Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Maoris (28th Maori Battalion)

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Maoris: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

General Freyberg‘s plan involved the 4th Indian Division attacking Cassino from the North, while the New Zealanders were to attack the town from the south. Because of German demolition of the floodbanks south of Cassino, only one New Zealand Battalion could cross the flooded Rapido in the southern attack. It fell to A and B Companies of the 28th Maori Battalion to attack on the town’s well-defended railway station south of the town on 17th February 1944.

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 28 Maori Battalion seized positions in and around the railway station. But the engineers following behind them could not clear a path through the flooded terrain for reinforcements. Without support, the isolated Maori soldiers were forced to withdraw after a counter-attack by German infantry backed by tanks. Over 150 of the Battalion’s men were killed, wounded, or captured in this failed attack.

Experience with us the terrible Maori fighting of Cassino !

Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour for Maoris: WHAT TO EXPECT

The “Monte Cassino Battlefield tours for Maoris” (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 Maoris” most meaningful sites of Cassino:

• 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

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

Cassino Battlefield Tour for Maoris: WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT THIS TOUR

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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