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# The Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943--June 1944 Paperback – July 1, 2004

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Circus Maximus
  

*by B***T on Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2003*

Don't let the title of this book confuse you. Mr. Katz uses the word "battle" in its broad sense- this is not a work primarily concerned with the nuts-and-bolts of the Allies attempt to wrestle Rome away from the Germans. There is some military history- the landing at Anzio and the "lost opportunity" to move quickly up the underdefended route to Rome are neatly summarized. But Mr. Katz is mainly concerned with personalities, diplomacy and morality. He focuses on a few of the partisans, so that we come to know them intimately. We go along on several of their "missions" and learn about both fear and bravery. One key mission, setting off a bomb on a street known to be part of the daily route followed by some German policemen, results in the deaths of 32 Germans- and results in the infamous reprisal known as the Ardeatine Caves massacre. Hitler was so angered by the attack on the policemen that he wanted 30-50 Italians, per each German killed, to be executed. "Cooler heads" prevailed and managed to get the ratio down to 10-to-1. Lists were drawn up to figure out who the unlucky 320 people would be- they were largely made up of Italians already in jail awaiting execution or life imprisonment for previous "crimes." As you might expect, when these numbers proved insufficient the Germans became less selective- they also wound up miscounting and wound up executing 5 extra people. A thread running throughout the book is the behind-the-scenes maneuvers by the Vatican and Pope Pius XII to remain neutral- so that Rome would not be devastated and also so that Vatican City and its inhabitants would be left alone. Mr. Katz fairly presents the Pope's position. He also clearly condemns the Pope and the Vatican hierarchy for a failure to provide moral leadership. A consistent failure to "speak up" allowed the Germans to act with impunity- to kill Roman Jews and non-Jews alike. Would "speaking up" have made any difference? We'll never know the answer to that question- but Mr. Katz is persuasive when he argues that the Pope had an obligation to condemn brutality and inhumanity- and he failed to do so in any forceful manner. Another interesting aspect of the book is the military politics that were played in the final push to Rome. American General Mark Clark was determined that the Americans would liberate Rome. He felt that our troops had earned that right after the casualties suffered at Anzio. Clark felt that British General Alexander was trying to manipulate strategy so that the British could get to Rome first. In the end, Clark prevailed. Mr. Katz manages to juggle all of the storylines without losing sight of the big picture. He also drops a bombshell in the epilogue- but I can't give that away. Suffice it to say that it involves some more unsavory behavior by Vatican officials.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent book about an overlooked part of WWII
  

*by P***T on Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2013*

Robert Katz has written a very readable and entertaining book about Rome under Nazi occupation.  He draws together all the various viewpoints and objectives from across the wide spectrum of personalities in WWII and does so in a convincing and humanizing manner.  He has the ability to place you in the moment.  For me, it also raised parallels with partisan/guerrilla warfare even in the modern times and how much of what is done in a war depends on the winner.  The same people here who are lauded here as heroes would be prosecuted for terrorism and war crimes if they had been on the wrong side of history.

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    Excellent book. This is a very good account of ...
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2015*

Excellent book. This is a very good account of Rome during the German occupation. Gives insight into the various Italian resistance groups as well as to what went on in the Vatican. Highly recommend!

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