World War II - The Battle For Rome

We begin this tour by picking you up in one of our luxury vehicles with your expert guide and travel south to the ancient Abbey of Monte Cassino. Site of one of the toughest and most controversial battles of the Second World War, from the terraces of the magnificent rebuilt Abbey you will gaze out over the mountains and valleys where the four month long battle took place. A short distance from the Abbey you will visit the Polish cemetery, as well as the poignant British Commonwealth Cemetery where you will be fascinated to see the global nature of the battle for Monte Cassino and reflect on their sacrifices. Leaving Cassino we descend into the Pontine Marshes to visit one of the largest collections of World War II military vehicles in Europe. Many of these original vehicles have been used as props for films and television series about the war, including Oscar winners “Life is Beautiful” and “The English Patient”. 

We soon arrive on the picturesque coast at Nettuno, where most of the American forces came ashore during the Anzio Landings, and then you head to the Sicily Rome American Cemetery where nearly eight thousand American war dead are buried. From Nettuno you will travel the short distance to Anzio to visit the Anzio Beachhead Museum, and then travel back into Rome following in the footsteps of the Allied forces, from their breakout from the Anzio Beachhead to their triumphal entry into the Eternal City, where the end of World War IIs’ Battle for Rome was greeted with scenes of mass jubilation.