Battle of Monte Cassino (1944)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino_(1944)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	Approx. 20,000 German Approx. 55,000 Allied
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces German forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Albert_Kesselring Harold Alexander
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	17 January 1944 – 18 May 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Rome
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	One of the bloodiest battles of the Italian Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Monte Cassino (1944)
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:German_10th_Army gptkb:British_Eighth_Army gptkb:Polish_II_Corps gptkb:U.S._Fifth_Army gptkb:French_Expeditionary_Corps
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Monte_Cassino,_Italy
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:Polish_War_Cemetery_at_Monte_Cassino Commonwealth War Cemetery at Cassino German War Cemetery at Cassino
gptkbp:notableEvent	Heavy civilian casualties Destruction of Monte Cassino Abbey Four major assaults Allied advance to Liri Valley Breakthrough of Gustav Line Capture of Monte Cassino Abbey by Polish forces Civilians trapped in combat zone Controversy over bombing of abbey Destruction of historic Benedictine monastery Extensive bombing German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) defense Use of multinational Allied forces
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Moroccan_Goumiers gptkb:Anders'_Army gptkb:Italian_Co-belligerent_Army gptkb:South_African_forces gptkb:Indian_4th_Infantry_Division Canadian forces New Zealand Corps
gptkbp:objective	Break through the Gustav Line
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Diadem
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Winter_Line
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Opened the road to Rome
gptkbp:strategicImportance	Defensive stronghold on Gustav Line
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Rome
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6