{"id":6024,"date":"2016-05-15T07:42:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=6024"},"modified":"2016-05-15T07:42:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:42:34","slug":"this-week-in-the-war-15-21-may-1944-poles-capture-ruins-of-monte-cassino-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=6024","title":{"rendered":"This week in the War, 15–21 May 1944: Poles capture ruins of Monte Cassino abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sketch of the Monte Cassino battlefield drawn for the HQ of the 2nd Polish Corps [Public domain]<\/p><\/div>This week in the war, on 18 May 1944, the Polish 12th Podolski<\/em> Regiment assaulted and captured the ruins of the Benedictine abbey<\/a> at Monte Cassino. The Gustav line<\/a>, which had held up the Allies for months, had already been\u00a0breached at many points in the southern\u00a0sector.<\/p>\n

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Photograph that appeared in ‘Yank, the Army Weekly’ showing a monk guiding two soldiers over the ruins of Monte Cassino abbey [Public domain]<\/p><\/div>Fearing that his troops may be cut off from the rear, Kesselring ordered his his forces to withdraw. (The German parachutists were already withdrawing from Monte Cassino, itself.)<\/p>\n

After a prolonged effort on the part of the Allies—including Americans, Australians, British, Canadians, Free French, Indians, New Zealanders, Poles, and South Africans—the road to Rome lay open.<\/p>\n

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