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 ...

In order to continue on from Salerno to Italy, an amphibious operation was ... beach near the prewar resort towns of Anzio and Nettuno. The landings were carried out so flawlessly and German ...

But what about the battle? The Allied amphibious landing in the coastline area between Anzio and Nettuno, Italy, dubbed “Operation Shingle” was intended to outflank German forces and enable an ...

However the presence of DUKWS (Amphibious vehicles) and L.S.T's (Landing ship tanks ... and this turned out to be Peter Beach, Anzio with the Americans at Nettuno 238 Field Corp of the Royal ...

But the Navy could look at Anzio with pride as another great achievement of amphibious operations. Landing craft of the Navy’s amphibious force disgorged their first supply cargoes on the Anzio ...

Called Operation Shingle, the attack at Anzio occurred six months after the Allied invasion of Sicily. On January 22, 1944, American and British troops made their amphibious landing at Anzio ...

(ANSA) - Anzio, January 22 - Italian Integration ... decided he could not take Rome unless the Allies made an amphibious landing and forced the Germans to backpedal. But Operation Shingle turned ...

A flotilla of 13 LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) sailed from Naples to begin the amphibious landing on Jan ... to land at the Allied-held beachhead at Anzio on Jan. 26, 1944. High waves postponed ...

"Where is Anzio" do I hear you ask ... all of which had recent experience of amphibious landings. Following the fall of Tunis 1st Division transferred to Italy and, after a somewhat hilarious ...