The Lost Evidence: Monte Cassino (1/5)

In September 1943, a three hundred thousand strong Allied army invaded Italy; they aimed to undermine Hitler's control of what Winston Churchill called the "underbelly of Europe." Although Mussolini's fascist government surrendered on 8 September 1943, Germanys much feared paratroops, the Fallschirmjager, remained to defend the country. At Monte Cassino, an industrial town sixty miles south of Rome, the forces of General Harold Alexander faced the frantic defenders of Hitler's Reich in a series of bloody and controversial battles.

In this groundbreaking documentary, we examine photographs taken by the reconnaissance aircraft that flew high above the carnage capturing the vicissitudes of the battle. British and German aerial photographs taken at the time have been layered over a three dimensional contour map in order to create a CGI model of the battles for Monte Cassino.

For the first time, these original high-resolution images allow the viewer to track the battle, step by step, from the air. Using cutting edge technology, unique archive film, re-enactments and extraordinary interviews with the men who were there, this documentary provides a unique and refreshing insight into the complex killing grounds of Monte Cassino.

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[broed731]

@rome877 ya fallschirmjager were the best troops

[19thAlabamaAus]

Where'd they get this historian from? The University of Hyperbole? Good doco otherwise...

[Rohilla313]

Italy's topography is a defender's paradise. Kesselring was an able commander and the Germans had some first-class troops defending that country. The results were all too predictable.

[sheemsheem]

don't fuck with germany

[mad4tarmac]

just back from there and you got to see it to believe it i stayed in a farm house about two kms from it and when we got to the monestery i could see everything for miles around its a beautifull place but formidable and as a local man told me everyone from the french to the germans fought bravely there and all suffered equally,hate this stuff when lads start bickering at who done this and that everyone who had to scale them mountains had a terrible job because of the terrain and the defenses set

[MichieandJames]

Anyone else notice the young lad getting instructions at 00:14? He doesn't look a day over 12 years old.

[MiramonteSucks]

@TTwhatdouwhant

it means wounded enough to leave the fight. The severity and time of return depends on the injury and there always are some who return to the front in major battles like this.

[TTwhatdouwhant]

@MiramonteSucks by the way when they say the number of wounded do they consider the ones that will still be able to fight?

[MiramonteSucks]

@TTwhatdouwhant that is 105,000 total casualties meaning dead, wounded, missing or captured. Generally the ratio dead compared to wounded is much lower, but it all depends on the battle.

Example: Battle of Iwo Jima had about 26,000 casualties and about 7,000 dead. Though that is extremely high, it's about 1/4 of the casualties.

[TTwhatdouwhant]

On wikipedia it said that 105 000 allies died and only 20 027 germans died...damn!