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Title: Monte Cassino: Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line Condition: New Subtitle: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Author: Jeffrey Plowman Format: Paperback EAN: 9781526718938 ISBN: 9781526718938 Publisher: Pen & Sword Military Genre: History Topic: Military History Release Date: 13/11/2018 Description: 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 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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 246mm Item Length: 189mm Book Series: Images of War Release Year: 2018
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