Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II

My family comes from nearby Cassino, in Italy, and when we went to the abbey as kids, my parents used to tell us how huge the battle was and how it affected the villagers and the entire war. This books is what made me realize how mentally and physically tough it was on the men in Cassino during the stand-off. Parker depicts how soldiers felt and how they had to cope with the cold and the adverse events. If you are at all interested in stories that tell tales of forgotten heroes who bear the brunt of their own officers and their enemies all the while trying to survive a brutal war, only to be over-shadowed by the D-Day landings in Normandy a few days after it's all over, get this book.