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11 - Cassino

from Part IV - The Limits of Attrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2019

Jonathan Fennell
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King's College London
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The short break in the fighting at the height of the winter of 1943/44 allowed for a reassessment of approach in Italy. The question of how to break the stalemate on the ‘Winter Line’ had been discussed at the ‘Sextant’ Conference in Cairo and the ‘Eureka’ Conference in Tehran in late November and early December 1943. On 19 December, Churchill signalled the British Chiefs of Staff: ‘there is no doubt’, he said, ‘that the stagnation of the whole campaign on the Italian front is becoming scandalous’. It was known that the success of German defensive operations south of Rome had encouraged Hitler to transfer the best part of five divisions to the Eastern Front.

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Fighting the People's War
The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War
, pp. 398 - 433
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Cassino
  • Jonathan Fennell, King's College London
  • Book: Fighting the People's War
  • Online publication: 21 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139380881.012
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  • Cassino
  • Jonathan Fennell, King's College London
  • Book: Fighting the People's War
  • Online publication: 21 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139380881.012
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  • Cassino
  • Jonathan Fennell, King's College London
  • Book: Fighting the People's War
  • Online publication: 21 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139380881.012
Available formats
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