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There was also £12,000 to allow World War Two veterans to return to Monte Cassino in Italy in 2004, 60 years after Allied Forces won a crucial victory there.

Allied soldiers described their shock at seeing Wojtek carrying artillery shells during the Battle of Monte Cassino.

The letter was delivered to Mr Holland in time for a talk he was giving in his home city about his new book on the war's Italian campaign, Cassino ’44.

During his time in Cassino, Sylla told them he was repeatedly beaten up by other migrants.

Sometimes remembered as the "D-Day Dodgers", in reference to their role away from Normandy, men in Italy faced brutal conditions as they battled to take Monte Cassino and dislodge enemy soldiers.