General Wladyslaw Anders
General Wladyslaw Anders
“There were enormous dumps of unused ammunition and here and there heaps of land mines. Corpses of Polish and German soldiers, sometimes entangled in a deathly embrace, lay everywhere, and the air was full of the stench of rotting bodies." (May 18-19, 1949)
Wladyslaw Anders was a commander of the Polish II Corps, which captured Monte Cassino near the end of the battle.
Wladyslaw Anders was a commander of the Polish II Corps, which captured Monte Cassino near the end of the battle.
Lieutenant General Mark Clark
Lieutenant General Mark Clark
Mark Clark was the youngest lieutenant general in American history. He fought joined the army at 24 years old. After fighting at Naples, Italy, he immediately joined the Allied force to free the rest of Italy. After several months of fighting, he lead a section of the army to victory.
General Ludwig Heilmann
German General Ludwig Heilmann
Ludwig Heilmann was a general for the Germans in the 3rd battle of Monte Cassino, where it was bombed and taken over by the Allies.
"wsciekle ataki polskich hord, ktore, mimo silnego ognia cekaemow, pchaja sie bez przerwy naprzod."
(Heilmann on the attacks of the Polish army, February, 1944)
Translated:
"They held this up the whole night-wild attacks of Polish howrds, where instead of shooting the powerful machine guns they pushed nonstop on the hill forward."
(Heilmann on the attacks of the Polish army, February, 1944)
"wsciekle ataki polskich hord, ktore, mimo silnego ognia cekaemow, pchaja sie bez przerwy naprzod."
(Heilmann on the attacks of the Polish army, February, 1944)
Translated:
"They held this up the whole night-wild attacks of Polish howrds, where instead of shooting the powerful machine guns they pushed nonstop on the hill forward."
(Heilmann on the attacks of the Polish army, February, 1944)