Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians

 Battlefield Tour for Indians

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The 4th Indiana Division left the Right Army at the end of January 1944 and joined the Fifth Army. It was places under command of the New Zealand Corps and in particolar Brigadiere H.W. Dimoline. General Freyberg was sure that the Indians’ experiences of Mountain warfare. Could be very useful among the hills in Monte Cassino area. The 7th Indian Infantry Brigade concentrated in Monte Castello area, near Caira Village to relieve the Americans of the 36th Division. The poor Indians moved to the planned position at nightfall on the 13th.

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians

The road was named after the Indian city in Uttarakhand, the headquarters of the Bengal Engineers Group. Roorkee was where 4 Inf Div were stationed before the war.Route Roorkee was the reserve route from Caira up to the top of Snakeshead in case Cavendish Road was closed.

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians

Jason Askew”s painting showing the Gurkhas at Hangmans Hill on the slope of Monte Cassino.

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians

Group of Indian Div. officers of the Frontier Force Rifles who worked with the Canadian Tank Brigade on the crossing of the Gari River, 27 May 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3198870) picture found here
Soldiers of the 4th Indian Division cook their Chupatti’s as their bread under rather muddy circumstances while waiting for the third Battle of Cassino to start on 15th March. (NARA)
Indian Soldiers

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians: WHAT TO EXPECT

The “Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians“ (about 3 hours) includes:

1) pickup from your arrival at the railway station in Cassino every day at 10.00am or 02.00pm (Main Square, near the Green Kiosk)

2) about 3h30 guided tour of the Indian most meaningful sites of Cassino:

  • Montecassino Abbey
  • The Commonwealth War Cemetery

3) return to the railway station in Cassino at 01.30pm or 05.30pm

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Indians: WHAT YOU MUST KNOW

TOUR DURATION: about 3 hours

DEPARTUR TIME: Daily at 10.00 am and 02.00pm

MEETING POINT: Cassino Railway Station (Main Square, near the Green Kiosk)

WHAT IS INCLUDED:

  • Professional WW2 Guidance
  • Transportation
  • Donation to the monastery

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED: Lunch and dinner are not included

PRICE PER PERSON: 90 euros

PAYMENT:

  • No advance payment
  • You can do the payment during the tour cash to your Guide
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