The Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross (Polish: Krzyż Pamiątkowy Monte Cassino) is a commemorative medal awarded to all soldiers of the Polish II Corps...
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The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against German forces in Italy during...
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Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino (The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino) is one of the best-known Polish military songs of World War II. It was composed in May...
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Minister of Poland general Władysław Sikorski. Awarded Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross and Cross of Merit with Swords for his service in Polish Army....
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1939 (Cross of September Campaign 1939) Krzyż Pamiątkowy Monte Cassino (Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross) Krzyż Armii Krajowej (Home Army Cross) Medal...
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Władysław Anders (category Recipients of the Cross of Independence)
Service Silver (20 years) Bronze (10 years) Home Army Cross Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross Wound Decoration, (eight times) Czechoslovakia Order of...
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Nikodem Sulik-Sarnowski (category Recipients of the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
War 1918-1921 Ten Years Regained Independence Medal Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross Home Army Cross (posthumously, 15 August 1967) Krzysztof Filipow,...
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Virtuti Militari, the Africa Star, the Italy Star, and the Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross. After the war he returned to his hometown where he played...
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February 1995. His distinctions and awards included the Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross and the Gold Cross of the Polish Army Field Bishop in 1945, the Order...
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Benedict of Nursia (category Abbots of Monte Cassino)
kilometres (40 mi) to the east of Rome), before moving further south-east to Monte Cassino in the mountains of central Italy. The present-day Order of Saint Benedict...
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fought in the Anders' Army in Egypt and Italy, including the Battle of Monte Cassino. After the war, Žuk-Hryškievič first settled in the United Kingdom where...
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monte-majo/ MAJOR GENERAL FREDERICK AWARD. https://www.sfa28.org/frederick-award Kemp, Ted (1995). A Commemorative History: First Special...
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others: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Valor, Silver Cross of Merit, Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross, Star for the War...
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Wojciech Kania (category Recipients of the Military Cross)
of Valour (Poland) (Krzyż Walecznych), three times Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross Military Cross (United Kingdom)[citation needed] Italy Star Africa...
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capture of Monte Cassino, breaking of Hitler Line, opening way to Rome; June Government-in-exile issues Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross; 21 July "Lublin"...
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the historical consultant for a forthcoming movie about the Battle of Monte Cassino, to be directed by John Irvin. Caddick-Adams introduced the game Company...
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battles for Cassino. From there the Regiment fought its way up the Italian boot, through Rome, until final victory in May 1945. Cassino: The task of...
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Decorations Cross of Valor (9), Golden Cross of Merit (2), Silver Cross of Merit (74), Bronze Cross of Merit (154), Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross (950)...
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Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (category Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Monte Cassino in February 1944. Freyberg, commanding the troops which fought what later became known as the Second and Third Battles of Monte Cassino...
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they were received; 12 crosses (krzyż), 3 medals (medal) and 6 stars (gwiazda) in specific order of precedence; other crosses and awards in order they...
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Remembrance poppy (section Other commemorative poppies)
poppy The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino – in Polish tradition, poppies used as a remembrance symbol of the Battle of Monte Cassino Ramonda nathaliae, national...
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was part of 2nd Warsaw Armoured Brigade. It fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino, the Battle of Ancona, and captured the city of Bologna. The regiment...
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Atomic Bombing Relic Selecting Committee of Hiroshima announced to build commemorative plaques at nine historical sites related to the bombing in the year...
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Alphonse Juin (category Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour)
Anzio on 22 January 1944, he began an attack on Monte Belvedere, about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Monte Cassino. On 29 January, he reported to Clark that "At...
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Army during an officers' swap scheme. During most of the Battle of Monte Cassino he was attached to the Gurkhas of the 8th Indian Infantry Division....
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Pearl Harbor. Additionally, a special military award, the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal, was later authorized for all military veterans of the attack...
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Free France (section Cross of Lorraine)
fighting on the Winter Line and Gustav Line, distinguishing themselves at Monte Cassino in Operation Diadem. In what came to be known as the Marocchinate in...
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Böll. A variant of the epigram is inscribed on the Polish Cemetery at Monte Cassino. John Ruskin expressed the importance of this ideal to Western civilization...
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Fighter Squadron: 12–14 May 1944: for successful airstrikes against Monte Cassino, Italy. The first two Distinguished Unit Citations received by the 99th...
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to the Battle of Monte Cassino in Warsaw Mausoleum of Mărăşeşti Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Heroes' Cross on Caraiman Peak...
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