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Monte Cassino [electronic resource] : ten armies in Hell / Peter Caddick-Adams.
By: Caddick-Adams, Peter
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2013Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 396 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill., mapsISBN: 9780190254605 (ebook) :Subject(s): Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199974641DDC classification: 940.54215622 LOC classification: D763.I82 | C26257 2013Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Waged deep in the Italian mountains beneath a mediaeval monastery, the battle of Monte Cassino was an astonishingly brutal encounter, grinding up ten armies in conditions as bad as the Eastern Front at its worst. This book provides a vivid account of how an array of men from across the globe fought the most lengthy and devastating engagement of the Italian campaign in an ancient monastery town.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Originally published: London : Preface, 2012.
Waged deep in the Italian mountains beneath a mediaeval monastery, the battle of Monte Cassino was an astonishingly brutal encounter, grinding up ten armies in conditions as bad as the Eastern Front at its worst. This book provides a vivid account of how an array of men from across the globe fought the most lengthy and devastating engagement of the Italian campaign in an ancient monastery town.
Description based on print version record.