New Zealanders going over the top following an artillery barrage, during an attack on Cassino, Italy, 1944

Photograph, World War Two, Italy (1943-1945), 1944.

Throughout February and March 1944 the 2nd New Zealand Division played a leading role in the assault on the German defensive line at Cassino during which it suffered almost 350 deaths and many more wounded.

From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.