Take a flight of discovery high above the breathtaking aerial views of Montecassino Abbey, one of Europe's most historic ...

ROME – A newly discovered document in the Vatican Archives suggests that a more energetic response from Vatican officials eighty years ago might have prevented the deadly Allied bombing of the ...

Monte Cassino, Italy the ruin of the monastery can be seen at the top of the hill. This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of ...

THE BATTLE OF CASSINO (309 pp.)—Fred Majdalany — Houghfon Mlfflin ($4). The action started out as another ridge-and-river crossing by the victorious Fifth Army as it drove up the length of Italy. An ...

Monte Cassino belongs to the Benedictine Order and is located in southern Italy’s Lazio region. It sits high above the quaint town of Cassino, about 136 km (84.5 miles) from Rome. Its founder, St.

February 1944 saw the Allies make the fateful decision to bomb the 1,400-year-old Monte Cassino Abbey, believing it to be a German stronghold. Misinterpreted intelligence, a catastrophic error, and ...