dominated by the mountain of Monte Cassino with its 1,400 year old Benedictine abbey. The abbey had been evacuated by the Germans following the Allied landings; both the Germans and the Allies had ...

When the attack failed, the Germans changed their strategy, launching small attacks on the Allies rather than making another concerted effort to take the ... the Monte Cassino offensive, but ...

The Allies were pouring ... between Monastery Hill and Cassino. The Germans had regained the height early in the morning, but ...