Maps and Photographs Relating to The Third Battle of Monte Cassino
This map shows the movements in the Third Battle of Monte Cassino, note the cramped nature of the battlefield. (Taken from http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=242, last updated Wednesday, 19 March 2014)
Despite being a reenactment, this photograph shows what the environment was like in Cassino, with ruins and rubble difficult to traverse. (Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004. Soldiers on the Cassino battlefront, Italy - Photograph taken by George Kaye. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: DA-05501-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23049968)
A map of the centre of the Italian Peninsular around November 1943, showing where the Allied soldiers intended to move. Cassino can be seen on the road between the two major Italian cities, Naples and Rome. (Taken from http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=242, last updated Wednesday, 19 March 2014)
The ruins of the Continental Hotel demonstrates the ferocity that Cassino was attacked with by the Allied bombing and shelling. It also shows how difficult some areas of Cassino would have been to move across, aiding the Germans by slowing down the New Zealand advance. (Guthrie, Bruce, fl 1939-1945. Ruins of the Continental Hotel and castle, Cassino - Photograph taken by Bruce Guthrie. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: DA-12427-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22906190)
New Zealanders during manouevres through Cassino. This photograph again shows the difficult conditions that New Zealanders faced when attacking Cassino. (Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004. Soldiers during manoeuvres on the Cassino battlefront, Italy - Photograph taken by George Kaye. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: DA-05502-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22866316)