Battle of Monte Cassino

When

17 Jan 1944 – 18 May 1944

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.49° N, 13.81° E

Description

1944 assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II

War

World War II

Battle of World War II

The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against Axis forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The objective was to break through the Winter Line and facilitate an advance towards Rome.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Monte Cassino – The monastery atop Monte Cassino is destroyed by Allied bombing”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit der Schlacht um Monte Cassino beim historischen Kloster Montecassino an der deutschen Gustav-Linie in Italien beginnt eine der längsten und…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la bataille du monte Cassino en Italie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la aviación aliada bombardea el monasterio de Montecassino, donde los alemanes habían instalado su sistema de comunicaciones”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة مونتي كاسينو يناير-مايو 1944”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “卡西諾戰役开始。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “モンテ・カッシーノの戦い開始”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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