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	=IB= dod_anzio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The proposed beachhead was bounded in the north by the Moletta and Incastro Rivers, in the center by open fields leading to the villages of Padiglione and Aprilia along the Anzio-Albano Road, and in the south by the villages of Cisterna and Littoria, a provincial capital, and the Mussolini Canal.
		The Anzio beachhead became a honeycomb of wet and muddy trenches, foxholes, and dugouts.
		Anzio failed to be the panacea the Allies sought.
	www.intbrig.com /mapspages/dod_anzio.htm (7003 words)

	Anzio Beachhead: The Breakthrough
		The Anzio landing of VI Corps as originally conceived was to be the prelude to a short-term operation that would lead to a quick junction with an advancing main Fifth Army.
		One of the latter was popularly known as the "Anzio Express," also as "Anzio Annie." These big guns, not to be confused with the smaller railroad guns which the Germans had employed during February, were first reported in action on 24 March.
		During the first eleven days of the spring offensive, the character of the Anzio front remained unchanged; but behind the forward lines, the forces of VI Corps were busily preparing for their part in the big Allied drive.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/anziobeach/anzio-break.htm (6345 words)

	큰바위얼굴 (The Great Stone Face)
		Anzio Annie is a two hundred and eighty millimeter railroad gun that the Germans developed between World War I and World War II.
		The fire from the guns was so regular that the Allied troops nicknamed the guns "Anzio Annie" and the name has stuck, despite the fact that 2 guns were involved.
		A constant drizzle of 28-cm (11-in) shells was scattered all over the confines of the beach areas and the country inland m conjunction with a constant bombardment from lighter artillery units and the continuous threat of Luftwaffe attacks.
	blog.empas.com /jino21/read.html?a=4914659 (2680 words)

	Anzio Annie: A huge WW2 artillery piece
		There were two guns that made up the German K-5 RR battery that shelled the Anzio Beachhead.
		Together, they composed "Anzio Annie." When the Allies broke out of the Anzio Beachhead, the guns were moved to Civitavecchia, located just north of Rome.
		This particular gun is the one that was used in the shelling of the US troops during their landing at Anzio, Italy.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-weapons/anzio_annie.htm (236 words)

	The USS MAYO At ANZIO
		An invasion force was sent to land at Anzio to attack the rear of the German's right flank.
		Mayo was detached to keep "Annie" at bay by firing a shell at the tunnel about every 5 minutes during the peak of battle.
		Anzio Beachhead Association in Florida brought this railroad gun from Italy to the states.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /id55.htm (933 words)

	ANZIO: 1944
		The Anzio plan was temporarily shelved, but when General Eisenhower was reassigned to Operation OVERLORD in early January 1944, he relinquished command of Allied forces in the Mediterranean to General Sir Henry M. Wilson, after which the British view dominated planning.
		By 1 February the port of Anzio was in full operation and improved air defenses had reduced the effectiveness of constant Luftwaffe sorties against the beachhead.
		Anzio did not achieve its initial objectives to outflank the Gustav Line and lead to the capture of Rome.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944anzio.php (1617 words)

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		Upon receiving word of the landings, Kesselring immediately dispatched elements of the 4th Parachute and Hermann Goering Divisions south from the Rome area to defend the roads leading north from the Alban Hills.
		A quick link-up with Fifth Army forces in the south was believed still possible even though German resistance all along the perimeter of the beachhead was becoming stronger.
		The 135,000 troops of the Fourteenth Army surrounding Anzio could not be moved elsewhere, nor could they be used to make the already formidable Gustav Line virtually impregnable.
	anubis.clan.free.fr /anzioBattle.htm (1491 words)

	Leopold
		It wasn't until the Allies broke out of the "Anzio Beachhead" and sent the Germans scurrying that the secret was revealed.
		Although both guns had been extensively damaged, Allied forces were able to salvage the Leopold and after reconstruction of the railway, moved the gun to Naples for shipment to the United States.
		"Anzio Annie" as the gun was known to the Allied troops at Anzio, is the only German railroad gun known to have survived World War II.
	commandos.strategyplanet.gamespy.com /leopold.html (885 words)

	Krupp K5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This project was finally ended by the capitulation of Germany.
		"Anzio Annie" was the name used by the Allies for a pair of German K5(E) railroad guns that shelled the Anzio beachhead during World War II.
		The guns were captured on 7 June 1944.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Krupp_K5 (490 words)

	Stanley Galik - LCI 35 - Ships Cook 2/c US Navy WWII - LCI 35 1944 - Anzio
		Anzio was my father's second major invasion coming a little more than 5 months after Salerno.
		Details of the Anzio landing including the troops and naval forces used in the invasion as well as other events occurring in the Mediterranean during January - May are available by clicking here.
		The photographs and description of events related to LCI (L) 35 and to Flotilla 2 Group 4 during the Anzio invasion are based on the recollections of the crew since the War Diaries and Action Reports were somewhat limited in the information noted in these documents.
	www.galik.com /stanleygalik1922/lci/lci09.htm (1099 words)

	The 'Angels of Anzio'
		On 7 February a German plane attempting to bomb the port at Anzio was intercepted by a British Spitfire.
		It is now clear that this was not the case at Anzio.
		Instead of moving quickly to capture Rome having gained the element of surprise, with no German/Italian forces to block the landing army, John Lucas, the US general put in charge of the operation, decided to wait on the beaches until he had more troops and supplies.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /id76.htm (1917 words)

	Invasion of Anzio
		At Anzio, the Allied troops were dug in and facing the 16th Panzergrenadier Division.
		In return, the Germans plastered the Anzio position with their 280mm K5 (e) railway gun 'Leopold' which they concealed inside a tunnel in the Alban hills.
		At Anzio, Truscott was told by Alexander to make an attempt to break out while the Fifth and eighth Armies charged up the coast toward him from the Gustav line, once out he was to head for the Alban hills and block off the retreat of the German Tenth Army.
	home.centurytel.net /amlegionlacrosse/anzio.htm (816 words)

	Anzio Annie
		"Anzio Annie" was the name of the German railroad gun that was used against the American troops during the amphibious landings at Anzio, Italy during World War II.
		I recognized as long as I was in the air, Anzio Annie stayed in its hiding place.
		It is interesting to note that Annie's days were over as our troops advanced through Anzio, took the next stronghold, Velletri, and on to Rome.
	www.ipmslivonia.org /ipms/Gallery/Annie/KitRAA.htm (602 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Operation Shingle: Chapter 5
		The gunners of the Field Batteries at Anzio were brilliant in their support of the forward troops and the concentration of fire they were able to bring down was formidable and greatly feared by the German soldiers.
		Anzio Annie and enemy bombing was gradually reducing Anzio town to rubble and was doing a great demolition job for us as the Field Companies main occupation was creating means of access to the different parts of the Front and this demanded huge amounts of hard-core and brickbats.
		Means were necessary to supply ammunition, petrol, lubricants, rations, spares, reinforcements, equipment and no end of impedimenta to the gun lines and infantry battalions and also to bring out the wounded in as much comfort as possible.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/stories/69/a2429769.shtml (2393 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Revisits Anzio - The Bid for Rome - June 5th, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		ANZIO held sea trials off the California coast and was ready to sail for the western Pacific on 16 September and entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for a tender availability.
		ANZIO left the Philippines on 6 July to begin what proved to be her last stint of combat duty.
		ANZIO was struck from the Navy list on 1 March 1959 and sold to the Master Metals Co. on 24 November 1959.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1147926/posts (8880 words)

	Super Guns
		The "Anzio Annie" was the most famous railway gun deployed against the Allies.
		It was installed and used in Italy against the Allied troops in Anzio Beachhead some 30 miles away.
		The project was a different version of the type of railway guns to which the Anzio Annie belonged.
	www.geocities.com /pentagon/2833/wunderwaffen/supergun/supergun.html (261 words)

	HyperWar: American Forces in Action: Anzio Beachhead: The Breakthrough
		A SUPPLY DUMP in the Anzio area is screened from enemy observation by smoke laid down by the 179th Chemical Smoke Co. A few of the stacks have been revetted, and others are dispersed widely to minimize damage from enemy artillery and air bombardment.
		About 33,000 casualties, combat and noncombat, were evacuated by sea from Anzio--including 24,000 Americans--without the loss of a single patient's life as a result of the process of moving men from shore hospitals to the waiting ships.
		Meanwhile, after three days of stubborn fighting, Fifth Army's two corps--the French Expeditionary Corps on the right, and II Corps on the left along the coast--broke through the Gustav Line positions and started the rapid drive northward that was not to be halted until Rome was entered on 4 June.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-A-Anzio/USA-A-Anzio-6.html (6842 words)

	Weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Both at Anzio and Cassino fronts, the Allies had to move troops and equipment under the ever-watchful eyes of the German artillery spotter.
		Railroad cannon known as "Anzio Annie" by the Americans and "Leopold" by the Germans.
		"Anzio Annie" is on display at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds Museum, Aberdeen, Maryland.
	members.aol.com /ItalyWW2/Weapons.htm (3322 words)

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		"Anzio: Dilemma on the Beachhead." Army 33 (Mar 1983): pp.
		Harmon, Ernest N. “From the Anzio Beachhead to Viterbo—Experiences of an Armored Division.” Mil Rev 24 (Nov 1944): pp.
		The German Operations at Anzio: A Study of the German Operations at Anzio Beachhead from 22 January 1944 to 31 May 1944.
	www.carlisle.army.mil /usamhi/bibliographies/referencebibliographies/WorldWarII/mto/italy/anzio.doc (1338 words)

	Trumpeter 1/35 K5(E) Leopold 280mm German
		Although from the mid-19th century, people started considering imparting mobility to large caliber artillery pieces by placing them on special railway mountings, it was WWII that gave the impetus to making the railway gun an important part of many European armories.
		Allied forces were able to salvage the Leopold, and after reconstruction of the railway, moved the gun to Naples for shipment to the States.
		"Anzio Annie" as the gun was known to Allied troops, is the only German railroad gun known to have survived World War II, and it is currently on display at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland.
	www2.towerhobbies.com /cgi-bin/wti0001p?&P=WR&I=LXEYU5 (329 words)

	Manchester Eighth Army Veterans Association
		The very word 'Anzio' still strikes terror in the hearts of many men who fought to hold this horrifying beachhead.
		One of these heavy artillery pieces was a terrifying railway gun 'Anzio Annie', which fired shells that weighed 250kg over an accurate range of up to 30 miles.
		There was very little further action at Anzio before May. But from 16th January to 31st March the Fifth Army alone had lost 52,130 killed, wounded and missing.
	www.eavm.co.uk /Articles/Anzio.htm (1506 words)

	OCTOBER 2004 - Johannesburg - South African Military History Society - Title page
		The title of the curtain raiser at the 9 September Society lecture meeting was 'Anzio Annie, The Story of a Gun'.
		The Anzio saga began in January 1944 when 35 000 allied troops were put ashore behind the German lines at Cassino.
		From 5 February to the end of April 1944, when the Annies were forced to leave their hideout, they fired a total of 5 523 shells on to ammunition and fuel dumps, landing and supply ships, and troops on the beaches.
	rapidttp.com /milhist/4/04octnl.html (1477 words)

	DML Dragon 1/35 28cm K5(E) German Railway gun Leopold
		This project was still in the planning stages when the war ended, but many of its basic features were to be seen in the American 25cm M65 gun which appeared some years later.
		The American nickname for one German 28cm Kanone K5(E) railway gun was "Anzio Annie" or "The Anzio Express".
		Anzio Annie was blown up by the Germans, to avoid its capture.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2003/august/first-looks/DML_Leopold.htm (1321 words)

	Kreigserinnerungen
		Time blurred - Anzio could be compared with a “lost weekend.” War service, especially in a place like Anzio is like living in the city - you seldom know what your neighbor does, much less of what happens a block away.
		A few years ago a bus load of we Anzio veterans were touring the Citadel in Charleston SC and the tour guide was expansive about General Mark Clark being buried on the campus.
		One of the most important to me is the Anzio Beachhead Veterans of WW II and have attended many reunions.
	www.anziobeachheadveteransofwwii.com /kreigserinnerungen.htm (15827 words)

	Codename: Panzers, Phase Two - Game Guide - The Gamers Temple - Page 27
		Anzio Annie's waiting in the north-east corner of the map.
		Come in from the east side of the town, move slowly, and use your bombing strikes and heavy artillery bombardments to eliminate a lot of the infantry near the depot.
		If things get too hectic around the depot, use Anzio Annie to lob some ridiculous shells at the attackers, but make sure you don't destroy yourself in the process.
	www.gamerstemple.com /games7/000907/000907g127.asp (1040 words)

	Anzio Campaign
		For additional reading see William L. Allen, Anzio: Edge of Disaster (1978); Fred Sheehan, Anzio: Epic of Bravery (1964); and Martin Blumenson, Anzio: The Gamble That Failed (1963).
		The official U.S. Army histories, which include Martin Blumenson, Salerno to Cassino (1969); Ernest F. Fisher, Jr., Cassino to the Alps (1977); and the War Department Historical Division, Anzio Beachhead, 22 January-25 May 1944 (1948), remain the most comprehensive histories available on the overall operational and tactical aspects of the Anzio Campaign.
		Cover: Men come ashore from LCIs at Anzio on D-day.
	www.45thdivision.org /CampaignsBattles/anzio.htm (7058 words)

	My Dad at Anzio
		My dad was one of the brave men who endured the battle at Anzio during WWII.
		I am currently going through boxes of pictures and other memorabilia documenting my dad's experience at Anzio along with the rest of his time fighting in WWII.
		Soon I will document his story here and put up images of much his collection of truly unique articles from his time of service.
	members.tripod.com /michaelbrungs/anzio.htm (107 words)

	USS Mayo DD422
		Darby's U.S. Rangers would land near Anzio, followed by the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, which would land on beaches to the south of Anzio.
		In the gathering dusk the air raids increased; there were several near misses, and we knew we were in for another night.
		The Battle of Anzio was by far not over as the stalemate would last until May of 1944 with other destroyers protecting the troops in courageous efforts such as Plunkett DD431 which was also hit at Anzio by German aircraft and lost some 40 crewmembers.
	www.ussjpkennedyjr.org /mayoanzio.html (1618 words)

	MtMestas.com - An 88th Infantry Division Blue Devils Research Website-Anzio Campaign
		Our focus is towards preserving Community, Family and Historical knowledge and being the best Blue Devils research website in the World.
		On 8 November British General Sir Harold R. Alexander, commander of the 15th Army Group (consisting of the Fifth and Eighth Armies under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark and General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, respectively), passed down orders to Clark from the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
		"Anzio Harbor Under German Bombardment" by Edward A. Reep.
	www.mtmestas.com /Military/campaigns/anzio.htm (7032 words)

	ORDNANCE Atomic Cannon Page
		There are acres of tanks and armored vehicles, domestic and foreign, of all eras, Anzio Annie, a 280mm Atomic Cannon, a 16" coastal defence gun, a V1 buzz bomb and a V2 rocket, and a great indoor museum with a fine small arms collection!
		Annie was the design basis for our 280mm Atomic Cannon.
		Speaking of gun #9, "Atomic Annie" survives at the Artllery Museum at Fort Sill in Oklahoma; here she is in the background of a class picture taken for the 27 Oct 05 BNCOC (Basic Non Commissioned Officers Course) for SSG E-6:
	home.att.net /~Berliner-Ultrasonics/ordatcan.html (2581 words)

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