Author: OLSEN, JACK
Title: Silence on Monte Sole
Description: New York, Ibooks. 2002. (ISBN: 0743434854). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 374 pages.Monte Sole - Mountain of the Sun - had the bad luck to lie on the main route of withdrawal of the retreating German armies in Autumn of 1944. As the allied advance stormed up Italy to the very shadow of Monte Sole, Axis frustration over their retreat and the harassing Italian partisans reached its peak. With full authorisation of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, and with an infusion of dread SS reinforcements, the Germans determined to neutralise Monte Sole. The result was, in Kesselring's chilling words, 'a war operation. The author recreates the unspeakable three day butchery of 1,800 innocent Italian civilians by the SS. S. Fine/No Jacket.

Keywords: Monte Sole, World War II, Ss, Nazi Massacre of Italian Citizens 0743434854


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