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The ruins of Monte Cassino, Italy, World War II, 1944. The site of a monastery in the Appenine Mountains of central Italy, Monte Cassino was the linchpin of the German defensive line known as the Gustav Line, built to stop the Allied advance northwards through Italy. The monastery itself was not actually occupied by the Germans but, believing it was, the US Air Force destroyed it by bombing on 15 February 1944. German troops then occupied the ruins, which were the scene of fierce fighting until Allied troops finally captured Monte Cassino on 18 May.
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4768px × 3568px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1940s
20th century
2nd world war
aerial warfare
Appenine Mountains
B&W
B/W
Battle
Battles
Black & White
Black and white
BOMBED
building
BUILDINGS
CATHOLIC
Catholicism
Christian
Christianity
concept
country
DECADE
DESTROYED
Destruction
DEVASTATION
FORTIES
geographical feature
Geography
Italian
Italy
Keystone Archives
LOCATION
Monastery
Monochrome
mountain
MOUNTAIN RANGE
MOUNTAINS
Photograph
religion
Religious
ROMAN CATHOLIC
ROMAN CATHOLICISM
Ruin
RUINED
RUINS
SECOND WORLD WAR
Smoke
War
WARFARE
Wars
WORLD WAR 2
World War II
WORLD WAR TWO
WW2
WWII