The final offensive of the Italian campaign found the German forces in naturally favourable positions: the east of their line was protected by the Apennines, the west by an expanse of flooded land ...

That year Saint Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order, established its abbey on Monte Cassino—a steady light, on a steep hill, which was ultimately to illuminate all Western Europe.

Aquinas lived from 1225 – 1274 in Italy. He grew up with his parents aspiring for him to become a monk at Monte Cassino Abbey outside of Rome. This Abbey was the Abbey that St. Benedict himself ...

He grew up with his parents aspiring for him to become a monk at Monte Cassino Abbey outside of Rome. This Abbey was the Abbey that St. Benedict himself had started — and became really famous when the ...

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Recently 'Auckland NOW' ran a feature by Aimee Gulliver on the gathering of New Zealand WWII veterans who fought at Monte Cassino in Italy with Prince Harry as the honoured Royal Guest for this ...

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The bombing of the Monte Cassino Abbey cheered the men up, but that, too, failed to break the stalemate, as the Germans rushed in more troops. Finally the men in Cassino stopped even hoping for ...

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