Allied conduct

In Naples ’44

Appears in 7 diary entries.

1. September 10 1943
   A strafing run and near-miss becomes almost routine; Lewis contrasts his own hardened nerves with the panic of green American troops.

   • War & violence
   • Allied conduct
2. September 20 1943
   Reaching Salerno amid ongoing fighting, Lewis witnesses a brutal interrogation of an Italian civilian by a British officer.

   • War & violence
   • Allied conduct
3. September 28 1943
   Hospitalized with malaria, Lewis hears disturbing accounts from wounded American soldiers about orders to kill surrendering Germans.

   • War & violence
   • Disease & health
   • Allied conduct
4. May 28 1944
   A grim account of widespread, brutal mass sexual violence against civilians committed by French colonial troops advancing through nearby towns.

   • War & violence
   • Allied conduct
5. August 31 1944
   Delivering the medicine, Lewis witnesses a bloody mourning ritual, a chaotic anti-typhus spraying operation, and the arrival of freewheeling Canadian troops.

   • Disease & health
   • Allied conduct
6. September 1 1944
   The newly-arrived Canadian soldiers prove restless, undisciplined, and utterly disconnected from the war and the local population around them.

   • Allied conduct
7. September 6 1944
   The generous but reckless Canadians treat everything, including two local girls they've picked up, with careless ease; Lewis is assigned to probe a clandestine political party.

   • Bureaucracy & absurdity
   • Allied conduct