Italy 1943–1945
36th Division memorials and the Rapido, Sant'Angelo in Theodice
Memorial and battlefield
The story
The most painful American site of the campaign. On this bluff the Germans watched the Texas Division try to cross the river below on 20–22 January 1944. Memorials to the 36th Division and a peace bell stand on the edge of the village square, looking down on the crossing sites.
What to look for
Look over the parapet at the Gari (Rapido) below and the flat fields beyond; then turn round to see how Monte Cassino dominates everything.
Plan your visit
Piazza G. Mazzini, used as a car park. About 6 km south of Cassino.
Nearby sites
- Cassino War Cemetery and Memorial · 4 km
- Historiale museum, Cassino · 4 km
- Abbey of Monte Cassino · 5 km
- Rocca Janula (Castle Hill), Cassino · 6 km
- Polish War Cemetery and Memorial Museum, Monte Cassino · 6 km
- Point 593 memorial, Monte Cassino · 6 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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