Photo:  Frank de Planta explaining the fate of the II (PO) Corps at Cassino.

Tour Narrator.

Frank de Planta has had an interest in military history since childhood and has run battlefield studies in Spain, France and Italy.  He read Modern History at King’s College, London and was commissioned into The Royal Anglian Regiment in 1984.  He retired in 1991 and joined the Territorial Army during which time he commanded East Midlands Officers’ Training Corps in Nottingham. 

Fred Majdalanay’s personal account of Cassino sparked an intense interest and he now devotes much of his free time to this fascinating and highly controversial series of battles that, ultimately, led to a costly breakthrough in May/June 1944.  His interest then shifted to include Anzio, a part of the Italian Campaign that is inextricably linked to Cassino.

In 2010, his projects included working with Wall to Wall, the production company for the BBC 1 series 'Who Do You Think You Are?'.  His current project is researching the route of 1/6 Surreys from the fall of Rome in June 1944 to the capture of Forli, in northern Italy, in October 1944.

If you would like more information about cassinobattlefields or to obtain a booking form:

Post.  Hall Cottage, Sutton on the Forest, York, YO61 1DP

Telephone.  +44 (0) 1347 811104

Email for Booking Form.  enquiries@cassinobattlefields.co.uk

   

 

 

 

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