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Storming Monte La Difensa - The First Special Service Force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943 (Paperback) Loot Price: R309
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Storming Monte La Difensa - The First Special Service Force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943 (Paperback): Bret Werner

Storming Monte La Difensa - The First Special Service Force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943 (Paperback)

Bret Werner; Illustrated by Peter Dennis, Johnny Shumate, Alan Gilliland

Series: Raid

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Featuring full-color artwork, archive photographs, and first-hand accounts from participants," Storming Monte la Difensa "examines the origins, execution, and aftermath of the FSSF's spectacular success at Monte La Difensa amid the savage winter conditions of December 1943.
In December 1943 Monte La Difensa was part of the formidable German defenses overlooking the Allies' route to Rome via Monte Cassino. In the First Special Service Force's first combat in the Mediterranean theater, the Force would employ its special training in mountain and winter warfare to scale the peak, capture it, and then hold it against the inevitable German counterattacks. Astonishing their superiors, the First Special Service Force had succeeded in the face of seemingly impossible odds, but suffered a 77 percent casualty rate. Their victory, founded on their aggressive doctrine and extensive training in a variety of combat techniques, would prove instrumental in the postwar development of special forces.

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Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Raid
Release date: February 2015
First published: February 2015
Authors: Bret Werner
Illustrators: Peter Dennis (Illustrator) • Johnny Shumate (Illustrator) • Alan Gilliland (B.E.V. illustrator)
Dimensions: 248 x 184 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 978-1-4728-0766-3
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Special & elite forces
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN: 1-4728-0766-9
Barcode: 9781472807663

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