The 4 Battles of Monte Cassino and the role of New Zealand

The 4 Battles of Monte Cassino and the role of New Zealand
With Glyn Harper
Part of our Italy 1944 - Monte Cassino and Beyond series
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Part of our ongoing New Zealand at War series
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The Allied forces' actions in and around Monte Cassino in Italy remain some of the most controversial of the Second World War. Adolf Hitler described them as the battles that came closest to the bitter struggles on the Western Front. The name Cassino has become a touchstone for New Zealanders as a result of the crucial role played there by Kiwi forces, and the controversy surrounding the battles refuses to die down.

In this show we look at the 4 battles for Monte Cassino and especially the role of the New Zealand units.

Glyn Harper QSM is a New Zealand historian who specialises in the military history of the 20th century. He has published several books on New Zealand's participation in the First and Second World Wars. Before becoming a writer, he served for eight years in the Australian Army before transferring to the New Zealand Army. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 2001 from the University of New England with a thesis on Howard Kippenberger, a New Zealand general of the Second World War. He then served as the official historian for New Zealand's military deployment to East Timor from 1999 to 2001. He retired from the New Zealand Army in 2001 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He became a lecturer at Massey University in Palmerston North, and was made an associate professor in military studies the following year. In 2003 he was appointed director of the Centre for Defence Studies. He is currently Professor of War Studies at Massey University, and supervises doctoral students.

The Battles of Monte Cassino: The campaign and its controversies by Glyn Harper
UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978174...
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Glyn's previous appearances on WW2TV
New Zealand Forces in North Africa: The Second Battle of El Alamein
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Kiwis in Crete 1941
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