So much to remember, so easy to forget. So it is not surprising that, amid our winter woes and worries, virtually no one has paused to reflect on what happened in Italy 65 winters ago, a time of ...

The meaning of the Cassino Monastery Incident was 80 miles north in Rome. Must the Allies bomb St. Peter’s into rubble and then fight their way, chapel by chapel, through the Vatican? In the valley ...

ROME – A newly discovered document in the Vatican Archives suggests that a more energetic response from Vatican officials eighty years ago might have prevented the deadly Allied bombing of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britain's Prince Harry visits the Monte Cassino abbey ahead of a memorial to mark the 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino. Rough Cut (no ...

THE BATTLE OF CASSINO (309 pp.)—Fred Majdalany — Houghfon Mlfflin ($4). The action started out as another ridge-and-river crossing by the victorious Fifth Army as it drove up the length of Italy. An ...

Experience the breathtaking aerial views of Montecassino Abbey, one of Europe's most historic monasteries. Set on a hilltop ...

So much to remember, so easy to forget. So it is not surprising that, amid our winter woes and worries, virtually no one has paused to reflect on what happened in Italy 65 winters ago, a time of ...

Monte Cassino belongs to the Benedictine Order and is located in southern Italy’s Lazio region. It sits high above the quaint town of Cassino, about 136 km (84.5 miles) from Rome. Its founder, St.