War Stories Channel

The Vicious Struggle To Capture Monte Cassino | Both Sides of the Line (2023x112)

Air date: Oct 06, 2023

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.