The First Deadly Round of Fighting at the Battle of Monte Cassino
The First Deadly Round of Fighting at the Battle of Monte Cassino During the first of four bloody attempts to take Monte Cassino and the town that occupied its slope, the Allied Fifth Army was repulsed. Here's What You Need to Know: The First Battle of Cassino would be a failure for the Allies. By December 1943, the phrase “sunny Italy” had evolved from being a travel agent’s selling point to becoming an ugly joke for the British and American troops of the Allied Fifth Army, advancing north from Naples to Rome. Rain and snow turned ground to mud and made roads impassable. Valleys were ...
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