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The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that commenced January 22, 1944. The battle began with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle, and ended on June 4, 1944, with the liberation of Rome.

May 31, 2019 · Fighter-director HMS Palomares also hit a mine and was towed to Naples. Enemy resistance on shore was virtually nonexistent, consisting mostly of sporadic artillery fire. Luftwaffe anti-shipping...

Inglefield supported the landings at Anzio by bombarding reinforcement and supply routes and by supplying covering fire for the ground troops. Her next major deployment was in July 1943, when she took part in the invasion of Sicily.

HMS Spartan was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved anti-aircraft armament - also known as Dido Group 2.

Jan 22, 2022 · The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944 (beginning with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle) to June 5, 1944 (ending with the capture of Rome).

The US Navy played a significant role in the Anzio landings – Operation Shingle in January-May 1944. Per the US Navy History and Heritage Command: Joint U.S.–Royal Navy Task Force 81 (TF-81), commanded by Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry, USN, provided the naval forces to …

A Sherman tank of 46th Royal Tank Regiment drives ashore from a landing craft during the landings of British 1st Infantry Division north of Anzio, 22 January 1944. The Anzio battlefield was ill-suited to armoured warfare, and tanks functioned more often as mobile artillery.

Feb 18, 2025 · The Harland & Wolff built cruiser HMS Penelope was sunk this day in 1944 off Anzio, Italy. William Hunter from Ballyclare, Thomas Gould from Belfast, Ken Hewitt from Londonderry and Samuel Taylor from Dundrod were lost in this ship which previously had been attacked so often it was nicknamed “HMS Pepperpot”. On the same day…

May 28, 2016 · Troops with U.S. Army’s Fifth Army wade ashore from HMS LCI-281 during the first day of landings, near Anzio. HMS LCI-274 is extracting from the beach, in center. Smoke at far right is from the burning USS LCI-20 , victim of a German air attack.