germans to delay the enemy advance, and bring it to a halt west of Mount Etna.”12 Specifically, Hitler wanted the Allies halted along a defensive line running roughly from San Stefano through Adrano to Catania.

The instructions from the OKW Operations Staff (i.e., Jodl), dated that same day, enlarged upon Hitler’s orders. They commanded that the OKW directive

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