Storming Monte La Difensa: The First Special Service Force at

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Storming Monte La Difensa: The First Special Service Force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943 (Raid, 48)
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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.
Country USA
Brand Osprey Publishing (UK)
Manufacturer Osprey Publishing
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 48
ReleaseDate 2015-02-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781472807663

Country	USA
Brand	Osprey Publishing (UK)
Manufacturer	Osprey Publishing
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	48
ReleaseDate	2015-02-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781472807663

Storming Monte La Difensa: The First Special Service Force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943 (Raid, 48)

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