The Battle of Monte Cassino
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2021-5 (ISBN)
Melchior Wańkowicz’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, Wańkowicz 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 Wańkowicz (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 Ziółkowska-Boehm is author of over 35 books and Fulbright Scholar.
Introduction by Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
Chapter 1: Entering the Ring, we Greet Those who Came Before us
Chapter 2: On the Front Lines
Chapter 3: The Players set up their Pieces
Chapter 4: “H” Hour Arrives
Chapter 5: The Attack on 593
Chapter 6: The Battle for the Phantom
Chapter 7: The First Battle for the Gorge
Chapter 8: Gehenna
Chapter 9: Bending
Chapter 10: Interlude
Chapter 11: The Second Attack Begins
Chapter 12: S. Angelo — the Hill of the Angel of Death
Chapter 13: 593 — the Mound of Sacrifice
Chapter 14: The Second Battle of the Gorge
Chapter 15: Crisis
Chapter 16: Victory
Chapter 17. The Gustav Line… is Broken!
Chapter 18: We Blow the Hitler Line to Smithereens
Chapter 19: The Battle of Piedimonte
Chapter 20: Mopping Up
Epilogue
Afterword by Gen. Władysław Anders (London, 1954)
Index of Polish Soldiers Fallen at Monte Cassino
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Aleksandra Ziólkowska-Boehm |
| Nachwort | Wladyslaw Anders |
| Übersetzer | Charles S. Kraszewski |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 1107 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-2021-5 / 1666920215 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-2021-5 / 9781666920215 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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