The word beachhead, when used in a military context, defines a shore-based landing zone wrested from an enemy and secured as a route of access to inland targets. The key word invaders have learned ...
Twenty-two American soldiers received the Medal of Honor for service during the battle of Anzio in World War II. In late 1943, the Allies were attempting to liberate Italy from the Germans during ...
Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 22, 1944, the Battle of Anzio (code-named "Operation Shingle") began with the amphibious landing of U.S. and British soldiers along a narrow strip of Italy's west coast ...
WASHINGTON — Voice cracking and tears flowing as much from sentiment as the cold, the daughter of a survivor of the Battle of Anzio was among those attending a wreath-laying ceremony at the World War ...
The high-risk, high-payoff battle plan of "the Anzio idea" tantalized U.S. and British commanders seeking to end the bloody January 1944 stalemate in Italy. The complex operation could be summarized ...
FORT STEWART, Ga - More than 80 veterans, spouses and children from the World War II Anzio Beachhead landing traded stories and wisdom with Soldiers from the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team during a ...
In 1944, John Eshia spent several months in a wet foxhole, watching his feet swell from the cold and doing his best to avoid German bullets. It was winter and Eshia was one of tens of thousands of ...
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