Created by Tom Horn on 10 Feb 2010, Last Update on 10 Feb 2010

Monte Casino - 17 Jan 1944

The Gustav line was assaulted four times by Allied troops. For the last of these the Allies gathered 20 divisions for a major assault along a twenty mile front and drove the German defenders from their positions but at a high cost.

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