Cassino 1944: Breaking the Gustav Line (Campaign, 134) - Softcover

Ford, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841766232 ISBN 13: 9781841766232

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Osprey's study of Italy's Cassino campaign during World War II (1939-1945). The battle for Cassino was probably the most bitter struggle of the entire Italian campaign. The dominating peak of Montecassino crowned by its magnificent but doomed medieval monastery was the key to the entire Gustav Line, a formidable system of defences that stretched right across the Italian peninsula. This position completely dominated the Liri valley and Route 6, the strategically vital road to Rome. Between January and May 1944 the Allies struggled amid inhospitable terrain and dreadful weather to dislodge the German paratroops that tenaciously defended the vital mountaintop. Ken Ford's book details the dramatic events of the battle to break the Gustav Line.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding with a guide to the battlefields today.

About the Author:

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in books in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1841766232
• ISBN 13: 9781841766232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Gerrard Howard