Italy's Sorrow

Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it was a place of nightmares, violence, war, and destruction. James Holland's ground-breaking account expertly details Italy's hidden history. Few people know more allied than German troops were killed in Italy than in Northwest Europe; or 700 separate civilian massacres were carried out by the Germans. In this revelatory account of the terrible events that occurred during those brutal twelve months of the campaign in Italy at the tail end of the WWII, Holland's brilliantly researched study reveals the true stories behind the one-sided accounts typically offered of this brutal yet edifying time in Italy's history. Re-examining appalling Partisan and Civilian massacres at German hands and a three day rampage on Monte Solethe single biggest civilian atrocity committed by the Nazis in western Europe,Italy's Sorrowfollows the lives and fortunes of commanders and ordinary men alike, allied and enemy, making up a collection of extraordinary personal stories that demonstrates that whichever side you were on, these very human dilemmas were suffered by all.Holland, James is the author of 'Italy's Sorrow', published 2008 under ISBN 9780312373962 and ISBN 0312373961.