Battle of Monte Cassino

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Monte Cassino was a series of brutal Allied assaults in 1944 against German defensive positions in central Italy, aimed at breaking through to Rome and marked by heavy casualties and the controversial destruction of the historic abbey.

Aliases (6)

Allied advance to Rome ×1
Battle for Monte Cassino ×1
Battle of Cassino ×1
Battle of Monte Cassino (first phase) ×1
Battle of the Winter Line ×1
Gustav Line operations ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle →
aftermath	opening of the road to Rome for Allied forces →
alsoKnownAs	Battle for Rome →
belligerent	Canadian forces → Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers) → Free French forces → German Wehrmacht → Indian Army units → New Zealand forces → Polish II Corps → United Kingdom → United States →
casualties	tens of thousands →
commander	Alphonse Juin → Bernard Freyberg → Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin → Harold Alexander → Heinrich von Vietinghoff → Mark W. Clark → Władysław Anders →
conflictIn	Italian Campaign →
controversy	bombing of the Monte Cassino abbey →
country	Italy →
dateOfAbbeyBombing	1944-02-15 →
defensiveLine	Gustav Line →
endDate	1944-05-18 →
feature	heavily fortified German positions → mountainous terrain →
front	Italian Front →
location	Lazio, Italy → Monte Cassino, Italy →
memorial	Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries at Cassino → Polish War Cemetery at Monte Cassino →
notableEvent	destruction of the Benedictine abbey at Monte Cassino →
notableUnit	French Moroccan Goumiers → Polish II Corps →
numberOfMajorAssaults	4 →
objective	break the German Gustav Line → open the road to Rome →
opponent	Allied forces → German forces → Italian Social Republic forces →
partOf	Allied invasion of Italy →
result	Allied victory →
startDate	1944-01-17 →
strategicImportance	control of Highway 6 to Rome →
theater	Mediterranean Theater of Operations →
year	1944 →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2nd New Zealand Division → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → French I Corps → German Tenth Army → XIII Corps → XXX Corps →	engagement
4th Indian Division ("Battle of Cassino") → 4th Indian Division → Italian Co-Belligerent Army → Italian Co-Belligerent Army ("Gustav Line operations") → Polish Armed Forces in the West → Polish forces →	notableEngagement
15th Army Group → II Corps (United States) → Polish II Corps → U.S. Fifth Army → U.S. VI Corps →	notableBattle
Heinrich von Vietinghoff → Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) → Oliver Leese → Władysław Anders →	participatedIn
Battle for Rome → Battle for Rome ("Battle for Monte Cassino") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Salerno → Battle of the Volturno Line →	followedBy
Italian campaign → Italian campaign ("Battle of the Winter Line") →	includesBattle
Battle of Anzio ("Battle of Monte Cassino (first phase)") → Gothic Line offensive →	precededBy
French Moroccan Goumiers →	activeDuring
Polish War Cemetery at Monte Cassino →	battle
Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries at Cassino →	conflict
Polish Army →	engagedIn
New Zealand forces →	engagedInBattle
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
World War II →	hasPart
Monte Cassino Abbey →	notableEvent
U.S. Fifth Army →	notableOperation
Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy ("Allied advance to Rome") →	operation
Gustav Line →	siteOf