Cassino '44: the brutal battle for Rome

List of maps

Principal personalities

Note on the text

Glossary

Prologue

Part I: The tyranny of Overlord. The storm

A cunning plan

The tragedy waiting to happen

Meddling madness

The garigliano

The plight of the people

The largest air force in the world

The rapido

SHINGLE

Rapid response

Part II: Missed opportunities. The distant hill

Belvedere

Cisterna

So close yet so far

The battle of the thumb

Point 593

The meat grinder

The perfect storm

The destruction of the Abbey

FISCHFANG and Monte Cassino Part 1

FISCHFANG and Monte Cassino Part 2

Part III: The seeds of change. The tank of courage

Disease and desertion

Thoughts of home

The destruction of Cassino Town

Battle in the Ruins

Via Rasella

STRANGLE

Part IV: The battle for Rome. Spring in the air

Preparations

DIADEM

Breakthrough in the mountains

Breakout and the big switch

Rome

Postscript

Appendix I: Timeline of events

Appendix II: Order of the battle: Allied and Axis armies, 22 January 1944

Appendix III: Order of battle: Allied and Axis armies, 11 May 1944

Notes

Selected sources

Acknowledgments

Picture acknowledgments

Index.