 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Freyberg inobatanidzwa zvikuru nesarudzo inopokanwa yekubhomba imba yemamongi yekare paMonte Cassino muna February 1944. Freyberg, achitungamirira mauto akarwa muhondo yakazozivikanwa seHondo yechipiri neyechitatu yeMonte Cassino, akava nechokwadi chokuti imba yavanapapa, yakavambwa muna 529 AD, yakanga ichishandiswa senhare yechiuto. Kuongorora kweumwe wevatungamiriri vechikamu cheFreyberg, Major-General Francis Tuker we4th Indian Infantry Division, akagumisa mune imwe memo kuna Freyberg kuti, zvisinei kuti imba yemamongi yakatorwa nemaGerman, inofanira kuputswa kudzivirira basa rayo. Akaratidza kuti nemasvingo marefu akaitwa nezvidhinha akareba zvishoma, zvakanga zvisingabviri kuti mainjiniya apinde uye kuti kubhomba nemabhomba anotyisa kwaizova ndiyo mhinduro bedzi sezvo mabhomba aizova asingashandiswi. Mukuru mukuru Sir Harold Alexander, mutungamiriri we15th Army Group yakazova Mauto eAllied muItaly, akabvuma kubhomba iyo yakanga isingashandisi mabhomba makuru. Pashure pokuparadzwa kwemamongi, matongo acho akatorwa nemauto eGermany, ayo akabata nzvimbo yacho kusvikira pana May 18. Pashure pehondo, mukuru wemamongi nemamwe mamongi vakati mauto eGermany akanga asina kugara mukati meimba yemamongi uye yakanga isiri kushandiswa nokuda kwezvinangwa zvechiuto. 