Monte Cassino
Subtitle: the hardest-fought battle of World War II
By: Matthew Parker.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-400) and index.
Originally published: London : Headline, 2003.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The monastery and the Gustav Line; title: Pt. 1: Sicily to Cassino.; title: The Casablanca conference and the invasion of Sicily; title: The invasion of Italy; title: The Gustav Line; title: Into the Gustav Line; title: Pt. 2: The first battle.; title: British X Corps on the Garigliano : the left hook; title: Bloody River; title: Anzio and Cassino; title: The Cassino Massif; title: Pt. 3: The second battle.; title: The destruction of the monastery; title: Snakeshead Ridge; title: Lull at Cassino, counterattack at Anzio; title: Pt. 4: The third battle.; title: The battle for Cassino town; title: Castle Hill; title: The green devils of Cassino; title: Pt. 5: The fourth battle.; title: Deception; title: Break-in; title: Amazon Bridge; title: The monastery; title: Postscript: Surviving the peace; title: Appendix: Typical British infantry battalion, 1943-44; title: Orders of battle