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	Cassino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cassino is also a town in Italy, at the feet of Monte Cassino mountain.
		Cassino is the location of one of the most famous battles of WW2.
		Cassino is also the name of a rock band which includes former members of the band Northstar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cassino (144 words)

	Cassino (card game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cassino (also known as Casino) is a card game for two, three, or four (usually two) players, played with a standard deck of playing cards.
		In royal cassino, face cards may be built too: jacks count as 11, queens as 12, kings as 13, so a player could take a jack plus a two with a king, since 11+2=13.
		It is advised that California cassino be played without use of other variants, such as royal cassino or receiving points for sweeps, in order to keep fair the number of builds or sums possible at any given time as well as to keep scores at or below 11 points a round, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cassino_(game) (838 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of Monte Cassino
		The town of Cassinum (Cassino), lying at the foot of the mountain, had been destroyed by the Goths some thirty-five years earlier, but a temple of Apollo still crowned the summit of the mountain, and the few remaining inhabitants were still sunk in idolatry.
		In 1321 John XXII made the church of Monte Cassino a cathedral, the abbot becoming bishop of the newly constituted diocese, and his monks the chapter.
		At the present day Monte Cassino is the property of the Italian Government, which has declared it a national monument; the abbot, however, is recognized as Guardian in view of his administration of the diocese.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10526b.htm (1980 words)

	Cassino
		The visit of king Totila to Cassino Mount, in 543, is the only certain date that we have in the life of santo.
		Cassino mount was destroyed by the Lombards ca.
		Coinvolte de Abbazia of sua of the the one of I gave Cassino and of cittÃ of in della Seconda the Mondiale War of the battaglie of terribili of piÃ¹ of delle of the one.
	cassino.tooncomics.com (419 words)

	Monte Cassino - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		MONTE CASSINO [Monte Cassino], monastery, in Latium, central Italy, E of the Rapido River.
		Situated on a hill (1,674 ft/510 m) overlooking Cassino, it was founded c.529 by St. Benedict of Nursia, whose rule became that of all Benedictine houses in the world.
		Monte Cassino was throughout the centuries one of the great centers of Christian learning and piety; its influence on European civilization is immeasurable (see Benedictines).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MonteCas.asp (429 words)

	Cassino (town) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Cassino (town), town in central Italy, in Latium Region on the Rapido River.
		An agricultural centre, Cassino lies at the foot of a hill crowned by...
		Monte Cassino, Benedictine monastery situated on the hill of the same name overlooking the town of Cassino, Italy, north-west of Naples.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cassino_(town).html (116 words)

	MONTE CASSINO
		Cassino, Italy in foreground with Castle Cassino on small hill and the Monte Cassino Monastery on the large hill behind.
		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.
		Cassino was finally taken in Operation DIADEM, the Allied spring 1944 offensive in Italy, beginning on 11 May under the overall command of General Sir Harold Alexander.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944cassino.php (1242 words)

	cassino.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		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.
		Cassino town was first bombed on the 10th September when targets all along the Garigliano river were hit.
		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)

	MONTE CASSINO - war cemetery in Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Cassino is about 140 km south east of Rome and a short drive off the Autostrada.
		On the high hill overlooking the town of Cassino and the Commonwealth War Cemetery is the Abbey of Monte Cassino.
		The drive through the town and the stopover at the cemetery was a reminder of the devastation of war - the loss of many lives and the destruction of towns and cities.
	www.stormloader.com /mrsg/italy/mcassino.html (404 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.
		"Meditation on the 50th anniversary of the victory of Monte Cassino".
	www.osb.org /gen/monte.html (340 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: abbey of Monte Cassino
		In 1321 Pope John XXII made the church of Monte Cassino a cathedral and its abbot, a bishop.
		In 1504 Pope Julius II united Monte Cassino to the Congregation of Saint Justina of Padua which was thenceforth known as the Cassinese Congregation.
		It was confiscated by the Italian government with the other religious houses, 1866, but the abbot was given the title Guardian, in view of his administration of the diocese, one of the most extensive in Italy, which was united to the See of Atina, 1818.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd05562.htm (232 words)

	RNZRSA - RSA Review Articles - Cassino Revisited - May 2004
		In March 2004, Les Andrews, QSM, a veteran of the 2NZEF assults on Monte Cassino in 1944 was invited to take part in the filming of veterans of the battles for a Swiss TV documentary company.
		It was a very nostalgic spot for me as I had been involved with the 20th Battalion in the attack on Albaneta and the tank was probably one of the 20th’s.
		Before the third battle the township of Cassino was carpet-bombed after all the civilians had left.
	www.rsa.org.nz /review/art2004may/article_2.htm (1083 words)

	RNZRSA - RSA Review Articles - Cassino 1944 - February 2004
		Cassino was a complex battle, fought under difficult conditions against well-entrenched forces.
		These facts make clear that Cassino was untakeable with the comparatively meagre forces Freyberg had been given for the job, in the depths of a bitter winter.
		Sketch plan of Cassino, showing the dominating position of Monte Cassino and the difficult over-ridge approach to the ridge across which 4 Indian Division attacked.
	www.rsa.org.nz /review/art2004february/article_1.htm (942 words)

	Monte Cassino Abbey 1944
		The Monastery at Monte Cassino dominated the battlefield of the Liri Valley.
		When the Germans came to fortifty the area around Cassino, the Monastery offered a good observation point to command the ground, but it soon became an obsession with Allied commanders in 1944, when it was bombed heavily in March.
		There are spectacular views on the way up of Cassino town, and from the Monastery you can look across to Hill 593 and Snakeshead Ridge.
	battlefieldsww2.50megs.com /monte_cassino.htm (220 words)

	The Taste of War: 10. THE BATTLE OF CASSINO
		Luckily for his morale, the weather is turning bad, the mud is beginning to climb to the tops of his boots and lick at his leggings, and the combat propaganda detachment is bivouacked on the fringe of the palace; it occupies a couple of olive- drab pyramidal tents.
		By then, every concerned officer on the ground at Cassino and Naples knew that the Germans had respected the Abbey to the best of their ability, and in fact, that they benefitted from letting it stand unoccupied, for there was little to be gained by firing from exposed windows.
		In each case, the net casualties are friendly soldiers (never mind the friendly civilians), the huge costs of the operations are Allied, the military damages are to the tactical advantage of the enemy, and the destruction of art and culture is a propaganda victory for the enemy and is to the detriment of mankind.
	www.grazian-archive.com /autobiography/taste_of_war/TOWAR_10.htm (14204 words)

	HistoryBattles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dozens of Allied divisions were jammed along the narrow entrance to the Liri Valley beneath the fortress-like walls of the Abbey of Monte Cassino.
		Allied generals ordered their troops to attack the very center of the German line and were convinced that the battle for Monte Cassino would last only a few weeks.
		In May, 1997, the MCFRR organized the installation of the seventh of a set of richly designed stained glass "peace" windows in the Abbey's ancient Chapel of the Prophets, in honor of the Jewish Brigade which fought in Italy.
	www.mindspring.com /~gif212/historyb.htm (773 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.
		During the 11th and 12th centuries, it was a center of learning, particularly in the field of medicine.
		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 - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cassino (town, Italy), town, central Italy, in Lazio (Latium) Region, on the Rapido River.
		An agricultural center, Cassino lies at the foot of a...
		Cassino, Monte, Benedictine monastery, situated on the hill of the same name overlooking the town of Cassino, Italy, northwest of Naples.
	encarta.msn.com /cassino.html (102 words)

	Amazon.com: Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II: Books: Matthew Parker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		He died in 1970, in exile, and was buried at the Polish military cemetery at Monte Cassino, the final resting place of the Poles who fell in combat against the Germans in that dramatic battle.
		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.
	www.amazon.com /Monte-Cassino-Hardest-Fought-Battle-World/dp/0385509855 (2942 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)

	Montecassino Monastery - Montecassino, Italy
		Montecassino (also spelled Monte Cassino), a small town about 80 miles south of Rome, is the home of the sacred relics and monastery of St. Benedict (480-543), the patron saint of Europe and the founder of western monasticism.
		Monte Cassino became the target of assault after assault by Allied troops, and was finally destroyed by air bombardment.
		Today, Monte Cassino is a working monastery and continues to be a pilgrimage site by virtue of the suriviving relics of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /italy/monte-cassino-monastery.htm (756 words)

	The ruins of the Abbey at Monte Cassino, 1944
		The ruins of the Abbey at Monte Cassino, 1944
		The Abbey at Monte Cassino (the Abbazia di Montecassino), bombed into rubble by the Allied forces, only to make ideal cover for the German troops who rapidly re-entered the Abbey after the bombing.
		A doctor, an American immigrant born in Cassino, made unauthorized trips across the Rapido River several times at night.
	digitallibrary.smu.edu /cul/gir/ww2/mcsc/italy/pages/mcs031it.htm (283 words)

	purevolume™ \| Cassino
		When Northstar ended in early 2005 the primary songwriters, nick torres and tyler odom, moved on and in a new direction.
		Time passed and the southern region from which they hail shaped the new sound that is Cassino; like someone finally feeling comfortable in their own skin.
		The group is currently without label representation and preparing material to record a full length album independently sometime later this year.
	www.purevolume.com /cassino (115 words)

	Monte Cassino
		General Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in Italy, ordered a new Cassino offensive combined with an amphibious operation at Anzio, a small port on the west coast of Italy.
		The battle for Cassino-or rather the series of battles for Cassino - began on 17 January 1944, when X Corps attacked across the Garigliano.
		But Cassino town and the monastery were not to be captured until 18 May, when the Poles raised the red and white standard with the white eagle over the ruins of the monastery.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWmonte.htm (1828 words)

	Cassino Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The Memorial itself, situated within Cassino War Cemetery, consists of pillars of green marble which rise approximately five metres on either side of an ornamental pool and a formal garden.
		The name Cassino will long be associated with some of the fiercest fighting engaged in by Allied armies in all those 22 months.
		During the battles that were waged here in the early part of 1944, Cassino, about half-way between Rome and Naples, at the lower end of the Liri Valley was completely destroyed, as was the Abbey of Monte Cassino, on its dominating hill above the town.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww2mem/cassino (509 words)

	Cassino Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		The Abbey is large and there would have been a large number of monks in full time residence, the hills surrounding the Abbey still retain the terraces which extend for hundreds of metres down the hill, it would have been hard times being a monk during the middle ages.
		The Abbey of Monte Cassino was founded by St. Benedict around 529 A.D. It was damaged many times, the last time during the II world war in 1944 when it was the place of the battle.
		There are over 1000 graves, in the center of the cemetery there is a grave of general Wladyslaw Anders who died in 1970 and asked to be placed together with his soldiers.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Cassino-153433/Things_To_Do-Cassino-BR-1.html (622 words)

	Go For Broke National Education Center >> History >> Historical Information >> Campaigns
		In mid-January 1944, in blizzard conditions, the 100th took the three mountains overlooking the town of Cassino.
		The men of 34th Division, including the 100th, had Cassino in their grasp, but they ran out of men and material.
		Monte Cassino was the last campaign the original 100th completed.
	www.goforbroke.org /history/history_historical_campaigns_cassino.asp (718 words)

	Amazon.ca: Monte Cassino: the Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II: Books: Matthew Parker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The abbey of Monte Cassino sits on the peak of a steep slope overlooking the Liri Valley, which is the most direct approach to Rome from the south.
		The fact that the terrain was mountainous and this campaign took place during the winter season rendered the Allies' superiority in planes and tanks almost useless.
		The battle for Monte Cassino in the Real World was a horrible waste of time and effort in a marginal theater of WW2.
	www.amazon.ca /Monte-Cassino-Hardest-Fought-Battle-World/dp/0385509855 (868 words)

	Cassino
		Published in zip locked form by Excalibre Games in 1977 as part of their "Panzer Battles and Sieges" series," this game covers the attempt by the World War II Western Allies to break the Germans' "Gustav Line" in southern Italy late in 1943.
		To do so, they must capture the famous Monte Cassino, which towered over the Lire Valley near the center of the line.
		This two-player game comes with 100 die-cut half-inch unit counters, a 17x11" two-color map sheet, two order of battle charts, one four-page series rules folder, one four-page special rules folder, and all the charts and tables needed to play.
	www.decisiongames.com /html/cassino.html (152 words)

	Fourth Battle at Cassino
		At 1:00 am, the Polish 2nd Corps north-west of Cassino, the French Expeditionary Corps in the Auruncian Mountains, and the Americans in the coastal sector all advance to the attack.
		The British XIII Corps' task is to form bridgeheads between the Cassino railway station and Santo Angelo and between Santo Angelo and the Liri and then to move toward the Via Casilina in the vicinity of Piedmonte.
		The breakthrough at Cassino meant that the Allies were able (within a week's time) to join up with the Anzio beach head and then to capture Rome.
	www.battleofmontecassino.com /Monte3.htm (2256 words)

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