Anzio Beachhead: (22 January-25 May 1944)
Material type: TextSeries: American Forces in Action SeriesPublication details: Nashville, Tennessee: The Battery Press Inc, 1986Description: vii, 147 pages: maps, illustrations; 27 cmISBN:- 0898390869 (hbk.)
- 940.5421562 UNI
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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.
FIFTH ARMY'S MAY OFFENSIVE, ANZIO BEACHHEAD, ROME, HITLER, GUSTAV LINE
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