Second Battle of Cassino: A four-month battle of position on the Gustav Line; on one side, elite Nazi troops such as the 1st Parachute Division “Green Devils,” as well as conscripts experiencing their first wartime experience, faced American, British, Gurkha, Sikh, Polish, French, New Zealand, Indian, Moroccan, Algerian, and Canadian troops; entire divisions of conscripts were decimated, such as the 36th Texas Infantry Division.
