What was meant to be a swift amphibious breakthrough instead turned into a grinding stalemate. The Anzio beachhead in Italy ...

On the Anzio beachhead last week the U.S. and Allied press won a minor counterattack but they were losing a major battle against brass-buttoned censorship. The Army had served notice that it could ...

Twenty-two American soldiers received the Medal of Honor for service during the battle of Anzio in World War II. In late 1943, the Allies were attempting to liberate Italy from the Germans during ...

Weary Allied troops camped before Cassino last week, bitter in defeat. Half-starved Gurkhas who had seized Hangman’s Hill, only to be left stranded there deep within German positions, had crawled back ...

Italian Chief Rabbi D. Prato yesterday recited a religious service for Jewish war heroes who died while serving in the U.S. armed services fighting in Italy during World War II. He joined General Mark ...

NETTUNO, Italy – One of the fiercest and bloodiest campaigns experienced by the United States Army during World War II: The Battle of Anzio-Nettuno would forever live in infamy in the annuals of ...

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 ...

A monument honoring American and allied troops of World War II, who served on Anzio Beach Italy in 1944, was unveiled this afternoon at Boy Scout Camp Pouch in the Sea View section of Staten Island.

But the bombardment was nothing like the daily barrages awaiting the 34th Infantry Division soldier at Anzio. "The Germans had all the high spots, they were really dug in, and they threw everything ...