The Battle of Monte Cassino. Snow covered mountainous area in Italy. Houses and buildings covered with snow in Cassino town. Military vehicles pass through the snow. British infantry make their way through heavy snow.
The Battle of Monte Cassino in World War 2. U.S. troops shell the town. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Trees in the area. Mountains in the background. The monastery on Monte Cassino in view. U.S. Soldiers load and fire mortars. A soldier carries artillery shells up a hill. Several U.S. Sherman tanks are parked behind him. Another maneuvers into the parking area. Smoke rises from shells striking the town.
Allied troops break through the German Gustav line, during World War II. Allies troops fire guns, howitzers, mortars and machine guns on Nazi positions. French troops fire artillery and Sherman tanks fire. Explosions and smoke rise. French troops capture Castelforte, nicknamed 'little Cassino' on May 14. German prisoners are being taken as they surrender. Wounded Allied soldiers. Troops move through the ruins of captured Castleforte. British break through the Gustav line and on May 18 capture destroyed Monte Cassino. View of broken walls of the gutted Benedictine Abbey. Gutted buildings of town. Ruined building. Allied troops move ahead and advance. Bedraggled inhabitants return to their towns. An old woman eats bread. Planes in flight.
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.
The Battle of Monte Cassino .Aerial views of the town and Abbey of Monte Cassino, in Italy, in early stage of the battle before any significant damage had been done to them.
The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Bombardment on the target area of Monte Cassino. Smoke rises due to the same. Allied soldiers fire artillery from hide outs. (World War II period).
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