Picture No | 10218079 |
Date | 1944 |
Description | Warning Leaflet dropped by the Allied Fifth Army in Italy, 1 |
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The bilingual leaflets dropped, from airplanes, over the Monte Cassino area, prior to the bombing of the monastery there during February 1944. Between January and May 1944 the monastery was completely destroyed as the Allied Fifth Army attempted to push the occupying Nazi troops out of this strong defensive position.
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Source | Illustration in 'The Illustrated London News', 11 March 1944, page 292 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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