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The ruins of Monte Cassino, Italy, World War II, 1944. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
The ruins of Monte Cassino, Italy, World War II, 1944. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
The ruins of Monte Cassino, Italy, World War II, 1944. The site of a monastery in the Appenine Mountains of central Italy, Monte Cassino was the linchpin of the German defensive line known as the Gustav Line, built to stop the Allied advance northwards through Italy. The monastery itself was not actually occupied by the Germans but, believing it was, the US Air Force destroyed it by bombing on 15 February 1944. German troops then occupied the ruins, which were the scene of fierce fighting until Allied troops finally captured Monte Cassino on 18 May.
Credit:
Album / Heritage Images / Keystone Archives
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Image size:
4768 x 3568 px | 48.7 MB
Print size:
40.4 x 30.2 cm | 15.9 x 11.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1940S • 20TH CENTURY • 2ND WORLD WAR • AERIAL WARFARE • AIRBATTLE • APPENINE MOUNTAINS • B & W • B / W • B&W • BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO • BATTLE • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BOMBED • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CATHOLIC • CATHOLICISM • CENTURY • CHRISTIAN • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • DECADE • DESTROYED • DESTRUCTION • DEVASTATION • FORTIES • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • GUSTAV LINE • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • ITALIA • ITALIAN • ITALY • LOCATION • MONASTERY • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • MONTE CASSINO • MOUNTAIN RANGE • MOUNTAIN • MOUNTAINS • PHOTOGRAPH • RANGE • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • ROMAN CATHOLIC • ROMAN CATHOLICISM • RUIN • RUINED • RUINS • SECOND WORLD WAR • SIERRA • SMOKE • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • WORLD WAR 2 • WORLD WAR II • WORLD WAR TWO • WW II • WW2 • WWII
