The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that commenced January 22, 1944. The battle began with the Allied amphibious landing...
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Anzio order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting for the Anzio bridgehead south of Rome, January 1944...
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Anzio (/ˈænzioʊ/, also US: /ˈɑːntsioʊ/; Italian: [ˈantsjo]) is a town and comune on Lazio coast [it] region of Italy, about 51 kilometres (32 mi) south...
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Anzio (Italian: Lo sbarco di Anzio), also known as The Battle for Anzio (UK title), is a 1968 Technicolor war film in Panavision, an Italian and American...
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The Battle of Cisterna took place during World War II, on 30 January–2 February 1944, near Cisterna, Italy, as part of the Battle of Anzio, part of the...
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Appian Way (category Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics)
Anzio. The battle lasted for four months, one side being supplied by sea, the other by land through Rome. In May 1944, the Allies broke out of Anzio and...
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Audie Murphy (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
1943 Allied invasion of Sicily; then in 1944 he participated in the Battle of Anzio, the liberation of Rome, and the invasion of southern France. Murphy...
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Pontine Marshes (redirect from Marshes of hell)
area of former marshland in the Lazio Region of central Italy, extending along the coast southeast of Rome about 45 km (28 mi) from just east of Anzio to...
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USS Anzio (CG-68) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser that served in the United States Navy. She was named for the site of a beachhead invasion...
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Foxhole radio (category Types of radios)
stations using amplitude modulation. They were first reported at the Battle of Anzio, Italy, spreading later across the European and Pacific theaters. The...
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James Arness (category American people of German descent)
to his waist. He was severely wounded in his right leg during the Battle of Anzio, and medically evacuated from Italy to the US, where he was sent to...
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SS Lawton B. Evans (category Troop ships of the United States)
22 to 30 January 1944 when the Lawton B. Evans was involved in the Battle of Anzio in Italy. First class seaman Calvin Stoddard O'Rourke received commendations...
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USS Anzio (ACV/CVE/CVHE-57), was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy that saw service during World War II in the Pacific War....
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Aprilia, Lazio (category Municipalities of the Province of Latina)
the Anzio and Nettuno seaside towns, 31 km (19 mi) from Rome and 16 km (10 mi) from Colli Albani. Although Aprilia is formally part of the province of Latina...
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describes the death of his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, on 18 February 1944, during the Battle of Anzio during the Italian Campaign of the Second World...
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Paul Hollywood (category Members of the Order of the British Empire)
Campaign and at the Battle of Anzio and that his great-great-grandfather, Kenneth MacKenzie, had been a policeman in the City of Glasgow Police in the...
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January–May 1944 Operation Diadem Battle of Anzio: January–June 1944 Battle of Cisterna Trasimene Line: June–July 1944 Battle of Ancona: June–July 1944 Gothic...
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The Commonwealth of Nations Anzio War Cemetery is to be found about a kilometer from Anzio town in the Lazio region of Italy. It is located 70 kilometres...
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George Gaynes (category American people of Finnish descent)
invasion of Sicily. On September 1, 1943, Gaynes was reassigned to the destroyer HMS Wilton, which participated during January 1944 in the Battle of Anzio. On...
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Maurice Rogers (category Recipients of the Military Medal)
in the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), British Army, during the Battle of Anzio when the following deed took place, at Ardea,...
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what he perceived as Clark attempting to evade investigation of his conduct. Battle of Anzio Fred L. Walker Mark W. Clark Citations U.S. House, Committee...
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Army trialed battle sleds during the World War II Battle of Anzio. General John W. O'Daniel, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, ordered torpedoes to...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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John P. Lucas (category Knights of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus)
commander of VI Corps during the Battle of Anzio (codenamed Operation Shingle) in early 1944 during the Italian campaign of World War II. John Porter Lucas...
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John William Vessey Jr. (category Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
the Battle of Anzio, and served as a field artillery forward observer until the end of the war. After the war, Vessey advanced through positions of increasing...
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of battles with most United States military fatalities, in terms of American deaths. This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U...
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938th Field Artillery Battalion (United States) (category Field artillery battalions of the United States Army)
of Artillery Organizational Histories: A Compilation" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. p. 184. Retrieved 15 April 2021. "Battle of Anzio"...
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William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (category Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
in 1944 for his actions in the Battle of Anzio. He was elected to the House of Commons later that year, as a member of the Conservative Party. In 1945...
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by SPI Anzio 20mm rifle, an American anti-materiel rifle Battle of Anzio, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II USS Anzio, two ships of the United...
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14th Army (Wehrmacht) (category Field armies of Germany in World War II)
was fighting on the defensive lines south of Rome. The 14th Army faced the Allied amphibious landings at Anzio in January 1944 and after the Allied breakthrough...
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