Naples ’44

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Sele river

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In Naples ’44

The river by the Salerno beachhead, where HQ sits through the tense, underdefended first days and the night battles of September 1943.

Appears in 3 diary entries.

  1. September 11 1943
    HQ moves to a tranquil rural setting, but there's a creeping sense that the Fifth Army is unprepared and undefended.
  2. September 14 1943
    An intense night battle near the beachhead, with naval bombardment lighting the sky and hurried, ad hoc arming of the intelligence men.
  3. September 18 1943
    An account of a botched American paratroop drop, followed by the grim sight of German tank crews killed in their vehicles.

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