The Anzio landings were meant to outflank German defenses and open the road to Rome, but hesitation turned opportunity into ...

Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa NETTUNO, Italy — U.S. Army Master Sgt. Joshua Van Horn walked through the curved rows of white marble crosses at the Sicily-Rome American ...

Operation Shingle began with a daring landing but soon exposed fatal mistakes in planning, intelligence, and command. From ...

When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of their 100,000 troops dead. That toll included 58 soldiers from the Keystone ...

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 ...

This led to Shingle, the Anzio landing in Jan. 1944, an attempt to turn the flank of the Gustav Line. Curatola’s explanation for the controversial failure for the Allies to move out of the beachhead ...

In 1944, John Eshia spent several months in a wet foxhole, watching his feet swell from the cold and doing his best to avoid German bullets. It was winter and Eshia was one of tens of thousands of ...

NETTUNO, Italy – U.S. Soldiers assigned to HHC, Allied Forces South Battalion in Naples, Italy, visited the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Jan. 24 to honor the fallen on the 80th anniversary of the ...

Lawrence, Ks.: University Press of Kansas, 2025. Pp. xii, 362. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $44.99. ISBN:070063861X The Creation of the U.S. Army's Amphibious ...