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Astonishingly thorough and meticulously researched; it should become a standard work on this campaignA formidable achievement' Telegraph'Breathes fresh life into the grim story of Cassino. James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign' John C. McManus, PhD, author of To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945'Holland writes with eloquence and power about the harsh realities of a brutal battle that grabbed the world's attention and helped to decide the future of Italy' Professor Michael S. Neiberg, author of When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance___________There are no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943. And yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard, thus setting the stage

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Astonishingly thorough and meticulously researched; it should become a standard work on this campaignA formidable achievement' Telegraph'Breathes fresh life into... Read more

    Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
    Publication Date: 9/26/2024
    ISBN13: 9780857505538, 978-0857505538
    ISBN10: 085750553X

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    Astonishingly thorough and meticulously researched; it should become a standard work on this campaignA formidable achievement' Telegraph'Breathes fresh life into the grim story of Cassino. James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign' John C. McManus, PhD, author of To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945'Holland writes with eloquence and power about the harsh realities of a brutal battle that grabbed the world's attention and helped to decide the future of Italy' Professor Michael S. Neiberg, author of When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance___________There are no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943. And yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard, thus setting the stage

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