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The Road to Civitella 1944: The Captain, the Chaplain and the Massacre
Dee La Vardera
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Hardcover. How a friendship forged in war between a Welsh captain and an Irish chaplain with the Eighth Army in Italy led to their adoption of a hilltop village destroyed during a massacre by a German army in retreat. The small Tuscan village still remembers the acts of kindness by the British officers, dedicating a street to their Good Samaritans. Num Pages: 240 pages, 67 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 297 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
The massacre and destruction of Civitella on 29 June, 1944 by the 1st Fallschirm Panzer Division 'Herman Goring' as reprisal for the shooting of three German soldiers in the village Dopolavoro-after work social club, left women widows and children fatherless. The book describes the journey of Captain John Percival Morgan and Father Clement O'Shea with the Eighth Army in Italy, to that hilltop village in Tuscany. Even though they had seen much death and destruction during their service in North Africa and Italy, they were moved by the plight of this small community. The two British officers adopted the village, ... Read more
The massacre and destruction of Civitella on 29 June, 1944 by the 1st Fallschirm Panzer Division 'Herman Goring' as reprisal for the shooting of three German soldiers in the village Dopolavoro-after work social club, left women widows and children fatherless. The book describes the journey of Captain John Percival Morgan and Father Clement O'Shea with the Eighth Army in Italy, to that hilltop village in Tuscany. Even though they had seen much death and destruction during their service in North Africa and Italy, they were moved by the plight of this small community. The two British officers adopted the village, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781555316
SKU
V9781781555316
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Ref
99-50
About Dee La Vardera
Dee La Vardera is a freelance writer living in Wiltshire with an interest in social and military history and a love of Italy. A member of the Society of Authors and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists (SWWJ), she has written features for national and regional magazines and newspapers, as well as writing a series of local history books. ... Read more
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