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it was still 1400 tons of high explosive. Monte Cassino was reduced to rubble. The entire monastery was reduced to ruble and had to be rebuild from the ground
by tosseuthansia 6y ago
it was still 1400 tons of high explosive. Monte Cassino was reduced to rubble. The entire monastery was reduced to ruble and had to be rebuild from the ground up. Also, the US did have artillery at the time, which is bloody precise.
It didn't matter, the Monte Cassino was a meat grinder for the Allies.
Anyway, why dredge WWII era stuff? The US got spanked in Afghanistan by an irregular militia with bolt action rifles. And their tactic is simple as it is brilliant - negate the advantage of air raids by fighting as close to the enemy as possible.
- SuoDuanDao 6y agonot sure if you got flagged because Afghanistan didn't have actual 'castles' or because some American Exceptionalists took exception to your language...
- hutzlibu 6y agoHe probably got flagged for his other post.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> not sure if you got flagged because Afghanistan didn't have actual 'castles' https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nad-e-+Ali,+Afghanistan/@31.6422497,64.2404905,458m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1snad+e+ali!3m4!1s0x3ed8037fc403d723:0x2c7e8e2fdc421217!8m2!3d31.664194!4d64.2660713 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nad-e-+Ali,+Afghanistan/@3...
- SuoDuanDao 6y agoMore the fool I, of course it would. Though I never heard of the Taliban using them, natural caves are probably better against aircraft.
- cyberdelica 6y ago> And their tactic is simple as it is brilliant - negate the advantage of air raids by fighting as close to the enemy as possible. The same tactic was used to good effect, by the Viet Cong.