This World War II documentary follows the battle in securing the Anzio beachhead Shows the fighting and the casualties involved in this important battle ...

At its deepest point last week the Anzio beachhead ran about eight miles inland. The Germans had dragged up 210-mm. guns. Virtually every yard of the area was exposed to artillery fire as well as ...

Already veterans of the campaign in Sicily, the regiment entered the battle for the mainland of Italy with a dramatic nocturnal jump into the beleaguered Salerno beachhead ... Anzio (January 22, 1944) ...

So, five months later at Anzio, they acted with caution, building up their force before moving inland - but the delay allowed the Germans to pocket them into the beachhead - one that proved ...