Monte Cassino - Ten Armies in Hell

Informationen zum Autor Peter Caddick-Adams is a writer and broadcaster who specialises in military history, defence and security issues. He previously lectured in Military and Security Studies at the UK Defence Academy for twenty years, and in Air Power for the Royal Air Force. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Geographical Society, he also spent thirty-five years as an officer in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces, and has extensive experience of various war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, Sandhurst and Wolverhampton University, where he gained first class honours in War Studies; he received his PhD from Cranfield University. His previous works include Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives (2011), Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell (2012), and Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944 – 45 (2014). Klappentext The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because Cassino, with its multitude of participating armies - most notably the American 5th Army under the controversial General Mark Clark. Zusammenfassung The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because Cassino, with its multitude of participating armies - most notably the American 5th Army under the controversial General Mark Clark.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Caddick Adams, Peter Caddick-Adams, Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.05.2013
• EAN: 9780099568674
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956867-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Battles and campaigns, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater