Battle of Monte Cassino
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A01=Melchior Wankowicz
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British Military History
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II Polish Corps
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Monte Cassino
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Polish Military History
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Wladyslaw Anders
World War II
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- ISBN 9781666920215
- Weight: 1107g
- Dimensions: 158 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Melchior Wankowicz’s The Battle of Monte Cassino is a unique contribution to the history of World War II, indeed the history of war in general. Composed by the Polish master of reportage, this book provides the reader with an exhaustive history of one of the greatest triumphs of Polish arms: the conquest of the German redoubt of Monte Cassino, after months of intense fighting, which provided the Allies with an open road for their progress through the Italian peninsula and, finally, to victory over the Nazis in Europe. The history of the Battle of Monte Cassino (17 January — 19 May 1944), centered on the Benedictine cloister of the same name, which was a key sector of the Nazi Army’s ‘Gustav Line’ of defense. Besides the history of the long Allied siege and the eventual victory won through the efforts of General Anders’ II Polish Corps, Wankowicz provides an on-the-spot account of the battle, at which he was present, setting the reader in the very midst of operations by his thorough and lively interviews with the soldiers who took part in it.
Melchior Wankowicz (1892–1974) is one of the most noteworthy Polish authors of the twentieth century, specifically in the genre of reportage.
Charles S. Kraszewski translates from Polish, Czech, and Slovak.
Aleksandra Ziólkowska-Boehm is author of over 35 books and Fulbright Scholar.
