The Italian Campaign

Following the landings at Salerno in September 1943 during Operation Avalanche, Winston Churchill saw Italy as the ‘soft under-belly’ of the Third Reich. However, it became a costly WW2 battlefield with thousands of casualties involving iconic battles like the landings at Anzio, and the fighting for Monte Cassino. Learn more about the Italian Campaign on a tour tailored to you and your group with Leger's group travel.

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Departure from your chosen airport to Rome Ciampino. We will then take a coach transfer from Rome Airport to your hotel in the Cassino region for a six-night stay.

We start our tour at Salerno, where British forces landed in 1943, seeing the beach head and the Roman Ruins where the Americans fought.

We visit Salerno War Cemetery, seeing the grave of the great-grandson of the Duke of Wellington, and then on to the beachhead area, where the British and American troops landed, before taking lunch close to the Greek-Roman ruins at Paestum.

In the afternoon, we travel to Caserta, visiting the War Cemetery, looking at the story of Yorkshire and England cricketer, Hedley Verity, and see where General Alexander had his headquarters during the Italian Campaign.

Salerno War Cemetery Caserta War Cemetery

In Cassino we visit the Cassino War Cemetery and Cassino Memorial to the Missing.

We include a visit to the excellent Historiale Di Cassino multi-media museum, where lunch is also included.

In the afternoon, we travel up to the abbey and Polish War Cemetery. We also visit the German War Cemetery at Caira.

Cassino War Cemetery

We continue with our look at Monte Cassino with a specially arranged visit to Hill 593 and Snakeshead Ridge, where much of the actual fighting took place. (Please Note: this will involve some walking.)

We also walk down to Albaneta Farm and the wreck of a Sherman Tank, now a memorial to Polish troops.

After lunch, we look at the fighting in the Liri Valley, seeing the ground at Acquino Aerodrome and looking at the Hitler Line defences between Acquino and Pontecorvo, before ending the day at the Gari/Rapido River, the scene of a disastrous American assault in 1944.

Hill 593 and Snakeshead Ridge Liri Valley

Today, we look at the Battle of Anzio, seeing the US War Cemetery at Nettuno.

After lunch in the seaside town of Anzio, we see the Anzio War Museum and Cemetery and the Beachhead Cemetery, before going to the infamous Flyover at Campo di Casni, scene of fighting in 1944.

Nettuno US Cemetery Anzio War Museum

We head south from Cassino and visit Minturno War Cemetery where many of the men who died in the fighting for the high ground at Monte Camino and in the river crossing at the Garigliano are buried.

After lunch have some free-time in Cassino town.