Naples ’44

Theme

Allied conduct

Behavior/attitudes of Allied troops toward locals

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.
  2. September 20 1943
    Reaching Salerno amid ongoing fighting, Lewis witnesses a brutal interrogation of an Italian civilian by a British officer.
  3. September 28 1943
    Hospitalized with malaria, Lewis hears disturbing accounts from wounded American soldiers about orders to kill surrendering Germans.
  4. May 28 1944
    A grim account of widespread, brutal mass sexual violence against civilians committed by French colonial troops advancing through nearby towns.
  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.
  6. September 1 1944
    The newly-arrived Canadian soldiers prove restless, undisciplined, and utterly disconnected from the war and the local population around them.
  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.

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