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Rome

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Rome, the ‘Eternal City’, had a peculiar war. With Italy an axis nation it was a target for allied bombers but in the centre is the Vatican, home of the Pope. A neutral state within the capital of a belligerent nation. In deference to the Pope allied bombing operations were curtailed, perhaps...read more

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29 stunning images of fighting, defeat, victory, devastation and ruins in Monte Cassino. Remembering the battle, remembering to them!!!

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May 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino, fought over four main battles between 17 January and 18 May 1944. They saw the Allied Forces involved in some of the most bitter fighting of the Second World War, where steep mountain slopes and...read more

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Stunning Color Footage of German Troops in the Italian Front, 1944/1945

It is estimated that between September 1943 and April 1945, some 60,000-70,000 Allied and 150,000 German soldiers died in Italy. Overall Allied casualties during the campaign totaled about 320,000 and the corresponding German figure (excluding those involved in the final surrender) was well over...read more

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82nd Airborne at Operation Husky

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In 1943 the Allies made their first mass use of Airborne troops in support of the landings on Sicily. By this time the Germans had already ruled out any further mass use of the airborne Fallschirmjäger after Crete, though a huge success the price paid was costly.

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Battle experiences: Kiwis in combating German Tiger I tanks in Northern Italy in 10 images

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In the battle for Florence contact was made by 2nd New Zealand Division for the first time with Tiger tanks in any number. The following are several of the New Zealand antitank gunners' experiences in combating Tiger tanks of special interest during the Battle of Florence. The events described...read more

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La Batalla de Montecassino

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El 17 de enero de 1944 comenzaba la batalla de Montecassino, donde se enfrentaron 185.000 hombres de los que 74.000 murieron, por eso es considerada como una de las batallas más sangrientas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y la victoria aliada en esta cruenta...read more

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Anzio Beachhead (22 January - 25 May 1944)

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Anzio Beachhead, fourteenth in the series of studies of particular combat operations, is the story of how VI Corps of the American Fifth Army seized and held a strategic position far to the rear of the main fighting front, in the Italian campaign of 1944. Since VI Corps included British as well...read more

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How MG Lucas Lost the Initiative at Anzio and the Allied Artillery Regained It by Captain Colin J. Williams

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According to FM 3-0, Operations, “initiative is setting or dictating the terms of action throughout the battle.”1 Historically, units that lose the initiative rarely are able to recover and reassert themselves in combat against the enemy. 

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