80th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino is celebrated in Krakow
epa11349941 Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz speaks during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the 'Battle of Monte Cassino' at the Main Market Square, Krakow, southern Poland, 18 May 2024. The Battle of Monte Cassino, also called the 'Battle of Rome', was a series of four military assaults from February to 18 May 1944 by the Allied Forces against Nazi-German forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II, in which soldiers from the Polish II Corps launched one of the final assaults on 16 May 1944. EPA/ART SERVICE POLAND OUT
