09-06-2006, 07:02 PM
Marion,
I can't let a discussion on Italy go without putting in my 2 cents.
Fred Majdalany is quoted in the article. In case you don't recognize his name, he was co-author of "Cassino; Portrait Of A Battle" (Longmans, Green & Co Ltd. 1957). During the war he served as an officer in the British 8th Army in N. Africa, Sicily and Italy. He was wounded and awarded the M.C.
He also has written "The Battle of El Alamein; Fortress in the Sand".
Steve