The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad.
It has a particular resonance now, because Cassino, with its multitude of participating Armies - most notably the American 5th Army under the controversial General Mark Clark..
The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad