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Beschreibung
Osprey's study of Italy's Cassino campaign during World War II (1939-1945). The battle for Cassino was probably the most bitter struggle of the entire Italian campaign. The dominating peak of Montecassino crowned by its magnificent but doomed medieval monastery was the key to the entire Gustav Line, a formidable system of defences that stretched right across the Italian peninsula. This position completely dominated the Liri valley and Route 6, the strategically vital road to Rome. Between January and May 1944 the Allies struggled amid inhospitable terrain and dreadful weather to dislodge the German paratroops that tenaciously defended the vital mountaintop. Ken Ford's book details the dramatic events of the battle to break the Gustav Line.
Osprey's study of Italy's Cassino campaign during World War II (1939-1945). The battle for Cassino was probably the most bitter struggle of the entire Italian campaign. The dominating peak of Montecassino crowned by its magnificent but doomed medieval monastery was the key to the entire Gustav Line, a formidable system of defences that stretched right across the Italian peninsula. This position completely dominated the Liri valley and Route 6, the strategically vital road to Rome. Between January and May 1944 the Allies struggled amid inhospitable terrain and dreadful weather to dislodge the German paratroops that tenaciously defended the vital mountaintop. Ken Ford's book details the dramatic events of the battle to break the Gustav Line.
Über den Autor
Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in books in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of the Campaign

Chronology
Opposing Commander
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
Orders of Battle
US Fifth Army Attack
The Cassino Battles
Operation Diadem: Breaking the Gustav Line
The Battlefield Today

Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Campaign
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781841766232
ISBN-10: 1841766232
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ford, Ken
Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Campaign
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 249 x 181 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: Ken Ford
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2004
Gewicht: 0,318 kg
Artikel-ID: 133442749