Name: Maoris Monte Cassino Battlefield tours
Brand: Monte Cassino War Tours
SKU: Maoris1
Price: 90 Eur
Availability: InStock

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Maoris with a WWII historian and tour guide: WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT OUR TOUR

TOUR DURATION: Approximately 3 to 3.5 hours (from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
TOUR PRICE: €90 per person
YOUR TOUR GUIDE: Anna Maria Priora
MAXIMUM GROUP SIZE: 12 people
TRANSPORTATION: 1 or 2 vans
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
ITINERARY:A guided tour lasting approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes of the most significant American World War II sites in the Cassino area:
The Train station and the Plaque dedicated to the Maori
the Round Building and Hummock hill
the X point
Captain Foltin’s cave and the Continental Hotel
Hotel des Roses
the Panoramic point
The Germans’ cave
Montecassino Abbey
The Commonwealth War Cemetery
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WHAT ELSE CAN I VISIT NEARBY WITH A TOUR GUIDE?
San Pietro Infine and the Mignano Pass (Mignano gap and Winterline)
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Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Maoris with a WWII historian and tour guide: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

General Freyberg’s plan involved the4th Indian Divisionattacking Cassino from the north, while the New Zealanders were to assault the town from the south. Due to the German demolition of the floodbanks south of Cassino, only one New Zealand battalion was able to cross the flooded Rapido River during the southern attack. On 17 February 1944, it was up to A and B Companies of the28th Māori Battalionto assault the town’s heavily defended railway station, located south of Cassino.

Cassino Battlefield Tour for Maoris: the 28th Maori Battalion

After one of the costliest battles fought by the unit during the war, the men of the 28th Māori Battalion seized positions in and around the railway station. However, the engineers following behind were unable to clear a path through the flooded terrain for reinforcements. Without support, the isolated Māori soldiers were forced to withdraw following a counter-attack by German infantry backed by tanks. Over 150 men from the battalion were killed, wounded, or captured during this failed assault.