January 22 in American History
Allied forces, spearheaded by American troops, landed at Anzio on the Italian coast in a bold attempt to outflank German lines and open the road to Rome. What was meant to be swift became a brutal, months-long stalemate on the beachhead — a hard chapter in the long, costly Italian campaign of World War II.
In 1944: the Anzio landing. Allied forces, spearheaded by American troops, landed at Anzio on the Italian coast in a bold attempt to outflank German lines and open the road to Rome.
Allied forces, spearheaded by American troops, landed at Anzio on the Italian coast in a bold attempt to outflank German lines and open the road to Rome. What was meant to be swift became a brutal, months-long stalemate on the beachhead — a hard chapter in the long, costly Italian campaign of World War II.
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