TY  - BOOK
ED  - United States. Army. Historical Division
TI  - Anzio Beachhead: 22 January-25 May
SN  - 0898390869 (hbk.)
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Nashville, Tenn.
PB  - The Battery Press Inc
KW  - FIFTH ARMY'S MAY OFFENSIVE
KW  - ANZIO BEACHHEAD
KW  - ROME
KW  - HITLER
KW  - GUSTAV LINE
N2  - In the four months between the Italian coast landing and Fifth Army’s May offensive, the short stretch of coast known as the Anzio beachhead was the scene of one of the most courageous and bloody dramas of the war. The Germans threw attack after attack against the beachhead in an effort to drive the landing force into the sea. Fifth Army troops, put fully on the defensive for the first time, rose to the test. Hemmed in by numerically superior enemy forces, they held their beachhead, fought off every enemy attack, and then built up a powerful striking force which spearheaded Fifth Army’s triumphant entry into Rome in June
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