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During World War II (late 1943) the town and the nearby Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino were strongly defended by Germans blocking the Allied advance on Rome. After five months of concentrated ground attacks and attempts to divert German troops by landings at Anzio and Nettuno , the Allies finally captured the German positions in May, 1944. Cassino was reduced to rubble but was largely rebuilt.

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