MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST VOLUME VI; Victory in the Mediterranean Part I, 1st April to 4th June1944. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - UNITED KING

MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST VOLUME VI; Victory in the Mediterranean Part I, 1st April to 4th June1944. HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - UNITED KING

The sixth in the eight volumes describing the Mediterranean a Middle Eastern theatres in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War narrates the campaign in Italy from March to June 1944. After the Allies bogged down at Anzio and Monte Cassino, General Alexander determined on a Spring offensive - Operation Diadem - to take Monte Cassino, break the German defences of the Gustav Line, and capture Rome. The Line was successfully breached by the British Eighth and the US Fifth Armies..