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 ...

In "Anzio," renowned military historian Lloyd Clark has written a gripping account of a major World War II military campaign that is as relevant today as ever. What Clark shows, with an overwhelming ...

Tears streamed down Fred Cavanaugh’s face Friday as he gazed on a sea of marble crosses marking the graves of 7,862 Americans who lost their lives in the punishing Anzio campaign 50 years earlier. “I ...

Anzio's beachhead museum occupies part of a handsome Art Nouveau palace, a short walk from the seafront. In January 1944 Allied forces landed in this once fashionable seaside resort - 30 miles ...

Nineteen U.S. Army Garrison Italy leaders traveled from Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, and Camp Darby, Pisa, to southern Italy to learn more about the World War II battle sites around Monte Cassino and ...

A monument honoring American and allied troops of World War II, who served on Anzio Beach Italy in 1944, was unveiled this afternoon at Boy Scout Camp Pouch in the Sea View section of Staten Island.

Like so many World War II soldiers who are called heroes, BillArballo says he was “just doing my job. I was a medic,” he says.”We got caught in a big situation. All I did was help as many ofthe ...

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 ...

ANZIO: THE FRICTION OF WAR — ITALY AND THE BATTLE FOR ROME 1944 By Lloyd Clark, Headline, £12 On September 9, 1943, the Allied forces landed at Salerno in Italy. The Italian campaign was presumed to ...