Battle of Monte Cassino
| Battle of Monte Cassino | |||||||
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| Part of the Winter Line and the battle for Rome of the Second World War Italian Campaign | |||||||
 Ruins of the town of Cassino after the battle |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Harold Alexander Oliver Leese Mark Clark
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 Albert Kesselring Heinrich von Vietinghoff F. v. Senger und Etterlin
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British Eighth Army U.S. Fifth Army |
German 10th Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 240,000 men 1,900 tanks 4,000 planes |
~140,000 men unknown tanks and aircraft |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 55,000 casualties | ~20,000 casualties | ||||||
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United States
Free France
Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Italian Royalist Army
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