The Allied decision to bomb Monte Cassino Abbey in February 1944 remains one of the most controversial of World War II. Believing that German forces were entrenched within the centuries-old monastery, ...

February 1944 saw the Allies make the fateful decision to bomb the 1,400-year-old Monte Cassino Abbey, believing it to be a German stronghold. Misinterpreted intelligence, a catastrophic error, and ...

ROME (Reuters) - The former head of the world famous Roman Catholic Benedictine abbey of Montecassino, which was destroyed in World War Two and rebuilt, is under investigation on suspicion of ...

Polish officials on Monday paid tribute to soldiers who, after a bloody World War II battle, captured Monte Cassino in Italy, ...