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	MONTE CASSINO
		The town of Cassino, about 85 miles southeast of Rome, was a mile east of Monte Cassino, the 1700 foot hill top that guarded the entrance to the Liri valley, the most expeditious route to Rome on Route 6.
		The town of Cassino was flattened by the bombing and artillery bombardment.
		Cassino, Italy in foreground with Castle Cassino on small hill and the Monte Cassino Monastery on the large hill behind.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944cassino.php (1327 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Battle of Monte Cassino
		The Battle of Monte Cassino was, in fact, a desperate and costly series of battles fought by the Allies during January and February of 1944 with the intention of liberating and linking up with allies contained within the Anzio pocket[?].
		The first battle started on January 4, 1944 and the monastery atop the hill was destroyed by Allied bombing on February 15.
		But the battle at Monte Cassino waged on until May 18 when exhausted Germans evacuated the stronghold and Allied forces moved in.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ba/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino (179 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino
		The Battle of Monte Cassino was, in fact, a desperate and costly series of battles fought by the Allies during January and February of 1944 with the intention of liberating and linking up with allies contained within the Anzio pocket[?].
		The first battle started on January 4, 1944 and the monastery atop the hill was destroyed by Allied bombing on February 15.
		But the battle at Monte Cassino waged on until May 18 when exhausted Germans evacuated the stronghold and Allied forces moved in.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wo/World_War_II___Monte_Cassino.html (146 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four battles in World War II, fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Gustav Line and seizing Rome.
		Dominating the south entrance to this valley was the hill mass behind the town of Cassino.
		Cassino: The Hollow Victory: The Battle for Rome January-June 1944.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino (5739 words)

	Monte Cassino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about eighty miles (130 km) south of Rome, Italy, a mile to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Casinum having been on the hill) and 520 m (1700 ft) altitude.
		A flourishing period of Monte Cassino followed its re-establishment in 718, when among the monks were Carloman, son of Charles Martel; Ratchis, predecessor of the great Lombard Duke and King Astolf; and Paul the Deacon, the historian of the Lombards.
		In 1321, Pope John XXII made the church of Monte Cassino a cathedral, and the carefully preserved independence of the monastery from episcopal interference was at an end.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monte_Cassino (786 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - Search.com
		The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four battles during World War II, fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome.
		General Juin was convinced that Cassino could be bypassed and the German defenses unhinged by this northerly route but his request for reserves to maintain the momentum of his advance was refused and the one available reserve regiment (from 36th Division) was sent to reinforce 34th Division.
		Monte Cassino had fallen without a fight as the German paratroops, with supply lines threatened by the advance up the Liri valley, had evacuated the night before, commanded to continue fighting at another place.
	www.search.com /reference/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino (6937 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - Wikinfo
		The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as Battle for Rome) was, in fact, a costly series of battles fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Gustav Line, seizing Rome and linking up with Allied forces contained within the Anzio pocket.
		During three failed attempts to take the heavily-guarded monastery of Monte Cassino (January 17-25, February 15-February 18, March 15-March 25), the forces of USA, UK, India and New Zealand lost approximately 54.000 men yet did not manage to seize the city or the castle overlooking the Rapido river valley.
		The capture of Cassino allowed the British and American divisions to begin the advance on Rome, which fell on June 4 1944 just days before the Normandy invasion.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Monte_Cassino (1135 words)

	Timeline of World War Two (1939-1945) The Battle of Monte Cassino
		The Tunisians on Monte Belvedere are relieved by the Algerian 7th Rifle Regiment.
		General Ryder sends the 135th and the 142nd Infantry Regiments against Monte Castillone and Colle Santo Angelo and the 168th Regiment against Height 593, the Cavalry Mount, and the Cairo massif.
		In the north, Monte Belvedere is recaptured by the Germans.
	www.saak.nl /ww2timeline/battle_of_monte_cassino.htm (1593 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - the fifth greatest battle of (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Town of Cassino, originally known as Cassimum, was regarded as a sacred place and was revered by the Romans.
		Town of Cassino, in the three month prior to May 1944, has been devastated in the offensives led by the American 5th and British 8th armies.
		Against all odds, during the battle which lasted a week, with infantry battalions decimated, the Poles beat the Germans into submission, and in the morning of May 18th.
	hometown.aol.com /wladp/page/cassino.htm (879 words)

	Abbey of Monte Cassino
		St Benedict founded the Abbey of Monte Cassino, perhaps the oldest and most famous monastery in the world, in 529 A.D. Destroyed and rebuilt several times since then, it became a beacon of civilization throughout the Middle Ages.
		Monte Cassino monks established the famous medical school at Salerno.
		The memory of the Battle of Monte Cassino is kept alive by the American, British and Polish cemeteries situated in the vicinity of the monastery.
	www.nsa.naples.navy.mil /gaetamwr/Abbey_M_Cassino.htm (526 words)

	cassino.htm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Monte Cassino became the hub of the German Gustav line, situated 100 miles south east of Rome.
		Monte Cassino was surrounded by other peaks and hills, directly behind the town stood Castle Hill, crowned by a crumbling fort known to the Allies as point 192.
		The Germans had encompassed Monte Cassino into their defence line so the allies, although reluctant to do so, agreed that in the near future it would probably have to be bombed.
	www.eagle19.freeserve.co.uk /cassino.htm (4883 words)

	MESSAGE FOR MONTE CASSINO ANNIVERSARY
		To understand what happened in Monte Cassino, it is necessary again to reflect on another date of the past: 17 September 1939, when Poland, desperately defending herself against invasion from the West, was attacked from the East.
		Precisely at Monte Cassino one of those Benedictine abbeys that was to initiate the formation of Europe arose.
		Commemorating the Monte Cassino victory, it is therefore essential today to add the truth about all Polish men and women, who in an apparently independent State, became the victims of a totalitarian system.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1994/may/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_05051994_50th-montecassino_en.html (1770 words)

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		Monte Cassino is one of those rare stories of war that reaches into your heart and mind, and somehow is able to stir both beyond the actual weight of the words printed between the covers.
		Thus the struggle for Monte Cassino is not described as a single long assault but instead as a series of attacks, counterattacks and pauses to refit and rest.
		Each of the four battles and some of the fighting within the battles is well illustrated with maps that let you follow the exploits of the units described in the text.
	www.oldspeed.com /vwaws/0385509855.htm (2158 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		In World War II, the Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome) was a costly series of battles fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Gustav Line, seizing Rome and linking up with Allied forces contained within the Anzio pocket.
		During three failed attempts to take the heavily-guarded monastery of Monte Cassino (January 17–25, February 15–February 18, March 15–March 25), the forces of the USA, the UK, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand lost approximately 54,000 men yet did not manage to seize the city or the castle overlooking the Rapido River valley.
		The so-called Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino was fought by the 2nd Polish Corps under General Władysław Anders (May 11–May 19).
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=33088 (488 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - 60th Commemoration of the Battle of Monte Cassino
		As I drove though the town of Cassino today, I found it difficult to believe that this peaceful place beneath the imposing mountain was the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the World War II - a battle that has linked this historic place with our much younger nation, New Zealand.
		Monte Cassino was the key high point that blocked the entrance to the valley and from which all activity in the valley below could be monitored.
		The effect of the battle was felt across the length and breadth of New Zealand.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.cfm?DocumentID=19801 (778 words)

	OSB. General Information. Monte Cassino, Italy.
		King Totila's visit to Monte Cassino, in 543, is the only certain date we have in the saint's life.
		From his fifth to thirteenth years of age the young Thomas Aquinas prepared at Monte Cassino for the liberal arts curriculum he began in 1236 at the university in Naples.
		Monte Cassino was destroyed by the Lombards ca.
	www.osb.org /gen/monte.html (340 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - Definition, explanation
		In World War II, the Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome) was a costly series of battles fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Gustav Line, seizing Rome and linking up with Allied forces contained within the Anzio pocket.
		During three failed attempts to take the heavily-guarded monastery of Monte Cassino (January 17–25, February 15–February 18, March 15–March 25), the forces of the USA, the UK, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand lost approximately 54,000 men yet did not manage to seize the city or the castle overlooking the Rapido River valley.
		The so-called Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino was fought by the 2nd Polish Corps under General Władysław Anders; (May 11–May 19).
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/ba/battle_of_monte_cassino.php (529 words)

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		Monte Cassino, crowned by St Benedict's monastery, overlooks the Mediterranean coastal road from Naples to Rome and is one of the strongest defensive positions in the Italian peninsula.
		It was intended that the troops in the beachhead there should be relieved by an offensive from the Cassino position which had been attacked by the US II Corps in January, and from across the Garigliano, which was stormed by the British X Corps on 17 January.
		Cassino was to be the focus of three further battles.
	www.ggholiday.com /BG/History/Cassino_history.htm (301 words)

	MonteCassino
		Breakthrough the Gustav Line was indeed an Allied victory, capturing of the Monte Cassino Hill and the Abbey, Hills 593 and 569, San Angelo and Mas Albaneta was solely a Polish effort.
		In May 1944 the 2nd Corps was in position to participate in the fourth battle for Monte Cassino.
		Following the Cassino Battle, the 2nd Corps took part in the drive up the Adriatic coast, capturing Ancona on 20 July1944 and Bologna in April 1945.
	www.angelfire.com /ns/sdg/montecassino (608 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the; Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four battles in World War II, fought by the Allies with the; intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome.
		The French Corps had captured Monte Maio and were now in a position to give material flank assistance to the 8th Army against whom Kesselring had thrown every available reserve in order to buy time to switch to his second prepared defensive position, the Adolf Hitler Line, some eight miles to the rear.
		Monte Cassino had fallen without a fight as the German paratroops, with supply lines threatened by the advance up the Liri valley, had evacuated the night before, commanded to continue fighting at another place.
	battle-of-monte-cassino.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino (6930 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Veterans remember Monte Cassino
		By the time the battle began in February 1944, Italy's fascist leader Benito Mussolini hadbeen ousted and Italy had switched sides but the Germans were doggedly resisting attempts by the Allies to drive them out.
		It may be the last major battle anniversary attended by survivors, many of whom are now in their 80s or 90s.
		Cassino was one of the toughest battles in Western Europe
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3720333.stm (616 words)

	The Southern Cross: Monte Cassino (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cassino town was first bombed on September 10, 1943, when targets all along the Garigliano river were hit.
		The Allies were convinced that the Germans were using the monastery on Monte Cassino as a strongpoint, which the Germans strongly denied.
		At this moment the Hermann Göring Panzer Division are plundering the treasures of the monastery of Monte Cassino.
	www.thesoutherncross.co.za /features/cassino.htm (1357 words)

	Warsaw Voice - The Battle of Monte Cassino
		The Battle of Monte Cassino, also called the Battle of Rome, was fought on the Italian front in 1944.
		Although the first companies were decimated in bloody battles and had to withdraw, they engaged the main German forces which enabled the British troops to cross the Liri and Rapido rivers.
		Thanks to the victorious battle of Monte Cassino the road to Rome was opened for the Allies.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /view/5594 (706 words)

	polish history, geneology polish, family history poland, medals, military history - The Order of the Virtuti Militari ...
		Monte Cassino was again destroyed in 883 by the Saracens and restored in mid 900.
		The Battle of Monte Cassino is an eternal monument to the gallantry of the Polish soldiers.
		Ceremonies were conducted at the Polish Cemetery at Monte Cassino to honor the 1,100 Poles who died while storming the abbey (11-25 May 1944.) The ceremony also honored the living veterans of that historical battle.
	www.virtuti.com /order/articles/cassino.html (1028 words)

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