Posts Tagged ‘Anzio’
Remembering great Italian escape of 1943-44
Tens of thousands of Allied prisoners of war fled from camps in Italy following the announcement of the armistice that took Rome out of the war in September 1943. Their story and the role played in it by Italians who provided them with food and shelter is being preserved in the work of the Monte…
Read MoreRole of London Irish Rifles and Irish Guards at Anzio investigated in Youtube show
The role of 1 Battalion of the London Irish Rifles and 1 Battalion, the Irish Guards in the Anzio bridgehead in January and February 1944 was discussed in the WW2TV Youtube show this week. Edmund and Richard O’Sullivan, founders of The Irish Brigade Website, presented the story of both battalions at a critical moment following…
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On 22nd January 1944, Allied Forces, led by two American and British infantry divisions, landed at the coastal port area of Anzio-Nettuno. The plan had been that this outflanking sea landing would force German forces to withdraw from their strongly held defensive positions on the Gari and Garigliano rivers. In fact, this did not materialise…
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