WAŃKOWICZ Melchior. The Battle for Monte Cassino, published by the Culture and Press Branch of the Second Polish Corps, Rome-Milan 1945-1947, elabor. graphic design by Stanislaw Gliwa, photomontages by Zygmunt and Leopold Haar, 3 volumes; Wańkowicz's reportage on Polish soldiers who took part in the Battle of Monte Cassino; the book was highly regarded due to Wańkowicz's excellent prose, as well as unusually rich graphic design and a huge number of photos (including 590 portraits of Polish soldiers); enclosed fold-out color map with part -.b. photo: 6th Armored Regiment "Children of Lvov" in the battle for Piedimonte S. Germano.Directions of attacks and panorama of the battle area; 386 + 30 nlb. p.; st. of all volumes db., minor soiling, slight tears in places, hardcover, cloth binding, embossed stained white and red, spine damage in one volume; format 8o.
Volume I: the first chapter (Entering the ring we salute our predecessors) deals with the attempts of the Allied army units to capture Monte Cassino: 36th Texas Infantry Division, French Expeditionary Corps, American 34th Infantry Division, Royal Sussex Regiment, 4th Indian Division, 2nd New Zealand Division, 78th British Division; others discuss the combat operations of the 2nd Polish Corps under Gen. Wladyslaw Anders; attached fold-out illustration by the 12th Geographical Company of the 2nd Corps: Post: 9 II 254 pt. 550 and fold-out map: Sketch No. 3 Grouping of the 2nd Polish Corps/ on 11 May 44 in the morning hours...; 448 pp. Volume II discusses the combat operations of the 2nd Polish Corps under Gen. Wladyslaw Anders up to the capture of the monastery on Monte Cassino (18 May 1944); attached fold-out illustration made by the 12th Geographical Company of the 2nd Corps: The combat area of the 2nd Corps Cassino-Piedimonte-M. Cairo. Aerial view and folding map: Sketch No. 5. the 2nd Polish Corps' offensive from 16 to 19 V. 44; 392 pp. Volume III discusses the combat operations of the 2nd Polish Corps under Gen. Wladyslaw Anders after the capture of the Monte Cassino monastery, including the capture of 24 V. 1944. Piedimonte.
