Italy 1943–1945
Minturno War Cemetery, Marina di Minturno
War cemetery (Commonwealth)
The story
More than 2,000 Commonwealth soldiers lie here, most of them killed in the crossing of the Garigliano in January 1944 and in the fighting for the hills beyond. It is the natural first stop on the Gustav Line: quiet, beautifully kept and only a few hundred metres from the river they crossed.
What to look for
Read the regimental badges: London Scottish, Royal Scots Fusiliers, North Staffords, Hampshires and many more of X Corps. Note the ages.
Plan your visit
CWGC cemetery, normally open daily (CWGC sites in Italy may be locked outside gardeners' hours). On the Via Appia (SS7) near the Garigliano bridge; small car park.
Nearby sites
- Garigliano crossing and Real Ferdinando bridge, Minturno · under 1 km
- Museo Linea Gustav, Castelforte · 8 km
- Monte Maio and the Aurunci mountains, near Ausonia · 13 km
- 36th Division memorials and the Rapido, Sant'Angelo in Theodice · 23 km
- Italian military shrine and museum, Mignano Monte Lungo · 26 km
- Cassino War Cemetery and Memorial · 27 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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