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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:40
Publish Date: 2018-01-16 21:05:48
Description: The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy. The Gustav Line, which together with the Bernhardt and Hitler lines formed a series of defences known as the Winter Line, had been established by the Germans and Italians to defend Rome from a northern advance by the Allies. The Allied forces had secured a foothold in Italy in Operation Avalanche the previous September, having first captured Sicily. By early January 1944 the Allies had advanced a long way north, but their progress had been stopped by poor weather that ...
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