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Review: Monte Cassino: The Hardest Fought Battle of World War IIUser Review - Greg - GoodreadsJust the right detail to get an overview of this monumental battle. Personal recollections blended with the author's narrative really brought the events to life. Combine this with Atkinson's "Day of ... Read full review Review: Monte Cassino: The Hardest Fought Battle of World War IIUser Review - Daniel Etherington - GoodreadsAn impressive account of the battle(s) of Monte Cassino, named after the ancient monastary that loomed over the Allied troops as they tried to fight their way up the leg of Italy after the 1943 ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrases36th Division 4th Indian Division 5th Army Allied American Anzio arrived artillery attack Battalion battle Beacham Bill Mauldin boats bombing bridge bridgehead Brigade British 4th British 4th Division British X Corps captured castle casualties Clare Cunningham Clark combat commander Corps counterattack crossing dead defensive Denis Beckett diary Division's Eggert enemy engineers Essex February fighting force forward fought French Freyberg front line Fusiliers Garigliano German going grenades gunner Gurkhas Gustav Line Hangman's Hill heavy high ground Ibid infantry interview Italian Italy January Kesselring killed landing Liri valley March Massif Milligan monastery Monte Cassino mortar mountain moved mules Naples night officer paratroopers Pittaccio platoon Polish positions prisoners quoted rain Rapido Rapido River Regiment remembers rifle river road Rome Salerno to Cassino says shells side soldiers soon started tanks took town troops units Valvori veteran wounded wrote yards Zealand Bibliographic information
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