Monte Cassino
Subtitle: Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Published: Dec 21, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781526718938
Description: "The battles fought between the Allied armies and the German Whrmacht at Monte Cassino in 1944 were key episodes in the protracted Italian campaign, and the eventual Allied victory was a decisive step in the wider war to liberate Europe from German occupation. Much has been written about Cassino, but few books have chosen to tell the story through photographs - to give a visual insight into the fighting and the forces involved, the conditions in which they fought, and the landscape around the Monte Cassino abbey which became a battlefield. That is why Jeffrey Plowman's photographic history is of such value. Using almost 200 wartime images, many of which have not been published before, he gives a graphic impression of the realities of the fighting as it was experienced by the troops on the ground. He focuses on the tanks - the array of armoured vehicles deployed by both sides which played a critical role. This aspect of Cassino has rarely been covered in such detail and in such a vivid way. The book will be of special interest to modellers and historians of armoured warfare, but it will also appeal to readers who have a more general interest in the Italian campaign"--Back cover.
Notes: Source title: Monte Cassino: Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line (Images of War)