The Vicious Struggle To Capture Monte Cassino | Both Sides of the Line

The Vicious Struggle To Capture Monte Cassino | Both Sides of the Line | War Stories

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Before the D-Day landings, allied troops were fighting German forces in Italy. Attempting to break the well fortified Gustav Line, a literal uphill battle took place to dislodge German forces from the century-old monastery in Monte Cassino. What followed some of the most frustrating fighting the Allies had faced in the war so far.
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@palmergriffiths1952 4 ай бұрын

The Younger Generations who are so Entitled should listen to what these Men went through. Thank you Gentlemen for your Service 🙏 from Canada 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇲 🇭🇲 🇳🇿 🇵🇱 🇮🇳 🇲🇫 🇧🇷

@peterclark1041 7 ай бұрын

My birth father died at Cassino 18 March 44. I visited his grave at the War Graves cemetery in 1997…..very emotional. I was adopted in May 1945. He never knew me I believe. I hoped to visit this March ….80 yrs anniversary later but regret it may not now be possible. Very sad.

@palmergriffiths1952 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your Father's Service 🙏 from Canada 🇨🇦

@juliemercer1458 11 ай бұрын

On my bucket list.....my dad was the Dispatch Rider, Royal Corp of Signals at the bottom of that hill on the final wave.

@catlikepizzagaming8280 11 ай бұрын

I was there a couple of months ago, my grandfather was 24 battalion NZEF, not much there except the monastery, you can see the train station that the 28 Māori battalion made their famous bayonet charge from the road leading up to the monastery and the museum is okay but mainly concentrated on the Benedictine history Was still a humbling experience to stand where such chaos and destruction took place

@palmergriffiths1952 4 ай бұрын

Thank you to Both of these Gentlemen for their Service 🙏🇬🇧 From Your Commonwealth Brothers Canada 🇨🇦

@sophiaisabelle01 11 ай бұрын

We will always support this channel. Theyre one of the best.

@loxleyltd 11 ай бұрын

My family was from here. My great grandparents ended up guess where? That’s right, good old Blighty 🎉 and now look at the state of it

@gordonhamilton3122 8 ай бұрын

Do feel free to go back "home". If they'll have you that is.

@chocofudge4638 11 ай бұрын

it must hsve been really scary😢😢😢

@asullivan4047 11 ай бұрын

Situations like that create " Battle hardened soldiers "

@AwsomeEnforcer 8 ай бұрын

My Pop fought in this battle and as a New Zealander always had an affinity for Americans and now I know why.

@palmergriffiths1952 4 ай бұрын

Thank You for your Dad's Service 🙏🇳🇿 from Canada 🇨🇦

@Killshot15 11 ай бұрын

Love this channel always loved history and although I graduated high school a couple years ago I wish we learned about WW2 a lot more than just the basic like who was fighting and dday

@brettcurtis5710 11 ай бұрын

New Zealand's WW2 Passchendaele! Three months of hopeless slaughter for the men from the Uttermost Ends of the Earth! Arohanui, Kia Kaha, Lest We Forget!

@palmergriffiths1952 4 ай бұрын

Thank You to The New Zealand Veterans for their Service 🙏🇳🇿 from Canada 🇨🇦

@palmergriffiths1952 4 ай бұрын

Churchill called it " The Soft Underbelly" The Soldiers called it "The Tough Old Gut" and No wonder hearing the Stories from The Veterans who were there. It was Absolutely Disrespectful, Crass & Disparaging they were Labeled as "The D-day Dodgers".

@333BlkFlagg 11 ай бұрын

Rip may they find peace

@yingmingtan5619 8 ай бұрын

The horors of Casino was repeated at Caen later in Normandy , men never learn, only repeat what they did😢

@palmergriffiths1952 4 ай бұрын

You're Absolutely right. You'd think after all The years the War ended We would have learned something. Now we have The Russian Invasion of Ukraine going on & Iran bombing Israel & fighting with The Palestinians,Hamas, Hezbollah. Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam,Korea etc. etc. I could go on the so many Wars that happened after WWII seems like we didn't listen to the words "Never Again !"

@ADMonolith 11 ай бұрын

It must have been disorienting for any Indian troops when they saw the holy swastika on the flags and uniforms of a European belligerent…

@jordonsky 8 ай бұрын

Not really

@Ahmed2009900 11 ай бұрын

مفيش حلقة عن حرب اكتوبر اللى النهاردة الذكرى ال 50 لها

@murrayscott9546 11 ай бұрын

Does the word ' tragedy ' even begin to describe the waste. Not just of lives but of history For What? ? What's next ?

@mrdarklight 11 ай бұрын

Russia,

@necsoiub 9 ай бұрын

@@mrdarklight Why Russia? Because they don't want to get surrounded by NATO? And why does NATO still exists? It was created to counter the Soviet Union and it should have been disbanded when the Soviet Union ended. But NATO is now used as a weapons market for the US and a tool for the Americans to expand their influence. Don't get all your info from the lying media. “It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”