(Paperback)
By: Bret Werner
ISBN: 9781841769684
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The First Special Service Force unit was formed with three battalions in July 1942, for special operations in occupied Norway, from handpicked US and Canadian volunteers who were trained in parachute, amphibious, ski, mountain and demolition operations.
(Paperback)
By: Bret Werner
ISBN: 9781472807663
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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. This book examines the origins, execution, and aftermath of the FSSF's spectacular success at Monte La Difensa amid the savage winter conditions of December 1943.
