General Mark Clark: Commander of America's Fifth Army and Liberator of Rome 

General Mark Clark: Commander of America's Fifth Army and Liberator of Rome
With Jon B. Mikolashek
Part of our Italy 1944 - Monte Cassino and Beyond series
• Monte Cassino and Beyond
Although not nearly as well-known as other US Army senior commanders, Gen. Mark Clark is one of the four men-along with Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley-who historian Martin Blumenson called “the essential quartet of American leaders who achieved victory in Europe.” Eisenhower nicknamed him the American Eagle.
A skilled staff officer, Clark rose quickly through the ranks, and by the time America entered the war, he was deputy commander of Allied forces in North Africa. Several weeks before Operation Torch, Clark landed by submarine in a daring mission to negotiate the cooperation of the Vichy French. He was subsequently named commander of United States Fifth Army and tasked with the invasion of Italy. Fifth Army and Mark Clark are virtually synonymous. From the September 1943 landing at Salerno, Clark and his army fought their way north against skilled German resistance, augmented by mountainous terrain. The daring January 1944 end-run at Anzio, although not immediately successful, set the stage for Fifth Army’s liberation of Rome on June 4, 1944, after ten months of hard fighting.
Jon Mikolashek is a history professor at the U.S Army Command and General Staff College branch at Ft. Belvoir, VA, and also teaches history at American Military University.
General Mark Clark: Commander of America's Fifth Army in World War II and Liberator of Rome by Jon B. Mikolashek
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