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	ANZIO 1944
		The ease of the landing and the swift advance were noted by one paratrooper of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, who recalled that D-day at Anzio was sunny and warm, making it very hard to believe that a war was going on and that he was in the middle of it.
		The Anzio beachhead became a honeycomb of wet and muddy trenches, foxholes, and dugouts.
		Anzio failed to be the panacea the Allies sought.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/anzio/72-19.htm (7326 words)

	Operation Shingle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although resistance had been expected, as seen at Salerno during 1943, the initial landings were essentially unopposed, with the exception of Luftwaffe strafing runs.
		The 1st Division penetrated 3 km inland, the Rangers captured Anzio's port, the 509th PIB captured Nettuno, and the 3rd Division penetrated 5 km inland.
		Kesselring was informed of the landings at 03:00, on the 22nd.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Shingle (1167 words)

	Anzio, Italy, 1944
		Apart from misjudging the Germans' reactions, the planned landings at Anzio were about to be executed on too small a scale.
		The battle for the Anzio beachhead was a costly, bloody affair.
		It was the constant exposure to the rain, density of rotting corpses in the mud, constant shelling, duration of the battle, and vulnerability of every foot of the beachhead that caused so many cases of disease, and combat fatigue cases in Allied units.
	amh.freehosting.net /anzio.html (1740 words)

	USS Anzio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Anzio, in memory of the World War II landings at Anzio in Italy.
		The first Anzio (CVE-57) was an escort aircraft carrier originally commissioned as Coral Sea in August 1943, renamed Anzio in September 1944, and decommissioned 1946.
		The second Anzio (CG-68) is a guided missile cruiser commissioned 1992, and on active service as of 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Anzio (134 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.
		The news of the fall of Rome was quickly forgotten in the euphoria of the D-Day landings in Normandy on 6 June.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944anzio.php (1616 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Anzio -- The Allies' Greatest Blunder of World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		On the 50th anniversary of the Anzio landings, the office of the Chief of Naval Operations released a statement reading, in part: "A half-century ago American, British, Dutch and Greek naval forces landed soldiers of the American and British armies on the Italian coast.
		The "Peter Force" landing was five miles north of Anzio and was commanded by Rear Admiral Thomas H. Troubridge of the Royal Navy.
		Typical of the intensity of the naval battle of Anzio was the sinking of the British cruiser SPARTAN on 29 January.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/anzio.aspx (3604 words)

	Darby's Rangers Setback. Protracted Anzio invasion proves costly to Allies; Rapido helps Germans.
		That landing in Italy, the trek up the mountain, and much of the two weeks of furious activity remain indistinct blurs of excitement, terror and confusion, punctuated by a few vignettes clear and bright as yesterday's.
		The historical marker that Anzio was fated to become had first been thrashed out in November and December 1943 and the answer was that there would be no Anzio in the context of Allied World War II Mediterranean history.
		On the beginning of the third day of the assault at Anzio, the heavy duty fire support ship remaining there was the USS Brooklyn, and her skipper, Captain R.W. Cary (yes, the skipper survivor on Savannah at Salerno) again became the gunfire support commander for Anzio.
	www.daileyint.com /seawar/seawar9.htm (14617 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Anzio Landings 1944 Category
		Recollections of a Gunner on the Anzio Beachhead
		One which landed close to LST 63 caused minor damage but Harold and other members of the crew were able to...
		On January 22nd 1944 the 'St David' was in Anzio Bay, Italy, as troops and vehicles landed on the...
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/categories/c55232/index_2.shtml (660 words)

	Fierce Encounters: Combat in Italy
		The landings are conducted in textbook style - there are only a handful of casualties as 36,000 men come ashore on the first day.
		The port at Anzio is captured intact, and by the end of the day on January 23 there are 50,000 troops ashore.
		The value of air attacks and naval bombardment prior to landing is proved in Italy - the toughest landing takes place where Clark has ordered that naval bombardment not be used in order to achieve surprise.
	home.wanadoo.nl /cclinks/abtf/fierce~1.html (1787 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Spartan survivors pay their respects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		They gathered at a plaque set in the wall at Anzio’s harbour commemorating the loss of the cruiser Spartan – paid for by survivors and the boat’s senior rates’ mess – where a wreath was laid before veterans climbed on to Italian coastguard cutters to pay their respects in the waters over the wreck.
		The Anzio landing was intended to help break the stalemate in the Italian campaign by outflanking the German lines between Rome and Monte Cassino, where Commonwealth armies in particular had become bogged down.
		In January this year Anzio became the focal point for the Allied powers, as representatives from embassies and the military of the nations involved in the operation – codenamed Shingle – plus the Italian Armed Forces took part in acts of remembrance in Anzio town.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2004/0403/0004030801.asp (544 words)

	Anzio Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Anzio Beachhead Museum was open in January 1994, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Anzio landings.
		It is located in one of the ground floor rooms of the Villa Adele, in the centre of the town and close to the railway station.
		Much of the material is themed, and there is a short US film about the Anzio landings you can also watch as part of your visit.
	battlefieldsww2.50megs.com /anzio_museum.htm (144 words)

	Black Service Units in the Combat Zone
		One Dukw company was attached to the 13th Marine Regiment, one remained attached to corps, and the third was attached to the 4th Marine Division with the primary mission of hauling ammunition and cargo for the 14th Marine Regiment and evacuating casualties from the beaches.
		The 592d Port Company, divided into three groups, landed in the fourth wave and began unloading small boats as they arrived on the beach; three of its crane operators went to the 5th Pioneer Battalion where they operated eight-ton cranes on the beach.
		For the larger landings in Europe Negro units were but a small part of the forces scheduled for the initial landings on 6 June 1944.
	www.qmfound.com /black_service_units_in_combat.htm (2476 words)

	Allied Agony at Anzio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Should the Germans fail to use Gustav Line units to counter the Anzio move, then the Anzio forces likely would be able to break out of the beachhead, capture Rome, and cut off a German retreat to the north.
		The Allies in Italy were under pressure to release as many ships and landing craft as possible in preparation for a twin amphibious assault on France--Operation Overlord in the north and Operation Anvil (later named Dragoon) in the south.
		But the landing craft problem remained--there were only enough LSTs to transport one division, and two divisions were considered essential for a successful landing.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/blalliedagonyatanzio/index1.html (862 words)

	Dogface Soldiers : U.S. Third Division WW2
		Three photographers assigned to the unit on Anzio, John Cole, Howard Nickelson, and William Heller, were later joined in Rome by William Toomey and Robert Seesock.
		After leaving Anzio in May of 1944 pulling their beachhead-built darkroom "Fuzzy's Folly", the unit followed the Third Division to Rome as lead elements of the U.S. Fifth Army under the Allied 15th Army Group.
		It was almost a year after the July 1943 landings in Sicily and for nine months the Allied armies had fought a bitter battle for control of southern Italy.
	www.dogfacesoldiers.org (607 words)

	COMBINEDOPS SMRS.htm
		She served in the Mediterranean from June 1943 to early 1944 as part of the 3rd LST(2) Flotilla under the command of Flotilla Officer Acting Commander D. Hore-Lacey R.N. Her sister ships of the 3rd at that time were 322, 324, 367, 410, 412, 417, 419, 420, 423, 426, 428 and 430.
		On her return to England to begin 'working-up' for the D-Day landings in Normandy, the 427 remained part of the 3rd LST Flotilla, still commanded by Acting Commander Hore-Lacey who once more took passage aboard the LST 322.
		The work of landing craft was very hazardous and many men lost their lives on or near the beaches and at sea.
	www.combinedops.com /LST(2)427.htm (1382 words)

	Amazon.com: Anzio (1968): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The landing is unopposed, and Mitchum requisitions a jeep and, along with Falk, discover that the road to Rome, the ultimate destination, is open.
		ANZIO was made we questioned authority as a matter of course, especially military authority.
		Anzio is a decent war movie, filled with exciting battles and a platoon's cat-n-mouse struggle to avoid the enemy long enough to find their way back to their own lines.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005OSJQ?v=glance (2837 words)

	DELMAR2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		D-Day landings on Anzio Beach, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, as part of the thirteen day NBG-2 Exercise DELMAR 2004.
		The Beach Party Team (BPT) landed on Anzio via three LCM-8 craft from ACU-2 on May 28, established their camp and prepared for large scale landing operations.
		Interspaced and concurrent with the landing operations the BPT was an integral part of the camp defense force, deploying arms, personnel and the occasional LARC to shore up or establish the defensive perimeter.
	www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil /bmu2/DELMAR2004.htm (325 words)

	The Sinking of the LST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In documenting the stories of the over 900 men from Camden County NJ who gave their lives in the nation's service, I came across the story of the LST-422, where 454 Americans and a 29 British sailors were lost, on January 26, 1944, during the landings at Anzio, Italy.
		In the heartland of rural Mississippi, widely scattered families finally have learned what happened to their loved ones who fought with the famed 83rd Chemical Battalion in World War II from North Africa to Salzburg, Austria, and suffered death through what likely was the war's worst single episode affecting Mississippi men.
		On or around January 26, 1944, while deployed in support of the troops in the Invasion of Anzio, I was onboard an LST which was hit by a mine that had broken away from its moorings.
	www.dvrbs.com /LST-422.htm (3302 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The landings at Anzio continue and 50,000 troops are in the beachhead by the end of the day.
		In all, eight divisions from France, northern Italy and the Balkans are on the move to Anzio.
		Lucas calls off attacks to break out of the Anzio beachhead as it becomes obvious that the Germans are in great strength and preparing their own counter attack.
	www.bartcop.com /440207.htm (2458 words)

	World War Two
		America and the USSR are keen to see allied landing in western Europe as soon as possible, but are held back by the British, who believe the difficulties are underestimated.
		Following landings on the Italian mainland, Italy surrenders to the Allies, but Rome is seized by the Germans on September 10.
		Overlord, a massive and meticulously planned operation, climaxes on June 6 with the D-Day landings on Normandy beaches, marking the Allied invasion of "Fortress Europe".
	www.unverse.com /WW2.html (1510 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Cross Channel Invasion [Chapter 7]
		The Germans reacted to the Anzio attack in force, not only because they believed it to be the first of a series of major Allied amphibious assaults, but because they saw the possibility of gaining political prestige by wiping out at least one Allied beachhead.
		Afterward, firing on sea targets remained a naval responsibility, but at the moment of enemy landing, in most cases, command of the batteries in the beachhead area was to pass to the Army.
		As it was considered most likely that the Allies would land at flood tide to reduce the amount of open beach to be crossed under fire, laying of the obstacles began at the high-water line and was extended in belts seaward as materials and labor became available.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-E-XChannel/USA-E-XChannel-7.html (16214 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Anzio Landings 1944 Category
		The Anzio Landings At the end of November 1943, it was announced that 1st Division was moving to Italy.
		I had landed in the middle of a determined German attack against the UK/US armies and that morning there...
		The 5th Division landed in and around Syracusa on the east coast with its objective the short northerly...
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/categories/c55232 (628 words)

	I Remember Anzio
		To go back to the beginning: in our landing we crossed the beach at the ancient city of Paestrum; there were imposing ruins of an amphitheater and temples directly in our path and I have a memory of ancient paving stones under my feet.
		These troops were going unassigned to Anzio, having not yet set foot on Italian soil, and were destined to supply the replacement depots – repple depple in infantry talk.
		Sexy voiced, she taunted us soldiers on Anzio, assuring us that all the draft dodgers were having a good time with our girls back home while we lay in the foxholes on Anzio needlessly.
	www.4point2.org /hist-84.htm (19695 words)

	Discover Anzio Landing D Day free pictures of War World II at RomeGiftShop.com
		Thanks to all the veterans and all the guys that they gave their life on the Anzio's beach...
		Anzio 22 January-24 May 1944 During the early morning hours of 22 January 1944, troops of the Fifth Army swarmed ashore on a fifteen-mile stretch of Italian beach near the prewar resort towns of Anzio and Nettuno.
		Strategic Setting Following the successful Allied landings at Calabria, Taranto, and Salerno in early September 1943 and the unconditional surrender of Italy that same month, German forces had quickly disarmed their former allies and begun a slow, fighting withdrawal to the north.
	romegiftshop.com /anhardday.html (1911 words)

	Bryan Cambray part2
		It seemed to us, at sea, that every time we sailed to Anzio the gunfire ashore was increasing as the troops, now completely encircled on land, were fighting desperately to hold their now tenuous positions.
		Occasionally, when patrolling at Anzio, we heard the sound of what appeared to be enormous shells hurtling past, throwing up huge spouts of water as they exploded.
		On one of our many trips up to Anzio we carried an American photographic unit which seemingly took 'miles of footage' of the crew In action, the little convoy and anything else which came within range.
	www.harry-tates.org.uk /veteranstales19b.htm (1335 words)

	Anzio
		Anzio declined in the Middle Ages, but it revived c.1700 and became a residence of the popes.
		During World War II, Allied troops landed (Jan., 1944) at Anzio and nearby Nettuno to draw German forces from Cassino, thus effecting a breakthrough (May, 1944) to Rome.
		Saved by artillery: how MG Lucas lost the initiative at Anzio and the allied artillery regained it.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0804316.html (293 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: Tech Sergeant Mike Horvath
		Having served previously with the Rangers in North Africa (Kasserine Pass) and Italy (Anzio) alongside Captain Miller, Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath (Tom Sizemore) was a member of Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion on June 6th, 1944.
		The 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions were lost at Anzio, and it is unlikely that Horvath or Miller were among the few who escaped death or capture (a majority of the 1st and 3rd Rangers were taken as prisoners of war).
		It is possible that both men served with the 1st Rangers at Kasserine Pass, switched to the 4th Rangers for the Anzio landings, and were then transferred to the 2nd Rangers for the Normandy assault.
	www.sproe.com /h/horvath.html (737 words)

	U.S. 3rd Division WWII Reenacting
		The Third took part in the Anzio landings in February 1944.
		After the fall of Rome four months later, the Division was withdrawn from Italy, and landed in Southern France to create the "hammer" to the "anvil" of the armies that landed in Normandy.
		The "Rock" fought it's way into Germany, and at the end of the War was one of the few American Divisions to have been in combat continuously from the start to the end of the American involvement, and still end up in Germany at the finish.
	web.tampabay.rr.com /3rddiv (318 words)

	LST-1 to LST-50
		The tank landing ship was assigned to the European theater and participated in the Normandy invasion in June 1944.
		The tank landing ship was initially assigned to the European theater and participated in the Normandy invasion in June 1944 and the invasion of southern France in August and September 1944.
		The tank landing ship was initially assigned to the European theater and participated in the Normandy invasion between 6 and 25 June 1944 and the invasion of southern France between 15 August and 25 September 1944.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/amphib/lstgrp_1.htm (5346 words)

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