Monte Cassino

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Before D-Day there was Monte Cassino, the desperate six-month struggle in the mountains of central Italy that left more than 350.000 men dead or wounded. Hitler had declared that th Allied drive toward Rome must be stopped at all costs, and in the winter of 1943-1944 the German commander Kesselringchose the fortresslike monastery of Monte Cassino as the centerpiece of the Gustav Line, one of the most impressive feats of defensive engineering ever conceived.

Doubleday

Matthew Parker

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English

USA 2004