Nostradamus has predicted:

The bombing of Monte Cassino

According to my own method of interpretation,
only french lines in dark blue will be analysed and interpreted


Quatrain III-37

...Avant l'assaut l'oraison prononcée
Milan pris d'Aigle par embûches déçus:
Muraille antique par canons enfoncée.
Par feu et sang à merci peu reçus.

Before the attack, the oration is delivered
Milan taken from the eagle outsmarted by traps:
...Antique walls broken down by cannons.
By fire and blood showing not much mercy.



Analysis:

oraison

prononcer



muraille antique

par canons enfoncée

prière, oraison funèbre, prayer, funeral [the ceremony. [XVIe] Discours prononcé en public, a speech made in public
rendre ou lire, (un jugement), prendre ou faire connaître (une décision) en vertu d'un pouvoir, to pass [or read] judgment., to take or make known a decision by virtue of a power.
This means that the oraison is, at the same time, a military decree.
antique wall. In french, the word muraille also means une étendue de murs épais et élevés, a large stretch of thick and high walls.
The oraison, or decree, concerns an old fortification that will be destroyed. This decree is read or delivered in the form of tracts, and as we will see below, these tracts are sent from the air. Symbolically, it is also the funeral [oraison] of the building about to be destroyed. Here, Nostradamus uses the expression par canons enfoncée, but the cannons are those of a bomber. It is important to note that the tract in question also uses the word cannons and not bombs to warn the occupants of the coming bombing. Therefore, the word cannons is the correct one in the quatrain.

Interpretation

Before the attack a warning is given:
The monastery will be destroyed by our cannons!

History
The Monte Cassino monastery destroyed
History

One of the most renowned walls in Italy is the Monte Cassino monastery, three times destroyed in the Middle Ages, and each time rebuilt. During World War II, it was destroyed once again by the allied forces in order to dislodge the german army from its position. The monastery was a huge fortification built on the top of a hill and this is why german paratroopers could hold their position for such a length of time.
In last resort, after unsuccessful attempts, the allied aviation decided to bomb the monastery. Before implementing such drastic measures, a warning was given in the form of tracts, sentthey had to warn them, and it was, at the same time, a kind of funeral for the building about to be destroyed and those who would dare remain within its walls:
[P.498] February 12, 1944, tracts were dropped from the air [l¹oraison prononcée] on the Monte Cassino monastery, warning italian friends that the monastery, that had been spared all that time, was about to be bombed: 'The time has come' it said in the tract, 'for us to aim our cannons at the monastery. We give you that warning so that lives can be spared. It is most urgent to obey: leave the monastery! Leave it immediately! Take this warning seriously. It is for your own good!..
...allied bombers dropped their bombs on the monastery of Monte Cassino [muraille antique] . Within the space of four hours, more than 400 tons of bombs were dropped [par canons enfoncée] on one of the jewels of medieval culture, killing the abbot who had remained in the monastery in spite of the warning, and more than 250 refugees that had taken refuge on the upper floors.
[Second World War, by Martin Gilbert]
[P.490] The monastery of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict more than 14 centuries ago, has disappeared. No less than 142 bombers B-17, B-25 and B26, dropped 600 tons of bombs during a raid that lasted one day and a half.
[Translation F.L. - Chronique de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Jacques Legrand SA]


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