Monte Cassino: The Brutal WW2 Battle That Exacted A Staggering Human Cost | Monte Cassino | Timeline

In March 1944 the 1st and 4th Essex Battalion's were enmeshed in one of the most bloody, dramatic British engagements of the war - five brutal days of fighting for the key obstacle on the allied route to Rome. This is the story of the men who captured the mountain top.
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