Janusz Piekalkiewicz (1925–1988)
Autore di The Cavalry of World War II
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Janusz Piekalkiewicz
Operation Citadel: Kursk and Orel : The Greatest Tank Battle of the Second World War (1983) 40 copie
Rommel and the Secret War in North Africa: Secret Intelligence in the North African Campaign 1941-43 (Schiffer Military… (1997) 18 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Piekalkiewicz, Janusz
- Nome legale
- Piekałkiewicz, Janusz
- Data di nascita
- 1925
- Data di morte
- 1988-03-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Poland
- Luogo di nascita
- Warsaw, Poland
- Istruzione
- National Film School (Lodz, Poland)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 69
- Utenti
- 613
- Popolarità
- #41,002
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 147
- Lingue
- 12
Many aspects of the struggle stili remain controversia! : the tactical direction of the Allied offensive, for example, and in particular the role of Freyberg and other commanders in the destruction of the monastery and town.
Even the question of whether the battle was necessary or whether the Allies
should have by-passed Cassino altogether is stili a topi c of intense debate.
The author illuminates these and other crucial issues using a wealth of documentary evidence from Allied and German sources, and his detailed· day-today narrative provides a graphic account of how the infantry troops on both sides responded to the combat in the town, the Liri valley and on the mountain itself. The result is a uniquely rounded study of a battle which will intrigue military historians fora long time to come.
150 photographs and maps complete this excellent and invaluable record.… (altro)