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

by Bret Werner

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472807669
• ISBN13: 9781472807663
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.6"