Observances marking 72nd anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino

2016-05-18 11:45 update: 2018-09-27, 03:54
Monte Cassino Archiwum. Fot. PAP/EPA
Monte Cassino Archiwum. Fot. PAP/EPA
Observances marking the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino started on Tuesday evening with a gala meeting at the Memorial to the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division atop Hill 593.

Present was Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz.

On Wednesday, the Polish presidential couple will take part in state observances marking the anniversary. Its programme envisages a Mass, a roll call of the dead and a meeting of President Andrzej Duda with war veterans.

The Battle of Monte Cassino was a series of four assaults by the Allies against the Axis forces' Winter Line in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The intention was a breakthrough to Rome. The fighting continued for 123 days, from January 17 to May 19, 1944. Polish units on the Allied force played a major role in the battle, seizing Monte Cassino under heavy German shellfire on May 18. In all, 923 Polish soldiers were killed in the fighting, with 2,931 wounded and 345 reported missing. (PAP)


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