Monte Cassino
Americannoun
noun
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Sometimes remembered as the "D-Day Dodgers", in reference to their role away from Normandy, men in Italy faced brutal conditions as they battled to take Monte Cassino and dislodge enemy soldiers.
From BBC • May 31, 2024
He was addressing Polish troops in Krakow, in the south, to mark 80 years since the allied victory in the Battle of Monte Cassino against the Nazis, during World War II.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024
Each episode is titled for a location — Radom, Warsaw and Siberia, but also Casablanca, Monte Cassino and Rio de Janeiro.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024
Ralph would be killed in action in the battle of Monte Cassino in Italy in 1944, and would be a posthumous recipient of a Silver Star.
From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2018
It seemed a large and well-to-do establishment, a sort of Greek Monte Cassino in appearance; and with the same stir of country people and passing visitors about it.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
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