Battles, 14 July–7 August
San Fratello, 8 August
The End in Sicily, 3–17 August
Map Key
(See also the Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations on p. 501)
ALLIED UNITS
STANDARD MILITARY SYMBOLS
I = Company
II = Battalion
III = Regiment
X = Brigade
XX = Division
XXX = Corps
XXXX = Army
XXXXX = Army Group
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS
Air = Airborne
Arm = Armoured
bde = brigade
bn = battalion
Br = British
Can = Canadian
CB = Coastal Battalion (Italian)
CC = Combat Command
CD = Coastal Division (Italian)
Cdo = Commando
FA = Field Artillery
Fall = Fallschirmjäger
GM = Gruppo Mobile
gp = group
HG = Hermann Göring (Panzer Division)
Inf = Infantry
It = Italian
LCI = landing craft, infantry
LST = landing ship, tank
LZ = landing zone
ME = Middle East
MG = Mobile Group
MT = motor transport
ops = operations
Para = Parachute
PG = Panzer Grenadier
Pz = Panzer
SRS = Special Raiding Squadron
TF = Task Force
TG = Tactical Group
US = United States
Principal Personalities
American
Major Mark Alexander
Commander, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Staff Sergeant James Altieri
Fox Company, 4th Ranger Battalion
Lieutenant-General Omar M. Bradley
Commander, II Corps
Lieutenant John Mason Brown
Journalist and US Navy Reserve officer serving on USS Ancon
Lieutenant James M. ‘Jimmy’ Bruno
Co-pilot, 99th Bomb Group
Harry Butcher
Naval aide to General Eisenhower
Lieutenant Max Corvo
Intelligence officer, Office of Strategic Services
Lieutenant Charlie Dryden
Pilot, 99th Fighter Squadron
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean
