Monte Cassino January-May 1944 Mansolas Angelos
Monte Cassino January-May 1944 Mansolas Angelos In early 1944, two Allied armies were ready to launch a massive assault against German forces in central Italy so they could then march northwards to…
Specifikacia Monte Cassino January-May 1944 Mansolas Angelos
Monte Cassino January-May 1944 Mansolas Angelos
In early 1944, two Allied armies were ready to launch a massive assault against German forces in central Italy so they could then march northwards to Rome. The fastest one passed through the Liri valley, but the entrance was blocked by the rugged Monte Cassino massif, with its hilltop medieval monastery and the town below. There were three routes available to get there.
The second possible route would be to outflank the Gustav Line to reach the valley, but they would then also have to capture the innumerable rough peaks and ridges along the massif, on a treacherous terrain that only favored the defenders. In front of them ran the Gustav Line: the most formidably constructed defensive line the Western Allies would ever come up against. The third and final option would be to breach the Gustav Line directly in front of the town, which would mean engaging in costly house-to-house fighting
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