Cassino : anatomy of the battle

av Piekałkiewicz, Janusz

Inbunden bok. London : Orbis. 1980. 192 sidor.

Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. THE BATTLE FOR Monte Cassino was one of the haost savage confhcts of the Second World War; British, New Zealand, Indian, French, Polish and Amencan forces were halted and locked, wlth Kesselring's crack.

German troops in the drive to capture Rome: It became a long, bitter struggle in which t.he Benedictin.e Abbey, dommatmg the line of the Alhed advance, became a symbol ofthe determination ofb0th sides.
Many aspects of the struggle still remam controverslal: the tactical direction of the Allied offensive, for exarnple, and in particular the role of Freyberg and other commanders m the destruction of the monastery and town.
Even the question of whether the battle was necessary or whether the Allies should have bypassed Cassino altogether is still a topic ofintense debate.
The author illuminates these and other crucial issues using a wealth of documentary evidence from Allied and German sources, and his detailed day-today narrative provides a graphic account of how the infantry troops on both sides responded to the combat in the town, the Liri valley and on the mountain itself.
The result is a uniquely rounded study of a battle which will intrigue military historians for a long time to come.
150 photographs and maps complete this excellent and invaluable record.