Monte Cassino: Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781526718938)

The battles fought between the Allied armies and the German Wehrmacht 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 armored 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 modelers and historians of armored warfare, but it will also appeal to readers who have a more general interest in the Italian campaign.

Author: Jeffrey Plowman
ISBN-10: 1526718936
ISBN-13: 9781526718938
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2018
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.50w x 0.50d