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The Battle of Monte Cassino, a series of four assaults by Allied Forces against the Axis
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The Battle of Monte Cassino, a series of four assaults by Allied Forces against the Axis
The Battle of Monte Cassino, a series of four assaults by Allied Forces against the Axis held Winter Line during the attempted advance on to Rome, Italy in the Second World War.
Picture taken during the early stages of the attack of the Gustav Line shortly after the Rapido bridgeheads had been established. In the Cassino area 8th Army troops pressed on against determined enemy counter attacks and on the Cassino plain, British and Indian units fought their way through dense wire defences and minefields under a rain of fire directed from the mountainside. This fighting lead up to the capture of San Angelo.
Picture shows: Sapper Bevin of Coleville and Fuslier McVeigh of County Downe share a slit trench to clean their weapons as the battle moves on past the old Allied line.
May 1944
Official
Daily Mirror
Mirrorpix
Italy
Media ID 21826984
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1944 Battle For Cassino Battle For Rome Italian Campaign Montecassino
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