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6,446 ratings639 reviews. The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War, following the battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought from the invasion of Italy to the liberation of Dachau at war's end.
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- The Dust Bowl
- Italy
- Anzio
- France
- Germany
- The Heart of Darkness
- Last Battles
- Final Thoughts
- Additional Reading
The first part of the book begins in Miami, Ariz. when Spark is still in school during the Great Depression. Kershaw shared the struggles of growing up under challenging conditions when putting food on the table was an ordeal. Sparks was fascinated in military history and participated in the Citizens’ Military Training Program. When he turned 18, S...
The second part of the book began with Operation Huskyor the invasion of Sicily. While the book focused on Sparks and the 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, Kershaw also wrote about the perspectives of other key generals such as Eisenhower and Patton as well as other units. This helped to provide a sense of scale of the operations. Th...
Having been relieved by another unit, the 45th Infantry Division had an opportunity to rest and gain replacements before doing a beach landing in Anzio. The landing in Anzio went quite smoothly because the Germans were taken by surprise. However, the leadership did not capitalize on their surprise and Hitler responded with total fury by throwing ev...
As Sparks and his battalion pushed into France the going was quite smooth compared to what they went through in Italy. Things were smooth until they reached the Belfort Gap and the Vosges forest. The entire staff of the third battalion was killed and Sparks assumed command. There was intense fighting in the Vosges forest with lots of casualties. At...
The initial jump into Germany went quite smoothly. However, forces were diverted due to the German push to Antwerp, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. Sparks and his third battalion moved back into France at a town called Reipertswiller to set up a blocking force against 8 SS Divisions. The Germans surrounded the third battalion. The battalio...
On their way to Munich, Sparks and the third battalion were diverted to Dachau based on rumors of a concentration camp. This was true. The battalion liberated the concentration camp. But it did not go without incident. About 30 guards were killed after surrendering. This is considered a war crime. Because Sparks was in charge and there was a belief...
Sparks and his men spent much of their remaining days in Munich, Germany. When it was time to go, Sparks was reassigned to Reims, France to help put men on ships bound for the United States. In August 1945, Sparks jumped on a troopship bound for New York. He and his battalion had seen more than 500 days in combat.
I thought The Liberator was extremely well written and packed with great information about this part of World War II. While Kershaw focused his book of Sparks and the 45th Infantry Division, there were a number of periphery stories of other noteworthy figures who played a part along the 45th Infantry Division’s path. If you like reading about WWII,...
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Alex Kershaw. Crown, $28 (448p) ISBN 978-0-307-88799-3. In his latest WWII narrative, Kershaw (The Longest Winter) examines the war through the experiences of Felix Sparks, an American law...
Written with Alex Kershaw’s trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy, The Liberator traces the remarkable battlefield journey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks through the Allied liberation of Europe—from the first landing in Italy to the final death throes of the Third Reich.
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Oct 15, 2013 · 4.6 3,806 ratings. See all formats and editions. The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War—now a Netflix original series starring Jose Miguel Vasquez, Bryan Hibbard, and Bradley James.
Nov 8, 2012 · The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw is a non-fiction book about the amazing journey of officer (later General) Felix L. Sparks.
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