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Anzio, Battle of
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Anzio, Battle of also known as
Operation Shingle (January–May 1944) a
World War II battle to maintain positions after an amphibious landing at Anzio on the Italian coast. On January 22, 36,000 Allied troops under U.S. VI Corps Maj. Gen. John Lucas landed nearly unopposed on this beach thirty miles south of Rome and eighty miles north of the
Gustav Line. Pausing to reinforce the beachhead, Lucas missed his chance to push forward to the controlling Alban Hills, and arriving German artillery, and eventually the entire German 145th Army, pinned down the Allies. A breakout was engineered on May 23, after the capture of
Cassino on the
Gustav Line.
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USS ANZIO HONORS NAMESAKES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/31/2006; 506 words
; ...Journalist Seaman Carlos Gomez New York Fleet Week Public Affairs Sailors from USS Anzio (CG 68), Candido DeAngelis, mayor of Anzio, Italy, and members of the Anzio Beachhead Veterans Organization dedicated the Anzio Beachhead Memorial Monument...
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Red Anzio
Magazine article from: Sea Classics; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...written about one of the major blunders of World War II, the invasion of Anzio. Books and magazine articles with titles like Anzio, The Gamble That Failed, and Anzio. Edge of Disaster are legion. The story that remains largely overlooked...
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ANZIO, PORTER RETURN TO NORFOLK AT LONG LAST HOMECOMINGS MARK END OF MASS DEPLOYMENT; SMALLER GROUPS TO RETURN LATER.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...just before 10 a.m., the cruiser Anzio and the guided-missile destroyer Porter...three green sea bags down the pier from the Anzio. ``Home is home, and we're all here...on April 11 and ended Thursday with the Anzio. Most were crunched together during the...
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ANZIO RESCUES STRANDED SAILORS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...Affairs The guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) responded to a distress call...the four crew members were transferred to Anzio. Amerauto was 425 miles from Bermuda when...spoke little English, but fortunately Anzio has three personnel on board who are fluent...
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Allied failures at Anzio haunt Bush's Memorial Day speech
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/29/1989; ; 700+ words
; NETTUNO, Italy Anzio, which gave its name to the beachhead...Rome American Cemetery fell during the Anzio campaign, which began Jan. 22, 1944...capture of Rome. But Bush never mentioned Anzio in his speech at the cemetery. Asked why...
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A BELL FOR ANZIO VILLAGERS' SOUND OF FREEDOM
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 11/22/1998; ; 642 words
; ...roving through the Mediterranean village of Anzio when he glimpsed a bronze bell protruding...among nearly 50,000 soldiers killed at Anzio in one of the most ferocious encounters...II. Now, 54 years later, a museum in Anzio has somehow learned of the whereabouts...
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USS ANZIO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTANI DHOW
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/14/2007; 653 words
; ...issued the following press release: USS Anzio (CG 68) came to the rescue of a Pakistan...Sanaullah, from Pasni, Pakistan, signaled Anzio's airborne helicopter as it flew by them...at the time some 30 nautical miles from Anzio, directed the ship to the stricken dhow...
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USS ANZIO MAKES PORT VISIT TO OMAN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...Affairs The guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) visited the port of Muscat...Master Chief (SW/AW) William Seegars, Anzio's command master chief. "When we come...new and historic. Many of the visiting Anzio crew members enjoyed visiting Muscat...
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The Anzio campaign.
Magazine article from: Parameters; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Operation Shingle, the amphibious assault on Anzio-Nettuno on 22 January 1944. In their...Churchill as the driving force behind the Anzio campaign. Conceived by Churchill as an...forces had been selected to execute the Anzio operation. Everyone agreed that once ashore...
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Will a church bell found in Anzio's rubble journey home again?
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/21/1998; ; 685 words
; ...roving through the Mediterranean village of Anzio when he glimpsed a bronze bell protruding...among nearly 50,000 soldiers killed at Anzio in one of the most ferocious encounters...II. Now, 54 years later, a museum in Anzio has somehow learned of the whereabouts...
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Anzio, Battle of (1944)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Anzio, Battle of (1944). In the skillfully...canceled the planned amphibious venture because Anzio was too far ahead of the front to guarantee...the cross‐country movement to Anzio, troops of Maj. Gen. John Lucas's U...
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Anzio
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
ANZIO ANZIO, a town on the west coast of Italy, thirty-three miles south of Rome...Alexander of the British army planned an Anglo-American amphibious invasion at Anzio to loosen the German grip on the mountainous terrain around Cassino, precipitate...
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Anzio, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Anzio, Battle of also known as Operation Shingle (January–May 1944) a World War II battle to maintain positions after an amphibious landing at Anzio on the Italian coast. On January 22, 36,000 Allied troops under U.S...
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Italy, Invasion and Conquest of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...amphibious end run behind the German lines at Anzio, thirty‐five miles southwest of Rome. Alexander believed the Anzio landings would force Kesselring to abandon...and enabled Kesselring to reinforce Anzio with troops from the Cassino front...
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Gustav Line
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...to enter the Liri Valley and advance to Anzio, the U.S. Fifth Army attacked the Gustav...American units to advance up the coast to Anzio. Having fought magnificent defensive battles...Mifflin, 1970, 1998. D'Este, Carlo. Anzio and the Battle for Rome. New York: Harper...
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