Monte Cassino stood like a titan between the Allies and Rome—a fortress perched upon history, faith, and steel. In Cassino, Dominick Graham offers a powerful account of one of the costliest and most fiercely fought battles of World War II.
From the first cautious assaults to the final hard-won breakthrough, this is a story of strategy and sacrifice. Soldiers from many nations climbed broken paths under withering fire, endured bitter winter cold and rugged terrain, and faced the moral weight of decisions made among rubble and religious ruins. Graham does not flinch from the questions: Was bombing the ancient abbey necessary? What price must be paid in human lives when every hill, every ridge, every trench becomes part of the battle?
With vivid illustrations, maps that chart shifting front lines, and intimate voices rising above the roar of guns, Cassino is both memorial and reckoning—a book for anyone who seeks to understand not just the facts of war, but the cost behind each inch of gain.