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Part of World War II, Italian campaign

Battle of Monte Cassino

January 17 – May 18, 1944 · Monte Cassino

Result Allied victory

Series of four Allied assaults on the Gustav Line around Monte Cassino in Italy. The ancient abbey was bombed in February 1944, and Polish troops finally took the heights in May, opening the road to Rome.

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Allies

Axis

Other

United States
United Kingdom
Poland
New Zealand
India
France
Canada
British Raj
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Dominion of Newfoundland
Union of South Africa
Germany
Harold Alexander military commander Mark W. Clark military commander Oliver Leese military commander
Albert Kesselring military commander Heinrich von Vietinghoff military commander Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin military commander Eberhard von Mackensen military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
240,000
Casualties
55,000–105,000
Tanks
1,900
Aircraft
4,000
Civilian deaths
2,000

Units

15th Army Group Harold Alexander Mark W. Clark Eighth Army (United Kingdom) Bernard Montgomery Polish II Corps US Fifth Army Walton Walker 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 5th Kresowa Infantry Division 1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)
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442nd Infantry Regiment
Army Group C 10th Army (Wehrmacht) Heinrich von Vietinghoff Joachim Lemelsen Walter von Reichenau 14th Army (Wehrmacht) Eberhard von Mackensen Joachim Lemelsen Otto Wöhler Wilhelm List 1939–present 15th Panzergrenadier Division 44th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 71st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Battles 2

Also involved 1