Battle of Monte Cassino
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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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
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battle ⓘ |
| aftermath | opening of the road to Rome for Allied forces ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle for Rome ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Canadian forces
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Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers) ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Free French forces
Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form:
German Wehrmacht
Indian Army units ⓘ New Zealand forces ⓘ Polish II Corps ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| casualties | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| commander |
Alphonse Juin
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Bernard Freyberg ⓘ Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ United States Army General Mark W. Clark ⓘ
surface form:
Mark W. Clark
Władysław Anders ⓘ |
| conflictIn |
Italian campaign
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surface form:
Italian Campaign
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| 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
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mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| front | Italian Front ⓘ |
| location |
Lazio
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surface form:
Lazio, Italy
Monte Cassino Abbey ⓘ
surface form:
Monte Cassino, Italy
|
| memorial |
Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries at Cassino
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Polish War Cemetery at Monte Cassino ⓘ |
| notableEvent | destruction of the Benedictine abbey at Monte Cassino ⓘ |
| notableUnit |
French Moroccan Goumiers
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Polish II Corps ⓘ |
| numberOfMajorAssaults | 4 ⓘ |
| objective |
break the German Gustav Line
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open the road to Rome ⓘ |
| opponent |
Allies of World War II
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surface form:
Allied forces
German forces ⓘ Italian Social Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Social Republic forces
|
| partOf |
Italian campaign
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of the Winter Line
this entity surface form:
Battle of Monte Cassino (first phase)
this entity surface form:
Allied advance to Rome
this entity surface form:
Battle for Monte Cassino
subject surface form:
XIII Corps
this entity surface form:
Battle of Cassino
subject surface form:
XXX Corps
subject surface form:
Oliver Leese
this entity surface form:
Gustav Line operations