Nowhere to Hide; A Story of Cassino
Cassino: Lamberti Federico e Figli Editori, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 9.5 inches. 100, [12 pages of illustrations]. Freelance writer. Also was Film Critic of The Tablet 1995- 2002 served on film festival juries in Berlin, Venice and Setubal, Portugal. Since 1999 regular lecturer at St. Deiniol’s Library (The Gladstone Memorial Library), on Film and Theology, and at the annual Gladstone Colloquium; elected a Fellow of St. Deiniol’s Library in 2008. 2003-05 and since has lectured at the Graham Greene Festival - which in 2005 published his Ways of Affirmation and Ways of Escape: Graham Greene in Mexico and the Congo as an occasional paper. His published books include: Blood and Fire, Tsar and Commissar: The Salvation Army in Russia 1907-1923 (Paternoster, Milton Keynes, 2007) and Nowhere to Hide: A Story of Cassino, La,berti, Cassino, 1994. The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. At the beginning of 1944, the western half of the Winter Line was being anchored by Germans holding the Rapido-Gari, Liri and Garigliano valleys and some of the surrounding peaks and ridges. Together, these features formed the Gustav Line. Monte Cassino, a historic hilltop abbey founded in AD 529 by Benedict of Nursia, dominated the nearby town of Cassino and the entrances to the Liri and Rapido valleys. Repeated pinpoint artillery attacks on Allied assault troops caused their leaders to conclude the abbey was being used by the Germans as an observation post. On 15 February American bombers dropped 1,400 tons of high explosives, creating widespread damage. German paratroopers then occupied the rubble and established excellent defensive positions amid the ruins. Condition: Good.
Keywords: War Fiction, Second World War. Monte Cassino, Battle for Cassino, Refugees, Deserters, Anna, Tonino, Reunited
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