![The town of cassino is left a shambles in the aftermath of heavy allied bombardment. anchoring the western end of the formidable gustav line, cassino and the benedictine abbey that crowned the adjacent mountaintop proved costly for the allies to capture. the wreckage of a sherman tank and a prefabricated bailey bridge lie in the foreground.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/W-Cassino-Lead-4C-May07-crop-760x398.jpg)
Monte Cassino
First Deadly Round at The Battle of Monte Cassino
By David H. LippmanBy December 1943, the phrase “sunny Italy” had evolved from being a travel agent’s selling point to becoming an ugly joke for the British and American troops of the Allied Fifth Army, advancing north from Naples to Rome. Read more