Loading and transporting Cassino's cultural relics to Rome, a few months ago 1943 Italian autumn, two German officers, Captain Maximiliano Becker.
The surgeon in Hermann G?ring Armored Division and Lieutenant Colonel Julius raiguel of the same unit suggested with unique foresight that when the war approached, the treasure of Casino should be transferred to the Vatican and the Holy Angel Castle owned by the Vatican.
The two officers believed that the church authorities and their senior commanders promised to use the trucks of the divisions and provide fuel. They must find the raw materials needed to make boxes and boxes, find skilled carpenters in the army and hire local workers (pay rations and 20 cigarettes every day).
Then manage "large-scale evacuation work focusing on libraries and archives", and some treasures "have no price on the surface". Among the rich monastery archives, libraries and galleries, there are "800 papal documents, 20,500 ancient books, 60,000 new books, 500 ancient books, 200 parchment manuscripts, 65,438+000,000 printed materials and separate collections."
Less than 1 week after Dr. Becker and Dr. schlegel came to Casino for the first time 1, the truck 1 was ready with Italian classical paintings.
Every truck was escorted to transport monks to Rome, and a convoy of more than 65,438+000 trucks passed through the almost abandoned monastery monk community. 10 Finish the task on June 5438+0943, 65,438+065,438+0. "In three weeks, it was completed in 1 defeated country, which was a great success."
Bishop Gauriau Diamare officially handed over the signed Latin parchment scrolls to General Paul Conrath, Lieutenant Colonel Julius Laegel and military doctor Maximiliano Becker, "to save the monks and treasures of Cassino Monastery."
Casino and Casino have different meanings to the participating countries. For western allies, monuments and inscriptions cite God, country, sacrifice and freedom. Setting up a "symbol of hope for their country" for Poles is completely different for Germans and their veterans. Casino stands for courage ... the material advantage of their defenders over the Allies. "
The superiority in numbers and overwhelming firepower, a series of events appeared together.
They "have superb skills in the battle ... no criminal record of the Germans, and the Germans here have no self-made terror like Stalingrad," and-they are particularly proud to "save the treasures of casinos and museums and galleries in Naples (as if lasting)."
More than a quarter of a century later, the official position of the U.S. government on the casino bombings has undergone major changes. 196 1 affirmed that the record of "irrefutable evidence" about the use of the monastery by the German army was deleted by the Chief Military History Office, and the congressional inquiry of the same office pointed out at the 20th anniversary of the bombing that "there seems to be no German army except a small gendarmerie detachment in the monastery" before the bombing.
The last official record of the US military was revised in 1969, and the conclusion was that "the monastery was not actually occupied by the Germans".
Foytek: Among the huge troops fighting in Casino, the strangest one is probably a bear from Iran named Foytek. In Poland, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Army was responsible for transporting artillery shells in battle.
Morocco Massacre: On the second day of the campaign, the Gourmel people, a French Moroccan colonial army belonging to the French Expeditionary Force, distributed in the surrounding mountainous areas, plundered the countryside and inflicted terrible atrocities on Italian farmers, such as rape, murder and torture. This kind of crime is called the Holocaust in Italy, which means "crimes committed by Moroccans".
War Tomb and Memorial Hall: After the Battle of Cassino was stopped, the Polish government in exile (in London) immediately set up the Battle of Cassino Medal to commemorate the strategic focus of the Polish army occupation.
It was also at this time that the Polish songwriter Feliko Narski wrote his song "The Red Poppy of Casino" after taking part in the fighting here.
Later, the Polish cemetery was built and anyone can see it from the restored monastery.
The Commonwealth Cemetery in the western suburb of Casino is the final resting place for British, New Zealand, Canadian, Indian, Gurkha and South African military casualties.
French and Italian troops are on Route 6 in Lily Valley; American troops are in anzio. Leipzig Valley, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) north of Cassino, a German cemetery.
In 2006, a monument in Rome was unveiled to commemorate the allied forces who died in the battle to liberate the city.