https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/malcolm-gaskill/strike-at-the-knee Created Fri, 26/01/2024 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 26/01/2024 - 00:00 The gruelling, often grotesque nature of the Italian campaign is reason enough to remember it, but it’s been overlooked, idly regarded as filler between the defeat of Rommel and the Normandy Landings.