Germans defend Cassino and Monte Cassino abbey in Italy during World War II. Cassino Monastery before U.S. Attack. U.S. bombs burst in Cassino Monastery. Ruins of Cassino Monastery. German officers with abbot of Cassino in a car. Officers salute him as car driven away. German officers and abbot of Cassino. Ruins and bombed buildings of Cassino. Men inspects ruins and evacuate casualties.
Allied campaign in Italy during World War II. A map of Italy depicts how the Allied Army shattered the Gustav Line and the Allied attack on Cassino. Soldiers fire artillery in Cassino. On May 18th 1944 Cassino fell resulting in Allied victory. Prisoners of war being taken. Dead German soldiers on streets. German soldiers seated together appearing dejected and exhausted. A map of Italy depicts Allied activities along the coast of Italy on May 23. Allied soldiers smile.
Saint Patrick's Day being celebrated at Cassino front in Italy during World War II. General Alexander, who served with the Regiment in WW1, celebrates St. Patrick's Day with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. He presents the Shamrock as well as gallantry awards to the Guardsmen who had fought at Anzio. Later they march past while General Alexander takes the salute. [?Allied troops pass in review before the Allied Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower.] British Anzio rocket guns being fired.
U.S. Medical Corps in Italy during World War II. Injured U.S. soldiers being loaded onto railroad train, and wounded seen in bunks and beds aboard the medical train or hospital train. Nurses move in the moving train. The soldiers eat food. Next scene is at the Anzio Nettuno beachhead: The exteriors of a wrecked building. British and American soldiers and officers walk through a passage down the stairs. Soldiers work on maps and typewriters in tunnels at the underground Allied headquarters in Cassino. View of girl pin-up images decorating walls of the converted wine cellar headquarters. U.S. Soldiers pack German language leaflets into shells to be fired into the German lines at Cassino. View of one of the leaflets, which narrator says tell of the victories by Soviet forces on the eastern front. Shells holding propaganda leaflets are fired as soldiers discuss the strategy. A truck near a heap of shells. St. Elia: U.S. soldiers help injured civilian refugee people. An Italian woman carrying a child walks. A young civilian refugee girl stands near the truck and cries.
Germans in Italy for religious propaganda during World War II. Map of Italy. German troops on Italian font. Despite an Allied attack, bring up supplies by mule and truck to reinforce their positions. Military action of German troops for religious propaganda. Cassino Monastery before U.S. Attack. U.S. bombs burst on Cassino Monastery. Ruins of Cassino Monastery. German troops escort Abbot Gregorian Di Mare to Vatican city from the ruins of Monte Cassino. German officers and Abbot of Cassino. Ruins and wreckage in Castle Gandolfo. Men inspect ruins and evacuate casualties. Dead bodies of women and children.
Montage of scenes recorded after the Battle of Monte Cassino in World War 2. Opening scene shows New Zealand 19th RHQ tank in Mignano Montelungo, as the 24th New Zealand Battalion re-enacts its entry into the ruins of Monte Cassino, on March 26, 1944. In this restaging, 24th Battalion infantrymen are shown moving through rubble of destroyed town, firing small arms and one throwing a hand grenade. Narrator identifies "Hangman's Hill," (which was held by the 1st battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles) at Monte Cassino. In this restaging , New Zealanders, scramble over rubble, and dig out a "wounded" comrade, while explosions occur in background. Medics "attend" to him. Other NZ troops fire small arms from behind rubble barriers. A huge explosion occurs in background. A British artillery piece (obscured by debris) fires rounds. Infantrymen fire small arms. A camouflaged British tank fires its gun. In change of scene, other British troops advance cautiously near a damaged building and take several German soldiers prisoner. View of the destroyed Monte Cassino monastery and castle on Castle Heights. Ruins of building adjacent to the "Hotel Excelsior,"below the castle. Several medics with Red Cross flag in distant rubble. Views from destroyed Monastery atop the mountain. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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