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| Polish Memorial Cassino IJ |
The Polish War Memorial is located on the slopes of Point 445, in view of the Monastery of Cassino which was captured by the Polish forces on the morning of the 18th May 1944.
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| Polish Troops Monte Cassino 1944 |
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| Polish Memorial Monte Cassino |
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| Polish Memorial Monte Cassino |
The cemetery contains the graves of 1,072 soldiers, the majority from the Polish 2nd Army Corps who raised the Polish flag when they secured the monastery.
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| Polish Flag Monte Cassino May 1944 |
The first casualties were interred in 1944 and the cemetery was completed in 1946. The official consecration of the site took place on September 2 1945.
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