General Lucian K. Truscott

Glyn Harper QSM, PhD, MA (Hons), BA, DipTchng is an experienced author who has written extensively on various subjects fromWorld War I, World War II and beyond. Glyn was Professor of WarStudies at Massey University until his retirement in 2021. Prior to this heserved in the Australian Army, where he completed his PhD, and in 1996 he transferred tothe New Zealand Army, where he rose to Lieutenant Colonel as head of theMilitary Studies Institute. Glynwas the Army’s official historian for the deployment to East Timor, co-writing the official history and achildren’s book about that deployment. In 2011 Glyn was appointed by Massey University as the projectmanager for the Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War program,and he wrote two of the fourteen volumes of the Centenary History. He is theaward-winning author of more than twenty books for adults and thirteen booksfor children, many of which have achieved best-selling status. In 2012, Glynwas awarded a QSM for services to historical research. He is currently the academicadviser of Project ‘Army 200’, the 200-year history of the New Zealand Army,and is working on several new books.

• A note on American, British and German units and formations of theSecond World WarPrologue: An unwanted commandChapter 1: Lucian Truscott’s preparation for warChapter 2: Over thereChapter 3: Commanding the Dogface soldiersChapter 4: Disaster at Anzio Chapter 5: Anzio command: Truscott’s finest hour Chapter 6: Fighting in France August to October 1944Chapter 7: Back to ItalyChapter 8: After the warChapter 9: Assessment