The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. U.S. infantry of 5th Army, II Corps, advance against German positions in Monte Cassino. They advance, firing machine guns and passing flagged mine fields as they progress. Close up side view of prone American Army soldier, with reeds or grasses in foreground, as the U.S. Army soldier fires his machine gun. Shells from German artillery fire burst close to them as they proceed.
The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Allied gun crews, under camouflage nets, fire heavy artillery against German positions at Monte Cassino. Views of the ruined town. A Sherman tank parked inside a partially destroyed building. A U.S. soldier picks through rubble in a gutted building.
United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight over Southern Italy. B-26 Marauder bomber dropping bombs over Cassino. Aerial view of targets being blown up by bombs. Explosions and smoke arise from exploding bombs.
Allied armies break the Gustav Line at Monte Cassino in Italy during World War II. Thick clouds form from Allied bombing at Monte Cassino and the surrounding area. A camouflaged tank covered in foliage moving on a field. British soldiers duck and cover their ears after loading mortar. Soldiers covering their ears while firing mortar. Closer view of a camouflaged tank moving.
British artillery crew firing howitzer at Monte Cassino in Italy during World War II. Nose of a British howitzer under a canopy. British Royal Artillery crew loading howitzer. Smoke comes out after a crewman opens the howitzer breech. Two crewmen carry and load a shell into the gun. A British gunner fires with a water-cooled Vickers machine gun. Another crewman feeds the machine gun with bullet belt. Vickers machine gun firing at Nazi German troops. Pillars of smoke form on enemy position.
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, during WWII. Bombing of German positions below and around the Abbey of Monte Cassino, as viewed from nearby mountain vantage point. Succession of bombs bursting on the German positions. U.S. soldiers sort artillery shells in a munitions dump.