Few Returned

Download or read book Few Returned written by Eugenio Corti and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1997-05-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don by enemy forces who far outnumbered them. To break out of this encirclement, these men undertook a desperate march across the snow, with constant engagements and in temperatures ranging from -20 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit. Whereas supplies were air-dropped to the Germans, the predicament of the Italians was far more difficult: lacking gasoline, they were compelled to abandon their vehicles and to proceed without heavy arms, equipment, ammunition, or provisions. Even.