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In December 1943 Monte La Difensa was part of the formidable German defences overlooking the Allies' planned 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 succeeded in the face of seemingly impossible odds, but suffered a 77 percent casualty rate. Their victory, founded on their aggressive doctrine an

Monte La Difensa, Battle of, Italy, 1943. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Commando operations --- Allied Forces. --- History.

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Allied Forces --- Freie Universität Berlin --- Headquarters --- History. --- Buildings --- Berlin (Germany) --- Buildings, structures, etc.

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World War, 1939-1945 --- Medals --- Medals. --- Law and legislation --- Allied Forces.

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"Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley's provocative history demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the war's final years features a large cast of colorful unknowns and grand historical personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts, it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting long-held misconceptions finally to rest"--

World War, 1939-1945 --- Campaigns --- Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, --- Allied Forces.

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Military government --- Civil-military relations --- World War, 1939-1945. --- History --- Allied Forces. --- Italy --- Europe.