Through sheer bravery and heroism, the Allies held the beachhead ... Hitler called the ‘Anzio abscess.’ The next four months would see some of the most savage fighting of World War II.” ...

Seventy years ago today, Nazi Germany was on the verge of collapse after almost six years of fighting that claimed ... the Allied defensive line at the Anzio beachhead. A rifleman with the 3rd ...

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 ...

It was the 50th anniversary of the fighting on the Anzio Beachhead during WWII, and more than 112 Army Veterans were gathering for ceremonies to be held at the cemetery. Pfc. Peragallo's Army ...

During 135 days of fighting, there were 54,000 Allied casualties ... a troop transport ship en route to the Anzio beachhead when the ship was strafed by a German aircraft. Locked below deck ...

American soldiers relax with their mascot, “Axis Sally,” which was “liberated” during the battle for control of the Anzio beachhead ... embankment during the fight. Ducking to avoid ...

FORT STEWART, Ga - More than 80 veterans, spouses and children from the World War II Anzio Beachhead landing traded ... U.S. weaponry such as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the M1A1 Tank and ...

But for GIs in the European theater, the end was still not in sight, with thousands of troops needed to be transferred to the Pacific front where fighting ... of the Anzio battle beachhead ...

The Anzio Beachhead resembled the muddy battlefields of World War 1. Muddy trenches, huge artillery craters, and a stalemate reminiscent of the previous conflict. Exclusive-Order by Hegseth to ...

But based on this wealth of scholarly reportage, how did the fighting men involved react ... “There was no safe place anywhere in the Anzio beachhead.” “Anzio was a place where many of ...