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Battle of Anzio
1944 battle in Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Anzio, which is also called Operation Shingle (January 22, 1944) was an Allied sea landing in the Italian Campaign against German forces of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
Operation Shingle | |||||||
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Part of the Winter Line and the battle for Rome of the Italian Campaign of World War II | |||||||
![]() U.S. Army soldiers landing at Anzio in late January 1944. | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Initially: 36,000 soldiers and 2,300 vehicles Breakout: 150,000 soldiers and 1,500 guns |
Initially: 20,000 German soldiers + five Italian battalions (4,600 soldiers) Breakout: 135,000 German soldiers + two Italian battalions | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
43,000 casualties (7,000 killed, 36,000 wounded or missing)[1] |
40,000 casualties (5,000 killed, 30,500 wounded or missing, 4,500 prisoner)[1] | ||||||
The attack was commanded by American Major General John P. Lucas. He wanted to get around German forces on the Winter Line. Then he wanted to attack Rome. Making a sea landing in a marshland needed to be done quickly.
The landing surprised the Germans. The Allies even got near Rome. The Allies got their men ready on the beach. The German commander in the Put his guns around the beach. The Germans also flooded the marsh with salt water.
After a month of heavy fighting, the Allies finally got past the beaches in May. The Allies went north-west to Rome which was captured on 4 June.
The German Tenth Army at Cassino were able to go north of Rome. Then they got ready to defend the Gothic Line.