992 tons
of bombs on Cassino

The first battle fought on the Gustav Line lasted a month, from January 12 to February 12, 1944...

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1944 - 2024
80th Anniversary

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The artillery fired
195,969 grenades

The artillery opened fire and until the evening of March 15 alone it fired 195,969 grenades...

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The Battles of Cassino

The first battle fought on the Gustav Line lasted a month....

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1944-2024 80th anniversary

80th anniversary of the destruction of Cassino in World War II...

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80th Anniversary Events

Discover all the events dedicated to the 80th anniversary...

80th anniversary of the destruction of Cassino in World War II and the sacrifice of its people

17.1.1944

FIRST IMPACT AGAINST "GUSTAV"

Since the last period of 1943 and in parallel with the military actions in the upper Caserta area, the Allies had planned a landing to be carried out in a coastal area near Rome, in order to make it easier to overcome what they already thought would be the defenses of the Gustav Line.

20.1.1944

20 JANUARY 1944

DISASTER ON THE FIUME RAPIDO

Military operations for the conquest of Cassino began on 20 January 1944, when the 36th U.S. Infantry Division. "Texas" receives the order to cross the Rapido river near the village of S.Angelo in Theodice and thus create a bridgehead from which to subsequently launch the final attack on the city.

24.1.1944

24 JANUARY 1944

THE SECOND PHASE

The French were fighting in the high mountains, on the right side of the attack deployment of the American Fifth Army, embroiled in the Cassino plain. Their position relative to the Gustav Line was further inland than that of their Downstream Allies; on their left there was in fact the lower Rapido valley and the Montecassino ridge, while in front they had the peak of Mount Cifalco.

Feb. 1944

CASSINO EARLY FEBRUARY 1944

THE PARATROOPERS ARE COMING

Between the end of January and the second ten days of February 1944, an event occurred that was destined to give a significant turning point to the battle of Cassino. In fact, the first parachute units of the 1st division arrive, transferred from the Adriatic front.

Four months of fighting
around Cassino

The four months of fighting around Cassino had cost the Germans around 80,000 dead, wounded and missing, and the Allies around 105,000 overall losses.

No one has ever calculated the number of numerous victims among Italian civilians.