Download or read book Monte Cassino 1944 who was to Blame written by Nando Tasciotti and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War crime, military necessity or tragic mistake? Deceits, blunders and lies led on 15 February 1944 Anglo-American planes to bomb the millennial abbey of Monte Cassino. This book documents, above all, the role of political leaders. Hitler was primarily to blame. He ordered the abolition of the neutral area promised to the Vatican and to stand not "inside" (as some British generals in particular believed) but "under the walls". In any case, on the Gustav Line, a decisive military advantage. Unlawful. Churchill in a telegram to General Alexander urged General Freyberg's attack. Reasons, results. Then he did not speak of Monte Cassino again, officially, for years. When he did... Roosevelt said: "Military necessity". Was it really so? For Rome, used militarily by the Germans, he sent the Pope an advice. Pius XII did not protest immediately and loudly: to protect Rome. From the Secret Archives a self-criticism emerges: even the abbey could have been saved. And the rescue of the Treasures boasted by the Germans? It resulted in the theft of many Neapolitan museums masterpieces. Göring's order, and Hitler knew it. But the monks hid the Treasure of San Gennaro, right on one of their trucks.
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by David Hapgood and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the events that culminated in the Allied bombing of the Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy, citing its location as the only passage to German-occupied Rome, the tragic decision to bomb the abbey, and the devastating winter combat that followed. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by Matthew Parker and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the six-month battle in the mountains of central Italy during which more than 350,000 people died, describing how German commander Kesselring established a virtually impregnable position at the fortress-like monastery, in a volume drawing on the first-person accounts of four hundred survivors.
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by David Hapgood and published by Saint Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 1984 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mules of Monte Cassino written by Jim DeFilippi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacrifice, slaughter, and stupidity. The Battle for Monte Cassino, in southern Italy during the bitter winter of 1943-1944, was the most gruesome, spine-wilting, pointlessly devastating battle of America's Twentieth Century, perhaps in all of America's history. The enormity of the mistakes of Monte Cassino was misunderstood and overlooked then and remains under-reported and ignored to this day. Three hundred and fifty thousand dead soldiers, along with no accurate count of the civilian dead, for no reason other than the hubris and egos of men with golden stars pinned on their shoulders, hobnobbing with Popes, Presidents and Prime Ministers. Priceless and irreplaceable art treasures were destroyed for no better reason than incompetence and impatience. Military advantage gained from all of this: nothing. This is the story of that battle told from the fox holes and from the blood-stained rivers, with the hands of wounded and drowning comrades clutching at your legs as you try to swim back to shore. One survivor of the devastation said, "We were all of us mules."
Download or read book Cassino written by Fred Majdalany and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2. V erdenskrig. Om slaget ved Monte Cassino
Download or read book The Necessity For The Destruction Of The Abbey Of Monte Cassino written by Major John G. Clement and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by Saint Benedict in A.D. 529, at the beginning of the Italian campaign was one of only two sites requiring special consideration in the interest of historical preservation. The monastery overlooked the only north-south road from Naples to Rome. The promontory, studied by the Italian War College as an example of a position made impregnable by nature, was the focal point of the German Gustav Line. The German defensive scheme did not include the monastery but did establish positions within 300 meters of its outer walls. After the lackluster landing at Anzio, the Fifth Army was obligated to conduct a winter campaign to break through the Gustav Line and relieve Anzio. In a sinister scape of bush and rock, soldiers endured immeasurable hardships while the monastery stood immune to the scars of war. On 15 February 1944, 253 tons of explosives were dropped on the Abbey of Monte Cassino as hundreds of refugees and wounded assembled in the chapel for morning services. The German paratroopers survived the onslaught of Allied airpower without a casualty and occupied the ruins that would serve as a strongpoint for the next four months. The perceived necessity for the bombing was nested in leadership interpretation of military necessity, psychological impact, and political considerations. Because the bombing was not coordinated with the ground assault, it was tactically irrelevant and failed to meet the requirements of military necessity. Decisions made to bolster friendly morale and to avoid political conflict are not intended for the defeat of the enemy and also fail to meet the requirements of necessity. The bombing was a careless act resulting in the needless death of civilians, destruction of a sacred building, and a waste of valuable military resources.
Download or read book The Battles of Monte Cassino written by Glyn Harper and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allied forces' actions in and around Monte Cassino in Italy remain some of the most controversial of the Second World War. Adolf Hitler described them as the battles that came closest to the bitter struggles on the Western Front. The name Cassino has become a touchstone for New Zealanders as a result of the crucial role played there by Kiwi forces, and the controversy surrounding the battles refuses to die down. This reappraisal of the battles brings new information about the events at Cassino to light. The Battles of Monte Cassino is not another campaign narrative but a fresh look at some of the key aspects of the battles - the controversial bombing of the Benedictine monastery, the effectiveness of the commanders involved on both sides, the consequences of the Anzio beachhead, the performance of the Germans - and why four agonising battles were needed to defeat the Germans at Cassino.
Download or read book Cassino the Hollow Victory written by John Ellis and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1984 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fall of Monte Cassino written by Robert Michulec and published by Concord. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by Rudolf Bohmler and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by John Grehan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by Richard Doherty and published by Pen & Sword Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the bloodiest European battles of the Second World War was that from January to June 1944 for the Gustav Line, anchored on Monte Cassino, famous for its Benedictine Abbey. Better known as the Battle of Cassino, the campaign only ended when Rome was liberated. With General Sir Harold Alexander in overall command, the Allied Army Group in Italy, consisted of Fifth (US) and Eighth (British) Armies. Both were truly multinational with some 20 allies nations involved. The book recognizes the contributions of all elements and flags up the inevitable national tensions and rivalries exacerbated by restrictions of terrain and weather. Allied commanders, using ingenuity, highly effective artillery and sophisticated close air support, finally triumphed over their formidable German adversaries. Cassino: January-June 1944 examines the campaign from the political/strategic levels to the tactical, using official records, accounts from commanders and participants, including interviews. The Author has conducted many battlefield studies and written extensively on the War in Italy.
Download or read book The Battle of Monte Cassino written by Melchior Wankowicz and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the conquest of Monte Cassino, after months of intense fighting, providing the Allies with an open road for their progress through Italy to victory over the Nazis in Europe. Wańkowicz's account is based on what he saw himself, as well as interviews with the soldiers who took part in the battle.
Download or read book Cassino 1944 written by Ken Ford and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Battles for Monte Cassino written by Jeffrey Plowman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battles for Cassino encompassed one of the few truly international conflicts of the Second World War. A strategic town on the road to Rome, the fighting lasted four months and cost the lives of more than 14,000 men from eight nations. This work presents a balanced view the conflict, combined with maps, orders of battle, citations and captions.
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by Peter Caddick-Adams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title looks at the 5 month campaign to capture the monastery of Monte Cassino during the Second World War.
