Monte Cassino

Ghabh aon de na iomairtean is connspaidich san Darna Cogaidh àite san Eadailt. Nuair a ràinig saighdearan na co-bhanntachd Ceann a Deas na Eadailt ann an 1943 chur na Gearmailtich air dòigh sreath de ghearasdain dìon a chumadh a cho-bhanntachd a mach as a' Cheann a Tuath. Bha manachainn Mhonte Cassino air aon de na h-àiteachan as cudthromaiche anns an loidhne dìon
aig na Gearmailtich agus bha I mar mheadhan air call beatha mhìltean air gach taobh den iomairt cogaidh. Sgrios bomaichean na co-bhanntachd a' mhanachainn is iad an dùil gu robh na Gearmailtich am falach innte. As dèidh an sgrios ghabh buidheann de shàr-shaighdearan Gearmailteach tèarmann anns na bha air fhàgail den mhanachainn agus thug e mìosan agus call-beatha mhìltean an gluasad as. Anns a' program seo tha am Brigadier Iain Mac Phàrlain a' siubhal ann an làrach na mìltean de shaighdearan Albannach a bha an sàs anns an iomairt agus a' gabhail bheachdan bho fheadhainn a bha an sàs air a' bhuaidh a bha aig blàran Mhonte Cassino air
an Darna Cogadh.

The Allied invasion of Southern Italy in September 1943 led to one of the most controversial campaigns of World War II. To prevent invaders from reaching Rome, the Germans constructed a chain of fortifications across Italy. Integral to this was the mountain-top monastery of Monte Cassino. Monte Cassino and its surroundings would be the site of thousands of Allied and German casualties in four battles in 1944. The monastery was bombed by the Allies in the mistaken belief that German troops were occupying it. After the bombing that destroyed much of the monastery, elite German paratroopers occupied the rubble and it took several months and several thousand lives to dislodge them. Brigadier John MacFarlane explores the impact of these battles.