I watched it last night, and thought it was excellent. The veterans who spoke about it were incredible to say they're in their nineties. The munitions are still littering the hillsides. I knew Monte Cassino was a hard long fought battle, but I didn't realise how many were lost trying to cross the river.
It is well worth watching.
I thought it was excellent- pretty sure one of the veterans was 104!
I watched it last night, and thought it was excellent. The veterans who spoke about it were incredible to say they're in their nineties. The munitions are still littering the hillsides. I knew Monte Cassino was a hard long fought battle, but I didn't realise how many were lost trying to cross the river.
It is well worth watching.
I thought it was excellent- pretty sure one of the veterans was 104!
Lineker donated his fee for the programme to the RBL too [emoji122][emoji106]
Indeed, it's a privilege just like those 'who do you think you are' genealogy documentaries.He should not have been paid in the first place In fact he should have paid for being given the opportunity
Of filming it
We went to Monte Cassino a few years ago and had the same tour guide that Lineker did. Very moving.
We were told that the B52s ended up having to pound the top of the hill. It took that to swing it.
I always thought differently from what I had read:
Repeated pinpoint artillery attacks on Allied assault troops caused their leaders to conclude the abbey was being used by the Germans as an observation post, at the very least. Fears escalated along with casualties and in spite of a lack of clear evidence, it was marked for destruction. On 15 February American bombers dropped 1,400 tons of high explosives, creating widespread damage.[The raid failed to achieve its objective, as German paratroopers then occupied the rubble and established excellent defensive positions amid the ruins.