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.
View of the town of San Vittore west of Cassino, as seen from a nearby mountain. American soldier queries a group of German prisoners of war. They respond by show of hands. U.S. Soldiers marching German POWs along a road. Italian civilians walk past a line of U.S. Sherman tanks of 756th Tank Battalion parked along the side of a road. U.S. troops relaxing on and about a parked Sherman tank. U.S. troops relaxing in their trenches along a roadside. Italian civilians wash clothes in an outdoor communal laundry, as U.S. troops walk past in the background.
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.
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 for the eastern Gustav Line. Snow covered mountains in Italy. British troops being re-supplied with food fuel and ammunition by means of mule trains run by Italian Army troops under Allied control. Wounded British soldier on stretcher is carried high above the snow on shoulders of comrades. British artillery directed toward German positions in Majella mountains. New Zealand troops unloading supplies at their position less than a mile from the Germans. The supplies include snow capes to camouflage the infantrymen. The New Zealanders don the snow capes and proceed through the snow. (World War II period).
The Battle of Monte Cassino.. B-26 medium bombers of the U.S. 12th Air Force bomb German positions at Monte Cassino, during World War II. Formations of B-26s are seen. Explosions of bombs occur in rapid succession as they strike the targets.
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