Picture No | 10218082 |
Date | 1944 |
Description | The Bombing of Cassino, March 1944 |
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An Allied bombing raid on Cassino, Italy, March 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, 1 April 1944, pages 378-379 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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