Richard Allison - Begging for Chocolates: A Story of WWII Italy
Richard Allison
Begging for Chocolates: A Story of WWII Italy
Veterans Day
November 11, 2017
11am, followed by a book signing
Free — pre-registration is requested
Copies of Begging for Chocolates will be available for purchase
Italy, 1944. The Allies are bogged down in mud, snow, and ice before the formidable Nazi Gothic Line — and the Italian natives are desperate. Richard Allison uses previously unpublished letters, journals, and other sources to tell the story of the military, political, and espionage efforts by the Western Allies that culminated in the early surrender of Axis forces in all of Italy on
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