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    Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle, and ended on June 4, 1944 with the liberation of Rome. The operation was opposed by German and by Italian...
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    during Operation Shingle 16 February 1944 – LCT 35 alongside was also destroyed) USS Herbert C. Jones (damaged off Anzio during Operation Shingle 15 February...
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    Campaign during World War I and the amphibious landing at Anzio (during Operation Shingle) as part of the Italian Campaign of World War II. Airhead (warfare)...
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  • film in Panavision, an Italian and American co-production, about Operation Shingle, the 1944 Allied seaborne assault on the Italian port of Anzio in...
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    being the commander of VI Corps during the Battle of Anzio (codenamed Operation Shingle) in early 1944 the Italian campaign of World War II. Lucas was born...
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  • September 1943 Operation Shingle – 22 January 1944 Operation Dragoon – 15 August 1944 – Southern France South East Asia Theatre Operation Dracula – 2 May...
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    Ventotene. The town bears great historical significance as the site of Operation Shingle, a crucial landing by the Allies during the Italian Campaign of World...
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    then sent to Naples on R&R. Murphy and his men later take part in Operation Shingle. After landing on the beach, Murphy and his men fight around an abandoned...
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    support force for a landing, this time in the south of France. During Operation Dragoon, Madison, on antisubmarine patrol and fire support duty on 10...
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    February, as they were required for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Northern France, Operation Shingle had to take place in late January with...
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    During Operation Shingle at Anzio, Italy, inflatable Sherman tanks were deployed when the real tanks were elsewhere. In the Pacific Theater of Operations, the...
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    failed. VI Corps landed at Anzio, unopposed, on 22 January 1944 in Operation Shingle, and suffered many of the same problems as had been seen at Salerno...
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    working in support of Operation Avalanche. DesDiv13 (less Benson) operated with the multinational Task Force 81 in “Operation Shingle,” the landings at Anzio...
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    Frederick. They were then instrumental in operations in and around the Anzio beachhead that followed Operation Shingle. The 29th Ranger Battalion was a temporary...
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    Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially...
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    1944 as rumors of another airborne mission spread. The operation was to be called Operation "Shingle", and it involved an airborne assault into a sector...
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  • Wall movie, set over footage recreating the British contribution to Operation Shingle, where American and British troops landed on the beaches near Anzio...
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  • amphibious landings and defense of the beachhead at Anzio, Italy (Operation Shingle) and the battle of Monte Battaglia in September 1944. It adds the...
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    Italian campaign (World War II) (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Brazil)
    towards the Italian capital. Landings behind the line at Anzio during Operation Shingle, advocated by Churchill, were intended to destabilise the German Gustav...
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    invasion of Normandy, the 504th PIR remained behind and took part in Operation Shingle. On January 22, 1944, the 504th took part in an amphibious assault...
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  • Operation Maple was a series of World War II operations in Italy in support of the Anzio landings. It comprised operations by the British Special Air Service...
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    Beach Head War Cemetery (category World War II operations and battles of the Italian Campaign)
    of the Second World War. It contains graves resulting mostly from Operation Shingle and subsequent military actions in Italy. Cemetery contains 2,316...
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    Battle of Rapido River (category World War II operations and battles of the Italian Campaign)
    a result, Allied commanders planned to outflank the Germans with Operation Shingle, an amphibious landing at Anzio. To assist in the landing, Allied...
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  • the autumn of 1943, Jervis was in the Aegean supporting the ill-fated operation against the Dodecanese Islands. On 16/17 October with HMS Penn, sank the...
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    / KG 30 flew their only Steinbock operation until March. The first operation coincided with the Operation Shingle the Allied landings at Anzio and immediately...
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  • Division in Italy attempts to cross the Rapido River. January 22 – WWII: Operation Shingle: The Allies begin the assault on Anzio, Italy. The U.S. 45th Infantry...
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  • are chosen to support the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy known as Operation Shingle. There, they battle Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters led by a German...
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    major obstacle to the Allies at the end of 1943, halting the advance. Operation Shingle, an amphibious assault at Anzio behind the line was intended to break...
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  • urgently transferred to oppose the Allied beachhead at Anzio as part of Operation Shingle. By 18 January 1944, under orders from Field Marshal Alfred Kesselring...
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    closely by another landing in support of Operation Shingle, near Anzio. For fifty days, during Operation Shingle, soldiers of the brigade held 7 miles (11 km)...
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