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Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
Contents
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Contents
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| PREFACE | v | ||
| 1 | ITALY AND HER INVADERS | ||
| I: | The Strategic Prelude | 1 | |
| II: | The Land of Italy | 19 | |
| 2 | RETURN TO BATTLE | ||
| I: | The Political Decision | 24 | |
| II: | Rebuilding the Division | 31 | |
| III: | Back in Europe | 37 | |
| 3 | APPROACH TO THE SANGRO | ||
| I: | The State of the Campaign | 41 | |
| II: | The Division Moves Up | 45 | |
| III: | The First Contacts | 48 | |
| 4 | THE CROSSING OF THE SANGRO | ||
| I: | Over the River and Up the Hill | 62 | |
| II: | Castelfrentano and Beyond | 78 | |
| 5 | ORSOGNA: THE FIRST BATTLE | ||
| I: | Probing for Resistance | 96 | |
| II: | Operation torso | 105 | |
| 6 | ORSOGNA UNCONQUERED | ||
| I: | Operation Florence | 121 | |
| II: | Operation ulysses | 139 | |
| 7 | ORDEAL BY STALEMATE | ||
| I: | The Winter Line | 148 | |
| II: | The Lessons of Experience | 166 | |
| 3 | CASSINO: THE PRELIMINARIES | ||
| I: | A New Task | 176 | |
| II: | On the Rapido | 185 | |
| 9 | THE BOMBING OF THE ABBEY | ||
| I: | History and Policy | 201 | |
| II: | The Sequence of Events | 205 | |
| III: | Evidence and Argument | 211 page x | |
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| 10 | THE FEBRUARY ATTACK | ||
| I: | Plans and Dispositions | 224 | |
| II: | The Maoris' Action | 232 | |
| 11 | AN UNWELCOME INTERLUDE | ||
| I: | The Origin of dickens | 241 | |
| II: | Waiting for the Weather | 252 | |
| 12 | THE MARCH ATTACK: BREAK-IN | ||
| I: | 13 March | 267 | |
| II: | 16 March | 280 | |
| 13 | THE MARCH ATTACK: ENCOUNTER | ||
| I: | 27 March | 291 | |
| II: | 18 March | 301 | |
| III: | 19 March | 306 | |
| 14 | THE MARCH ATTACK: DEADLOCK | ||
| I: | 20 March | 316 | |
| II: | 21 March | 321 | |
| III: | 22 March | 324 | |
| IV: | 23–26 March | 326 | |
| 15 | CASSINO: A RETROSPECT | 338 | |
| APPENDICES: | |||
| I | Casualties in 2 NZ Division, 12 November 1943 – 10 April 1944 | 355 | |
| II | A Report on Tunnels at Cassino | 357 | |
| III | Some Lessons from Operation dickens | 358 | |
| IV | German Commanders in Italy | 362 | |
| V | Operation dickens: 2 NZ Division and 6 Brigade Operation Orders | 364 | |
| Bibliography | 374 |