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100		1	_aBOWLBY Alex
245		0	_aCountdown to Cassino: _bthe Battle of Mignano Gap, 1943
260			_aLondon: _bLeo Cooper, _c1995
300			_a210p.
520			_aIn the autumn of 1943 the German Bernhardt Line ran through Mignano Gap, 12 miles south-west of Cassino. XIV Panzer Korps was to make a stand there, holding up the advancing US 5th Army - two thirds American, one third British - whilst Cassino was being fortified. If the 5th Army broke through Mignano Gap before Cassino's fortifications were really strong, Allied armour would smash its way through the town and go on to take Rome. Drawing on the memories of veterans who fought at Mignano Gap, and on extensive archive research, this book presents a wide-ranging account of this major battle, and describes how close the 5th Army came to making the crucial breakthrough.
598			_aGERMAN BERNHARDT LINE, MIGNANO GAP, CASSINO, ALLIED FORCES, ROME
650			_aGERMAN BERNHARDT LINE
650			_aMIGNANO GAP
650			_aCASSINO
650			_aALLIED FORCES
650			_aROME
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