Ici Belvedere MTO (id:#56927)

Critical Hit (Carnage at Cassino ID: CAC 1)   [next]   [previous]

Mount Belvedere, near Cassino, Italy 1944-01-26 (4 others)

Overview:

Although Juin’s French Expeditionary Corps was the class of the Allied army in Italy during early 1944, few were willing to admit it. Still, even when given a stupid task, the French took it seriously, if only for honor. This was the situation when Juin found the FEC ordered to attack Mont Belvedere. The attack was to provide a diversion for the Americans attacking the Cassino massif to the south. The plan was simple enough: assault one of the roughest, tallest groups of rocky peaks in the region, where the Germans also had some of their strongest defenses. Each company would be assaulting a position more appropriate for a battalion. Taking the lead for most of the attacks was Commander Gandoet’s 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs.

Defender: German (2nd Battalion, 131 Regiment, 44 Division)  

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