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15 October 2014
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Operation Shingle: Chapter 1

58 years ago Anzio was a small fishing port and holiday resort for the Romans, its claim to fame being the...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 2

6th US.Corps, that the immediate intention of our 1st Division was to land at Anzio on Peter Beaches red,...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 3

That same day a cruiser, HMS Janus, was bombed and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of her Commander and...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 4

Von Mackensen, the German Army Commander planned to throw the whole of his 14th Army with the new MarkVI...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 5

Whilst thinking of tunnels: sappers were constructing a tunnel for the Gunners through the embankment...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 6

The Allied force now facing the German defenders on the Cassino front was truly international; the US on...

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