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The Rangers, who expected to encounter a line of thinly held outposts advanced unknowingly towards a large enemy force. [ 7 ] Contrary to their designated function as an elite raiding force, the Rangers had been involved in much of the front line fighting around the Anzio beachhead.
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Combined German and Italian strength at Anzio was an estimated 70,000 men. [42] The Special Force brigade was withdrawn from the mountains in January and, after bringing in new replacements for their previous losses, on 1 February was landed at the beachhead created by Operation Shingle at Anzio, south of Rome.
The 6615th landed at Peter Beach in the port of Anzio, on January 22, 1944.It suffered very few casualties and moved into the city itself. After the U.S. VI Corps occupied Anzio, the corps commander, Major General John P. Lucas and the 3rd Division commander, Major General Lucian Truscott, met with Colonel Darby and decided to have the Rangers sneak behind the German lines and capture the town ...
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After rest and rehabilitation, during which the 133rd Infantry's 2nd Battalion rejoined its parent regiment, the 34th Division landed at the Anzio beachhead 25 March 1944. The division maintained defensive positions until the offensive of 23 May, when it broke out of the beachhead, took Cisterna , and raced to Civitavecchia and the Italian ...
German forces counterattacked at Anzio and effectively sealed the beachhead. [3] The Battle of Kwajalein ended in United States victory. Born: Trisha Noble, singer and actress, in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2021) Died: Yvette Guilbert, 79, French cabaret singer and actress