1944
LEFT
First aid men dash through the ruins of Cassino to help the wounded, March 16. Although the fighting was vicious, the Red Cross was generally honoured, and on at least one occasion British stretchers were borrowed - and returned - by the Germans.
BELOW
Men of General Wladyslaw Anders' 2nd Polish Corps using grenades in the mountains above Cassino, May 1944. Anders' men had been captured by the Russians in 1939, travelled to the Middle East via Iran in 1942, and fought with distinction in Italy.