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| Picture No | 10218085 |
| Date | 1944 |
| Description | Heavy Gun of the Allied Fifth Army, Italy; Second World War, |
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Photograph showing a 240mm long range gun being towed into position on the Allied Fifth Army front near Cassino, February 1944. Between January and May 1944 the town of Cassino and Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino were completely destroyed as the Allied Fifth Army attempted to push the occupying Nazi troops out of their strong defensive position in the area.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 4 March 1944, page 259 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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