A few minutes before 11 in the morning, Waclaw Fieglar walked slowly into the heart of the ancient Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino, pushing a walker to steady himself. His smart blue blazer was ...

Monte Cassino's sixth century monastery was wrested from its stubborn German defenders in May 1944 after five months of savage fighting, but two weeks later the bloody victory was eclipsed by the ...

Eighty years on, document confirms Hitler’s role and reveals allied raid might have been avoided had action been taken to enforce neutral zone The mountaintop abbey of Monte Cassino ought to have been ...

As a 19-year-old private in the Black Watch, John Clarke looked down on the bombing of Monte Cassino from above. He was on Mount Ornita, "up to my neck in snow", when the massed ranks of Flying ...

Prince Harry has paid tribute to the veterans who fought in the bitter and bloody Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy during the second world war, saying that its reputation as 'the forgotten campaign' ...

The capture of Monte Cassino after months of grueling combat ultimately represented a hollow victory for the Allies. While the Gustav Line was eventually breached and Rome lay within reach, the cost ...

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Veterans have marked the 60th anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest battles - at Monte Cassino. The Duke of Kent joined 300 British veterans to mark the end of the battle, which claimed ...

At the centre of the line, blocking the route to Rome, was the town of Cassino, dominated by the mountain of Monte Cassino with its 1,400 year old Benedictine abbey. The abbey had been evacuated by ...