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    Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (80 mi) southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, 2 kilometres...
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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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    the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley. Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rivers....
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    is far less notable than his time as Desiderius, the great abbot of Monte Cassino. His failing health was the factor that made him so reluctant to accept...
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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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    designed to defend a western section of Italy, focused around the town of Monte Cassino, through which ran the important Highway 6 which led uninterrupted to...
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  • Monte Cassino Chronicle may refer to: Chronicon monasterii Casinensis, chronicle of Monte Cassino from c. 529 until 1138, written by: Leo of Ostia (1046–c...
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  • The Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle for January 1944, is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in...
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    Cassinese Congregation, since this Congregation includes the Abbey of Monte Cassino, where St Benedict wrote his Rule and was buried (although Fleury Abbey...
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    ecclesiastical province of Capua with the annexation of the dioceses of Monte Cassino, Aquino and Atina to the Roman ecclesiastical province, were the cultural...
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    II Who Conquered Germany, Japan, and American Bigotry At the top of Monte Cassino stood a grand but old monastery, a key target for the 5th Army. To take...
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    The Polish war cemetery at Monte Cassino holds the graves of 1,072 Poles who died storming the bombed-out Benedictine abbey atop the mountain in May 1944...
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    Wojtek (bear) (category Battle of Monte Cassino)
    serving with the 22nd Artillery Supply Company. During the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944, Wojtek helped move crates of ammunition and became a celebrity...
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    (Infanterie-Kommandeur 19) in Hildesheim. It fought in Verdun, Stalingrad and Monte Cassino, among others. The division's symbol was the four-leaf clover and after...
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  • Allies pushing further north, the ancient Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino was facing almost certain destruction of countless priceless treasures;...
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    distinction in the Italian Campaign, in particular at the Battle of Monte Cassino. By the end of 1945, the corps had grown to well over 100,000 soldiers...
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    Beneventan usage: the monastery on Monte Cassino, and Bari. The Bari type developed in the 10th century from the Monte Cassino type; both were based on Roman...
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    felt at Cassino. The Corps staff prevailed and the 90th went into battle to following day. The 90th was involved in the defence of Monte Cassino during...
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    African, OSB (Latin: Constantinus Africanus; died before 1098/1099, Monte Cassino) was a physician who lived in the 11th century. The first part of his...
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    II Corps throughout the Italian Campaign, including the capture of Monte Cassino. After the war, Anders was deprived of his citizenship and military...
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    Monte Cassino Territorial Abbey or Monte Cassino Archicoenobium (Italian: Abbazia territoriale di Montecassino) is a territorial abbey in Italy and a see...
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  • Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in...
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    two battles attempting unsuccessfully to penetrate the Gustav Line at Monte Cassino. The division saw further action on the Gothic Line in Italy in 1944...
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    Monte Cassino Girls High School is a Catholic boarding-school in the Mashonaland East province of Zimbabwe. The school was founded as part of the Catholic...
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    rape and killings committed during World War II after the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. These were committed mainly by the Moroccan Goumiers, colonial...
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    the massif of Monte Cassino; and enclosed the peaks of Monte Cassino (Monastery Hill), Monte la Difensa, Monte la Remetanea and Monte Maggiore, in the...
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  • Province Monte Bregagno Monte Cassino Montecorvino (disambiguation) Montefalcione Monte (Funchal), a civil parish in the municipality of Funchal Monte, a civil...
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    earlier discovered Annals 11–16 at Monte Cassino where he lived for some time. The copies of Annals at Monte Cassino were probably moved to Florence by...
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    militarily, under the surface." The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy lasted from 17 January to 18 May 1944. Monte Cassino was a hill that, if captured, could be...
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    cemeteries near the theatres of operations. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, Cassino saw some of the fiercest fighting of the Italian Campaign, the town...
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