Battle for Rome

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World War II battle battle military offensive

The Battle for Rome, better known as the Battle of Monte Cassino, was a major World War II Allied offensive in Italy aimed at breaking German defensive lines and opening the road to Rome.

Aliases (1)
  • Caesar C Line ×1
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle →
battle →
military offensive →
alsoKnownAs Battle for Monte Cassino →
Battle of Monte Cassino →
belligerent Allies of World War II →
Axis powers →
commander Alphonse Juin →
Bernard Freyberg →
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin →
Harold Alexander →
Heinrich von Vietinghoff →
Władysław Anders →
conflict World War II →
countryInvolved Algeria →
Canada →
France →
Germany →
India →
Italy →
Morocco →
New Zealand →
Poland →
Tunisia →
United Kingdom →
United States →
defensiveLine Gustav Line →
Winter Line →
endTime 1944-05-18 →
location Italy →
Lazio →
Monte Cassino →
notableEvent destruction of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino →
notableFeature repeated assaults on a hilltop monastery →
objective break the German Gustav Line →
open the road to Rome →
opponent Fallschirmjäger units →
German Army →
Wehrmacht →
partOf Allied advance on Rome →
Italian Campaign →
result Allied victory →
German withdrawal from Monte Cassino →
opening of the route to Rome →
startTime 1944-01-17 →
strategicImportance access to Rome via Highway 6 →
control of the Liri Valley →
timePeriod February 1944 →
January 1944 →
March 1944 →
May 1944 →
Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Battle of Monte Cassino →
alsoKnownAs
Gustav Line ("Caesar C Line") →
followedBy
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