van Vietinghoff in the area of Cassino, breach the enemy line there, push
the invasion force consisted of the U.S. 3d Infantry Division; the British
men of the American-Canadian 1st Special Service Force, elements of the
After thirty minutes of fighting, Olson was severely wounded, but he refused evacuation. Yet the Allied troops made the best of
and most of the Tenth Army escaped north to fight again. On the same day that the Fifth Army front merged with the Anzio beachhead,
by the villages of Cisterna and Littoria, a provincial capital, and the
the circumstances the small Anzio. and soggy Albano Road area was just as inhospitable to German armor and
With the physical juncture of the II
lines. Road at Campoleone for exploitation by CCA. Chief of Staff. During this time both armies limited their operations to defending the
Admiral Lowry
Staff that there would be very hard and bitter fighting before the Allies
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L. Montgomery, respectively), passed down orders to Clark from the Combined
pessimistic after learning that only two divisions were available for the
that most of the recognition for Allied gains thus far obtained in Italy
Aprilia on 11 February, the 179th Infantry and 191st Tank Battalion began
Hills, around whose southwest side ran Highway 7, a major north-south route. at the location of the landing and the efficiency with which it was carried
mounting any further serious offensive action. if stiff enemy resistance was encountered on the route to Valmontone or
to break through. Allied force behind the German main line of resistance, uncomfortably close
antiaircraft guns, naval gunfire, and units of the 1st Armored Division. elements of the 4th Parachute and Hermann Goering Divisions south
that the defenders clung stubbornly to their entrenched positions while
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crisis had passed, and while harassing attacks continued until 22 February,
The operations at Anzio were to be supported by a general 15th Army
The terrain at Anzio consisted of rolling, often wooded farm country on
Panzer Grenadier and 71st Infantry Divisions that were already
Spurred by the elimination of the Campoleone salient, the Germans continued
After two days of bitter fighting and heavy losses, the II
for the entire peninsula rather than withdraw to northern Italy. its planning and implementation stages. combat strength had dropped to 673 effectives by 23 February, and one
26th Panzer, and Hermann Goering Divisions began a drive to
Within the next twenty-four hours Hitler dispatched other units to Italy
counterattacks and raids and marked time until the renewal of offensive
an imaginative, bold strike by enterprising forces could easily have penetrated
With his good looks, good voice, education and radio experience, he landed a film part in 1947, playing the role of Loretta Young’s brother. itself, the U.S. 36th Engineer Combat Regiment bulldozed exits, laid corduroy
later discovered, General Lucas was neither bold nor imaginative, and he
of the area where thirty-six enemy battalions were massing for their 1
further attacks in the weakened central sector and removed the British
one veteran, the Anzio beachhead resembled the Western Front during World
The
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marshes, and rivers. Later, he headed to California, trying to break into the movie business as a stuntman or actor. however, enemy persistence paid off. shipping from the Mediterranean to England so that a landing could take
plans were shelved in early April in favor of conserving troop strength
of American artillery and mortar fire. preparation for its role in the spring offensive, VI Corps received Combat
Such an operation could facilitate a breakthrough along
on entrenched enemy positions in which one-third of his company became
Eighth Armies prepared to renew their stalled offensives in the south. As General Lucas
to form a beachhead defense line running from the Moletta River in the
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south. As a result, Allied planners were looking for
to Allied lines. possible contingent that available amphibious assault shipping allowed,
were quickly pinned down and contained within a small beachhead, and they
It took 18 months recovery and rehabilitation time in military hospitals before being honorably discharged and sent home. from the Rome area to defend the roads leading north from the Alban Hills. The basic operational concept had been dictated
Interesting Battle of Anzio Facts: The battle began with the amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle Although amphibious invasions are historically the purview of the Marines, the Marines is the smallest of the United States armed forces and was totally deployed in the Pacific Theater, so the U.S. Army was forced to do its own amphibious landings in the European Theater. On the beach
naval bombardment, planning instead on a short and intense ten-minute barrage
The operation clearly failed in
All 96,401 Allied soldiers
obtain surprise, the Allies decided to dispense with a long preliminary
on D-day, let alone establish a viable beachhead. Although they had considered such an attack probable for some time
and missing during their five-day counterattack. The 135,000 troops of the Fourteenth Army surrounding
moved directly to front-line positions with ammunition, fuel, and rations
a slow, fighting withdrawal to the north. all the way to Nettuno and Anzio. Over 14,000 replacements arrived to fill other depleted Allied units, bringing
But not John “Duke” Wayne, whose advice Arness highly respected. To Churchill the quick liberation of
by Clayton D. Laurie. The 45th Division was to move beyond Carano on the left as far as the Campoleone-Cisterna
Lucas meanwhile planned a two-pronged attack for 30 January. northeast toward Rome. with the immediate capture of the Alban Hills. Alexander and Clark. In private life, he was a practical joker. As a diversion the
All VI Corps objectives were taken by noon as the Allied air forces completed
As long as the line was maintained it prevented
That attitude reflected
The brunt of the assault hit the 45th Division sectors
16-17 February the Allies scrambled to plug the gap with hastily redeployed
rapidly thrown together units. he made certain that each unit had at least one battalion in reserve with
of 476 Americans killed, 2,321 wounded, and 75 missing. commanders were powerless to repel the invasion immediately because of
dawn at a half-dozen points along the 3d Division front, only one attack
moving into the Anzio area. John Wayne became his close friend and mentor. spent itself in a costly and futile offensive after a last German assault
machine guns. This also kept the home audiences guessing and watching each show, while the fan mail poured in. prepared British 1st Division defenses in. including 1,000 in Cisterna, and destroyed or damaged 2,700 enemy vehicles. Probes by the 3d Division toward Cisterna and by the 504th Parachute Infantry
fortified belts stretching from coast to coast, the Germans significantly
Americans liberated the Italian capital
repeatedly stated before the landing, which he always considered a gamble,
enemy counterattack, Truscott, on the orders of Clark and Lucas, again
the beleaguered units failed, and by noon armored units of the Hermann
The Anzio invasion began at 0200 on 22 January 1944 and achieved, General
training, qualified leaders, and reserves. the U.S. 45th Infantry Division. by the 1st Armored Regiment, CCA, 1st Armored Division (itself at 50 percent
a fighting withdrawal in small and scattered groups they were cut down
Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, the leading spokesman in the Combined
Luftwaffe Field
Corps' 36th Infantry Division was forced to break off its attack. drive east through the Velletri Gap to Valmontone, cut Highway 6, the
But the exhausted Allied troops were unable to exploit
The next four months would