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Green Devils of Monte Cassino
A German Fallschirmjäger's War

Green Devils of Monte Cassino

A German Fallschirmjäger's War, November 1943 – May 1944 I. The Road Below San Angelo November 1943 The trucks came down from the abbey at night, without headlamps, and the men of 6. Kompanie watched them pass from the ditch above the Via Casilina with the particular boredom of
20 Aug 2026 18 min read
THE ROAD TO PONTECORVO
WW2

THE ROAD TO PONTECORVO

12 May 1944. A story from Operation Strangle — U.S. Twelfth Air Force, Italy. The valley was the greenest thing Ray Cafaro had seen in eleven months. He lay flat in the nose of the Mitchell, his chin maybe two feet above the Plexiglas, and watched Italy roll underneath him
31 May 2026 10 min read
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