Storming Monte La DifensaIn 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 Forces first combat in the Mediterranean theater, the Force employed its special training in mountain and winter warfare to scale the peak, capture it, and then hold it against the inevitable German counterattacks. Astonishing their superiors, the First Special Service Force