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   * 1944:
     * **world war II:**
-      * Germany had established the "Gustav Line", a heavily fortified defensive wall cutting across Italy that blocked the Allied advance to Rome - the only way from the south was via Highway 6 in the steep Liri Valley, but the Germans created a strong defensive position at Monte Cassino which overlooked the highway while the freezing Rapido River and mines blocked access to Monte Cassino
+      * **the Cassino front in Italy stopping the Allied armies from reaching Rome from the south**
+        * Germany had established the "Gustav Line", a heavily fortified defensive wall cutting across Italy that blocked the Allied advance to Rome - the only way from the south was via Highway 6 in the steep Liri Valley, but the Germans created a strong defensive position at Monte Cassino which overlooked the highway while the freezing Rapido River and mines blocked access to Monte Cassino
         *the first three Allied attacks — primarily led by American, British, New Zealand, and Indian troops—were disastrous failures
         *believing that the Germans were using the ancient Benedictine monastery as an observation post, Allied commanders ordered a massive aerial bombardment destroying the monastery which in fact the Germans were not using out of religious respect, but ironically, the destruction then created an even better defensive site for the Germans