The Battle for Monte Cassino - Inside the Allies Costly and Controversial Campaign to Smash the German Gustav Line

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The Battle for Monte Cassino - Inside the Allies Costly and Controversial Campaign to Smash the German Gustav Line

The Battle for Monte Cassino — Inside the Allies’ Costly and Controversial Campaign to Smash the German Gustav Line - MilitaryHistoryNow.com

“The relentless wearing down of Monte Cassino, namely the bombing of the cultural icon of the monastery, was controversial; the plodding and disorganized campaign also drew criticism.” By Michael G. Stroud IN 1943, the Allies...

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Richard

 

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The Battle for Monte Cassino - Inside the Allies Costly and Controversial Campaign to Smash the German Gustav Line

The Battle for Monte Cassino — Inside the Allies’ Costly and Controversial Campaign to Smash the German Gustav Line - MilitaryHistoryNow.com

“The relentless wearing down of Monte Cassino, namely the bombing of the cultural icon of the monastery, was controversial; the plodding and disorganized campaign also drew criticism.” By Michael G. Stroud IN 1943, the Allies...

militaryhistorynow.com

Richard

From the article:
"The back-and-forth struggle waged in the North African desert had come to a finale on May 13, 1943 when German commander-in-chief Hans Jürgen von Arnim (1889-1962) surrendered his army of over 260,000 German and Italian troops to the Allies. The entire North African campaign had cost the Axis over 950,000 troops that were either killed, wounded or captured, several million tons of goods, 6,200 guns, over 2,000 tanks and 70,000 trucks that they could ill afford to lose.[1]"

The North African campaign deserves more significance than it is usually given.

 

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Destroying the Monte Casino monastery was operationally as well as culturally stupid. The ruins of the destroyed monastery actually gave German defenders better defensive positions than the intact building had.