WW2 #14: Salerno

The day after Italy’s surrender on September 8, 1943, U.S. General Mark Clark’s 5th Army stormed ashore in Salerno Bay, just south of Rome and Naples. The invasion was expected to be quickly concluded, followed by a rapid dash up the coast to the Italian capital. In one fell swoop, the Allies were going to occupy Italy and trap large formations of occupying German troops in the southern part of the Italian peninsula.

But unknown to the Americans and British, the German Wehrmacht had already acted, with their customary efficiency and cold-bloodedness, disarming their erstwhile Italian allies and occupying key installations, air fields and road junctions. When the Allies started their advance, battle-hardened and experienced German divisions were lying in wait!

Writer, Artist and Illustrator Ronald Ledwell with over sixty published books, plus many numerous freelance projects to his credit has been writing and illustrating Comics and Graphic Novels for over thirty-five years. His work has been published and distributed world wide by New England Comics and the major genera distributors. The owner of a commercial printing and graphics company for forty years, but now retired and concentrating on creating graphic novels. His titles have become cult classics and are sold on Ebay, Amazon and other collectable sites. He is in the process of converting his past titles into Ebooks with BB eBooks and many are up on Amazon, iTunes, etc. He is a Navy Veteran and lives in Massachusetts with his wife Jeanne, who is also a writer.

Location: Massachussetts, USA