Bret Werner: 2 books
Storming Monte La Difensa
The First Special Service Force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
In December 1943 Monte La Difensa was part of the formidable German defences overlooking the Allies' planned route to Rome via Monte Cassino. In the First Special Service Force's first combat in the Mediterranean theater, the Force would employ its special training in mountain and winter warfare to...
by Bret Werner
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
This is a concise history of the unique integrated commando-style brigade of US and Canadian volunteers formed in 1942. Hand picked, and trained in airborne, amphibious, mountain and winter warfare, demolitions and close-quarter tactics, they left a combat legacy still recognized amongst today's Special...