15 February 1944 A.D. Allied Bombers Bomb Monte Cassino, Historic Benedictine Monastery
15 February 1944 A.D. Allied Bombers Bomb Monte Cassino, Historic Benedictine Monastery Editors. “ 1944 – Allied aircraft bomb the historic monastery on the crest of Monte Cassino. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/february-15/ . Accessed 14 Feb 2015. 1944 – Allied aircraft bomb the historic monastery on the crest of Monte Cassino. German forces, which have not occupied the position previously, move into the ruins of the monastery. The New Zealand Corps (part of US 5th Army) follows-up the bombing with an assault which fails.