All Blacks visit Cassino War Cemetery in Italy
All Blacks Kieran Read, Codie Taylor, Dane Coles and Aaron Smith visit the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy. Among some 457 New Zealand Soldiers who are burried here are two All Blacks, George Hart and Jack Harris. Lest We Forget.
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Explore Cassino War Cemetery | Cemetery Tour | The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Cassino War Cemetery is one of the most evocative locations anywhere on the Second World War battlefields of Europe – due to the fierce fighting witnessed here 75 years ago.
Commission Chief Historian, Dr Glyn Prysor provides more detail in this guided tour.
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My uncle is buried here, my Aunt & cousins in pics
A Trip to the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy - WWII
While in Naples, we took a side trip to the Cassino War Cemetery in Cassino, Italy. Within the Cassino War Cemetery is the Cassino Memorial.
49,261 members of the British Commonwealth died in the fighting in Italy and many of them have no known grave. These soldiers are memorialized on the walls of the Cassino Memorial.
Of the 4,054 names on the Cassino Memorial panels, 194 are Canadian. The Memorial itself consists of 14 marble pillars rising 5 metres on either side of a reflecting pool. The 4,054 names are inscribed on the pillars.
My wife's great uncle Wilfred Nelson Nadon is among the names, so we paid him and the other Canadians memorialized and interred at the cemetery a visit in May 2008.
Canadian veterans pay respects to Monte Cassino war dead
SHOTLIST
1. Cassino Commonwealth war cemetery
2. Various Canadian Graves
3. Cassino war cemetery, graves in the fog
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Walter Trinie, artillery sergeant
Don't need to tell you how many people were lost in these battles but there were quite a few that are what you see here. The Canadians served with the British 8th Army as a corps.
5. Medals
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Loran Davies, Gunner 5th Regiment, from Ottawa
It was the second largest branch of the Second World War (inaudible) We had 998 gunners here. And that is why the towns here were all flattened. We don't recognise them now.
7. Cassino war cemetery
8. Canadian delegation (General Governor and Veterans Minister with entourage) walking through the cemetery
9. Graves
10. Canadian General Governor Adrienne Clarkson walking toward the memorial monument 'Cross of Sacrifice'
11. Canadian soldier playing bagpipes
12. General Governor having a mourning speech
13. General Governor having speech
14. Veterans clapping hands
15. Cassino cemetery, Cassino mountain and Monastery on the background
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian General Governor
For us as Canadians we have to realize that we lost 6000 soldiers here. They are all buried here in the three cemeteries we are going to during this week, and I think if they hadn't done what they did here, it would not have been possible to have the D-Day in Normandy.
17. Veterans with medals
18. Medals
19. War cemetery entrance
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Albina Guarnieri, Veterans minister
You know, we have to continue to remember the lessons of war and we have to always ensure that the memories of those who are fallen will be revered and honoured by the generations to come.
21. General governor putting flowers under memorial monument 'Cross of Sacrifice'
22. Top shot of Cassino, from Mount Cassino
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World War Two veterans from Canada gathered in the Italian town of Cassino on Tuesday to commemorate the thousands of soldiers who died in the campaign for Italian liberation between 1943 and 1945.
Canada's general governor, Adrienne Clarkson and Canadian Minister of Veteran affairs Albina Guarnieri also attended the ceremony.
Their visit to the Cassino commonwealth cemetery was the first part of trip to the main battle field that involved Canadian troops in Italy.
During World War II, Canada deployed around 93-thousand soldiers in Italy.
They participated in the conquest of Sicily in 1943 and made their advance up the Italian peninsula.
On June 6, 1944, Canadians were on the front lines of the Allied forces who landed on the Normandy coast.
Canada lost more than 5400 soldiers in Italy.
Of the 49,261 Commonwealth soldiers who died in the fighting in Italy, nearly one tenth have no known grave.
The 4,054 names recorded on the Cassino Memorial include those of 194 Canadians.
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Polish war cemetery, Monte Cassino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy, Europe
The Polish war cemetery at Monte Cassino holds the graves of over a thousand Poles who died storming the bombed-out Benedictine abbey atop the mountain in May 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino. The cemetery is maintained by the Council for the Protection of Memorial Sites of Struggle and Martyrdom. The religious affiliations of the deceased are indicated by three types of headstone: Christina crosses for Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox and Jewish headstones bearing the Star of David. The cemetery also holds the grave of General Władysław Anders, who had commanded the Polish forces that captured Monte Cassino. Anders died in London in 1970 and his ashes were interred in the cemetery. The cemetery is located on the slopes of what was designated as Point 445 and the abbey on the mountain of Monte Cassino. The majority of the soldiers buried here are from the Polish 2nd Army Corps of Lieutenant General Władysław Anders. Soldiers from this corps repeatedly attacked the German defenders inside the monastery at Monte Cassino during May 1944. On the morning of 18 May 1944, Polish forces finally entered the ruins of the abbey and hoisted the Polish flag. The first interments in the cemetery occurred in 1944 and the cemetery was completed in 1946 based on designs by Wacław Hryniewicz and Jerzy Skolimowski. The official consecration of the site took place on September 1, 1945.
Taps Sung at Cassino War Cemetery 5/15 Cassino, Italy
My wife and I went on a coach tour of Italy over the last 2 weeks. To keep my trumpet playing chops up, I brought my trumpet mouthpiece and buzzed on occasion.
The tour was run by InSight Vacations, and hit all the key locations from the Italian Lakes to Capri.
While we were entering Florence, I saw a large cemetery off the road an thought that it must be the Florence American War Cemetery. This was confirmed by our tour director. I mentioned to her it was too bad it was not a stop on our tour. She told me that we would be making a stop later on the tour to the Cassino Was Cemetery in Italy. I told her of my involvement in BAA ad that I played Taps at military services and regretted not having my horn with me, as I would be honored to play Taps at Cassino. After brainstorming to try to figure out how and where to get a horn, she simply said “why don’t you just sing it?”. I told her Taps indeed has words, and that again it would be my honor to do this.
As we arrived at the Cassino War Cemetery and Memorial, the tour director gave us the background of the battles and losses at Cassino, and the stories of the over 4200 servicemen buried at Cassino. She then handed the tour over to me.
I called any on our tour who have served to step forward to be part of the honor guard. Three joined me. I told them “gentlemen, you know the drill”. I gave a brief story of Bugles Across America, what I do at military funerals, and what Taps means. I also let them know I usually play the song, but since I did not have a horn I would be singing it. I called the Honor Guard to attention, we saluted, and I sang the 24 notes with the written “Day is done…” lyrics. I was very proud of my guard and their precision & professionalism.
We spent the next 15 minutes, walking the gravesites, sobbing, and acknowledging it was my honor to perform this service.
The tour director said, out of the 20 years she has be giving tours she has never experienced anything like this and she will always remember it.
It was beyond moving and is now up there in the top 3 most memorable service I have ever performed.
Cassino War Cemetery
Flying over Cassino War Cemetery where my Grandfather's Uncle John Caple Butler is remembered.
Cassino War Memorial and Assisi
Cassino Monastery Bombed (1944)
Item title reads - Cassino monastery bombed.
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L/S of the abbey on the crest of Monte Cassino. M/S Benedictine monks walking in grounds of Pershore and Nashdom abbey in Kent. M/S of the Lord Abbot, head of the Anglican community of Benedictine monks, speaking in grounds of abbey. He says all Benedictine monks will regret the bombing of the monastery as it was where St. Benedict wrote the rules, but it is more than justified if it stops more lives being lost.
C/U leaflets printed in Italian and English warning occupants of the intended bombing of the monastery. C/U of the leaflets being loaded into empty shells. Various shots of American soldiers putting shells in the breech and firing the gun towards the monastery. L/S of the monastery. L/S as columns of smoke shoot up when the first bombs land. Shell fire peppers the hill, then more bombing, the building is surrounded by smoke. Various shots of the bombers. L/S of the bombed out monastery.
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Places to see in ( Cassino - Italy )
Places to see in ( Cassino - Italy )
Cassino is a comune in the province of Frosinone, Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last City of the Latin Valley. Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rivers. The city is best known as the site of the Abbey of Montecassino and the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II, which resulted in huge Allied and German casualties as well as the near total destruction of the town itself. It is also home to the University of Cassino. Cassino has a population of 35,860 As of August 2015, making it the second largest town in the province.
Cassino's origins lie in the Volscan settlement of Casinum, sited atop the hill of Cassino near Monte Cairo, five kilometres to the north. Casinum passed under the control of the Samnites, but the Romans eventually gained control of Casinum, establishing a fortified colony there in 312 BC. During the Roman era the most venerated god was Apollo, whose temple rose up on Monte Cassino, where today stands the abbey. At least once during Punic Wars, Hannibal passed near Casinum. Casinum was also the site of a villa presumed to belong to Marcus Terentius Varro.
Cassino is located at the southern end of the region of Lazio and at the northern end of the historical region called Terra di Lavoro. The city centre is set in a valley at the foot of Monte Cassino and Monte Cairo. Cassino is distant 123 km (76 mi) from Rome, 101 km (63 mi) from Naples, 28 km (17 mi) from the coast (Gulf of Gaeta) and 24 km (15 mi) from the Parco nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise. The town is crossed by the rivers Gari and Rapido that join themselves in the area of the Varronian Thermal Baths; forward, in the frazione of Sant'Angelo in Theodice, the Gari joins the Liri, becoming Garigliano, the river that marks the border between the regions Lazio and Campania.
Alot to see in Cassino such as :
Abbey of Monte Cassino Founded by St. Benedict in 529, the Abbey of Monte Cassino is one of the most famous monasteries in the world and is the source of the Benedictine Order.
Casinum Roman city
Roman theatre: still used in the summer for events, shows and concerts.
Roman amphitheatre
Part of the historical Via Latina
Mausoleum of Ummidia Quadratilla
Rocca Janula: a castle overlooking the city, which was one of Abbey's historical strongholds. Recently restored, it is not visitable.
Cassino War Cemetery
German War Cemetery
Polish Cemetery
Villa Comunale: it is the main public park in the town.
Baden Powell Park: second public park, that host the main non profit associations and clubs in the town.
Varronian Thermal Baths: thermal area located where there used to be Marcus Terentius Varro's villa.
Historiale: Second World War multimedial museum, created by Carlo Rambaldi.
National Archaeological Museum G.Carrettoni
CAMUSAC: museum of contemporary art.
( Cassino - Italy ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Cassino . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Cassino - Italy
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Southall to Cassino - The Battle of Monte Cassino WW2
A short film about the Soldiers of undivided India - Sikhs , Muslims and Hindus who fought in the Second World War.
The Film - Southall to Cassino follows veterans, now living in England, as they travel to Cassino, Italy - scene of some of the worst fighting in the War , the allies suffering 55,000 casualties, to pay their respects to their fallen comrades.
The Indians fought alongside the Polish II Corps, the Free French and Canadian and other Commonwealth & British troops
It is a beautiful, poignant little film , made by the BBC (UK) and it was shown on BBC2 in 1989. Most of these proud soldiers are no longer with us.
The film shows the old soldiers, (Indian, German, British,Canadian ,Polish and Italian) telling their stories and recalling their experiences. There is an interview with a German soldier recalling the chivalry of the Indians.
Apologies for the quality, there are numerous 'dropouts' and loss in sound & vision as it was recorded on VHS and is nearly 30 years old.
I do not own the copyright - uploaded for research purposes only
The Battle of Monte Cassino #WWII
One of the longest and bloodiest battles of World War II, marked by assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by the German forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. During the battle the Allies struggled to capture the western anchor of the Gustav Line and the Abbey of Monte Cassino. With several offensives failing, only the launch of Operation Diadem in May 1944 did finally allow the Second Polish Corps to succeed in capturing the Abbey of Monte Cassino and effectively opening the Allied armies the road to Rome.
Prince Harry - Cassino War Cemetery May 2014
Prince Harry - Cassino War Cemetery, Italy May 2014
Memorial Service - to commemorate 70 years since the Battle for Monte Cassino in May 1944
Cassino Battaglia di Montecassino Cimitero Militare Inglese British War Cemetery
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Monte Cassino Final Battle - Operation Diadem
The final battle at Monte Cassino and the collapse of the Gustav Line.
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Monte Cassino Falls - 1944 | Today in History | 18 May 16
On May 18, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces finally occupied Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle with Axis troops.
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The Battle of Monte Cassino consisted of four separate battles fought over the course of five months. Forces from the United Kingdom, United States, Poland, New Zealand, Canada, Free France, India, and others were involved among the Allies.
The key significance of these battles was it led to the eventual linkup between the Anzio pocket in the south and Allied troops trapped farther north. The linkup of forces led to the eventual capture of Rome, the first Axis capital to fall in the war.
The Allies had two main objectives: (1) To draw the Germans away from the Anzio beach-head, and then (2) To drive quickly towards Rome.
The Allies had twenty-one divisions and eleven brigades opposing fourteen German divisions and three brigades.
German casualties, caused by the attack on March 15th and the heavy artillery fire, was severe. A March 23rd diary entry of a high ranking XIV Corps officer states that the post-battle strength of the battalions engaged varied from 40 to 120 men.
The fourth and final assault on Monte Cassino resulted in an Allied victory, but only because the Allies decided to overwhelm the Germans through sheer weight of numbers. Simultaneously, the Germans had weakened their positions prior to the battle by withdrawing some troops to France.
The breakthrough at Cassino meant that the Allies were able (within a week's time) to join up with the Anzio beach head and then to capture Rome. The loss did considerable damage to Axis morale.
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Geology and warfare: The WWII battle of Monte Cassino, Italy
A geologist explores the role that the geology played in an important WWII at Cassino, Italy, through visits to the battlefields, geology, monastery, and cemeteries. The volcanism, sediments, travertine, rivers, and other factors all played a role in the fight by the allies against the entrenched German army attempting to defend Hitler's Gustav Line. The costly battle to break the line at Cassino resulted in the destruction of the ancient monastery of Monte Cassino. Archival footage of the battle is included.