Welcome to the WWII Forums, Marne !
You're absolutely right, and I think we raised this point here a while back.
It's interesting that the MTO, especially Italy, has
always been overlooked. The 'D-Day Dodgers' slur caused great anger in WWII - Italy was always considered a sideshow and the senior Allied officers knew this all too well. Hence, men such as Leese and Clark felt that their careers were being overshadowed which explains some of the 'grandstanding' and lack of co-operation which occured.
By coincidence, I recently read Douglas Porch's
'Hitler's Mediterranean Gamble'and am now onto Bidwell/Graham's
'Tug Of War' , so I'm in the process of learning much more about what went on in Italy.
Interesting that you should mention films....the best IMHO is 'A Walk In The Sun' but as that was made in the late '40s you can't expect it to have an impact on modern audiences. The last movie was I think 'Anzio' from 1968 which really wasn't very good. There's certainly no MTO equivalent of 'SPR'.....
