A few minutes before 11 in the morning, Waclaw Fieglar walked slowly into the heart of the ancient Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino, pushing a walker to steady himself. His smart blue blazer was ...

Eighty years on, document confirms Hitler’s role and reveals allied raid might have been avoided had action been taken to enforce neutral zone The mountaintop abbey of Monte Cassino ought to have been ...

Monte Cassino's sixth century monastery was wrested from its stubborn German defenders in May 1944 after five months of savage fighting, but two weeks later the bloody victory was eclipsed by the ...

Veterans are gathering to remember the Battle of Monte Cassino - one of the toughest battles fought in Western Europe in World War II, and still one of the most controversial. The allies were fighting ...

The Cassino War Cemetery is situated close by the base of the height of Monte Cassino just a mile south of... Sgt Laing, Wilbraham, Remnant and myself did a lot of work during the next two hours ...

Prince Harry has paid tribute to the veterans who fought in the bitter and bloody Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy during the second world war, saying that its reputation as 'the forgotten campaign' ...

Veterans have marked the 60th anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest battles - at Monte Cassino. The Duke of Kent joined 300 British veterans to mark the end of the battle, which claimed ...

Prince Harry joins Polish Second World War veterans as he commemorates the sacrifice of servicemen in capturing Monte Cassino in 1944 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C) with his wife Malgorzata ...

This story was submitted to the People's War website by Julia Shuvalova for GMR Actiondesk on behalf of Dennis Maher and has been added with his permission. The author is fully aware of the terms and ...