On the 15th of February, 1944, Allied troops, believing the Germany military has taken up residence at the 5th Century monastery of Monte Cassino launch an air attack, followed by artillery shelling. 142 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers followed by 47 North American B-25 Mitchells and 40 Martin B-26 Marauders drop 1,150 tons of high explosives the abbey. The monastery, first established in 529BC is leveled followed by two days of heavy artillery shelling. But as it turns out, no Germans were in the monastery, instead they killed 230 Italian civilians seeking refuge in the abbey. 1400 years of history obliterated in a fire storm of explosives. Following the war, the abbey was rebuilt into the gem that stands today.
Enjoy this mix of new and pre bombing footage.
More information at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_C...
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Intro Music: Bustin Loose (with lead) by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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2 янв 2019
