ALLIES SEIZE RENOWNED BENEDICTINE ABBEY
Cassino, Italy • May 18, 1944 On February 15, 1944, British Gen. Harold Alexander, commander-in-chief of all Allied armies in Italy, ordered the aerial bombing of the ancient Benedictine abbey towering over the pastoral town of Cassino on the banks of the Rapido (or Gari) River in Italy. Earlier in January, British, American, and French…