Monte Cassino: A German View

Rudolf Bohmler

ISBN 10: 1473828465 / ISBN 13: 9781473828469

Published by Pen & Sword Military, 2015

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A Fine book in Fine dust jacket. Book covers are nice and clean, text block edges have some very slight toning, otherwise pristine. Internally nice and clean throughout. Dust jacket is Fine, no faults. A very nice, near new copy. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monte Cassino: A German View
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473828465
• ISBN 13: 9781473828469
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

As a German battalion commander Rudolf Bohmler fought in the front line during the fierce battles fought at Monte Cassino. After the war he wrote this remarkable history, one of the first full-length accounts of this famous and controversial episode in the struggle for Italy. His pioneering work, which has long been out of print, gives a fascinating insight into the battle as it was perceived at the time and as it was portrayed immediately after the war. While his fluent narrative offers a strong German view of the fighting, it also covers the Allied side of the story, at every level, in graphic detail. The climax of his account, his description of the tenacious defence of the town of Cassino and the Monte Cassino abbey by exhausted, outnumbered German troops, has rarely been equalled His book presents a soldier's view of the fighting but it also examines the tactics and planning on both sides. It is essential reading for everyone who is interested in the Cassino battles and the Italian campaign.

About the Author

Rudolf Bohmler (1914-1968) was a highly decorated German paratroop officer during the Second World War. He took part in the campaigns in Poland, France, Crete, the Soviet Union and Italy. After the war he compiled this graphic and authoritative account of the Monte Cassino battles in which he served as a battalion commander.