false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179347199m/906441.jpg 906441 2 <div><div>The struggle to capture Monte Cassino, the impregnable heights barring the Allied advance on Rome in 1944, was the longest land battle fought in Western Europe in World War II and among the most costly. In four separate assaults over the course of the grim six-month epic, over 105,000 men from the Allied armies and at least 80,000 Germans became casualties and, between the attacks, the armies of both sides endured conditions of appalling privation. In John Ellis' classic account of the battle, few of the Allied commanders, except for the Free French General Juin, emerge with credit. But the author has nothing but admiration and compassion for the courage and endurance of the common soldiers whose experiences he vividly recreates in the pages of this narrative.</div></div> 891586 1984 Cassino: The Hollow Victory - The Battle for Rome, January-June, 1944 total:7|5:2|4:2|3:3|2:0|1:0| 7 27 9 1 4 0 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Nov 28 22:18:40 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 22:19:15 -0800 2009

This book was first published in 1984 and is still one of the better researched books covering the fighting around Cassino in Italy in 1944. In over 587 pages the author covers nearly ever facet of the fighting both from the Allied side and the Axis. From the soldier in the ruined ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 13 15:03:23 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 15:03:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 20:08:21 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:08:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 03 15:57:24 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 15:57:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 14 19:29:26 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 19:29:26 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Jun 07 10:21:56 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 10:21:56 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 11:04:59 -0700 2009 Thu May 29 07:29:37 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 15 11:04:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 23 23:48:31 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 23:48:31 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed May 16 13:26:49 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 13:26:49 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=906441