The Battle of Monte Cassino from the German perspective with Dr. Magnus Pahl of the Military History Museum (MHM) of the Bundeswehr Dresden. This video covers the 2nd (German Perspective) / 3rd (Allied Perspective) of Monte Cassino. For this we use many German sources, yet also the British and New Zealand official Histories of the Second World War as well. We look at the combat operations and changes in position from 16th March 1944 to 26th March 1944.

Disclaimer: I was invited by Militärhistorische Museum der Bundeswehr Dresden in 2021. http://www.mhmbw.de/



Cover Photo 1: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2005-0004 / Wittke / CC-BY-SA 3.0

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Cover Photo 2: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-312-0998-27 / Enz / CC-BY-SA 3.0; Monte Cassino, Panzerreparatur während Kampf
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Pahl, Magnus: Monte Cassino 1944: Der Kampf um Rom und seine Inszenierung. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, Germany, 2021.

Stimpel, Hans-Martin: Die deutsche Fallschirmtruppe 1942 - 1945: Einsätze auf den Kriegsschauplätzen im Süden. Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Hamburg, Germany, 1998.


Parts of the Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945:
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Fennell, Jonathan: Fighting the People’s War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2018.


Molony, C.J.C.: History of the Second War: The Mediterranean and Middle East. Volume V: The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and The Campaign in Italy 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office: London, UK, 1973.

Frieser, Karl-Heinz u. a.: Die Ostfront 1943/44. Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg Band 8. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: München, Germany, 2011.

Citino, Robert Michael: The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand: the German Campaigns of 1944-1945. University Press of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 2017.

Parker, Matthew: Monte Cassino. The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II. Doubleday: New York, USA, 2003.

U.S. Navy Bomb Disposal School, Section 1 High Explosive Bombs, September 1945.

Phillips, N. C.: Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War. Historical Publications Branch, 1957, Wellington, New Zealand. (Digital Version)

Blumenson, Martin: Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. The Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Center of Military History, United States Army: Washington D.C., USA, 1993.

Caddick-Adams, Peter: Monte Cassino. Ten Armies in Hell. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2013.

Fisher, Jr., Ernest F.: Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. The Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Center of Military History, United States Army: Washington D.C., USA, 1993.

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