Parker, Matthew

Monte Cassino : the story of the hardest-fought battle of World War II Matthew Parker - 1st ed - New York : Doubleday, 2004 - xvi, 414 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Originally published: London : Headline, 2003

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-400) and index

The monastery and the Gustav line -- I: Sicily to Cassino -- 1. The Casablanca conference and the invasion of Sicily -- 2. The invasion of Italy -- 3. The Gustav line -- 4. Into the Gustav line -- II: The first battle -- 5. British X corps on the Garigliano: the left hook -- 6. Bloody River -- 7. Anzio and Cassino -- 8. The Cassino Massif -- III: The second battle -- 9. The destruction of the monastery -- 10. Snakeshead ridge -- 11. Lull at Cassino, counterattack at Anzio -- IV: The third battle -- 12. The battle for Cassino Town -- 13. Caste hill -- 14. The green devils of Cassino -- V: The fourth battle -- 15. Deception -- 16. Break-in -- 17. Amazon bridge -- 18. The monastery -- Surviving the peace -- Typical British infantry -- Battalion, 1943-44 -- Order of battle

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Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944