The battle over Monte Casino was one of the bloodiest of the WW II and no doubt Hassel decided to put his band there. Sven, Porta, Tiny, Barcelona and others were fighting for survival against masses of Allied forces and yes they managed it again. Sven discovered delights of Rome and walking there with two syphilitic sailors made it even more saucy in a very wrong way. Hassel is his brutal self and the blood and gore is flowing freely and in its gruesome it is very anti-war. He showed us that there were also brave German soldiers who fought for their country. It is not that black and white like most of military fiction is.