Battle of Anzio

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World War II battle amphibious landing battle

The Battle of Anzio was a major World War II Allied amphibious landing and subsequent campaign in Italy aimed at outflanking German defenses and breaking the stalemate at the Gustav Line.

Aliases (6)

Anzio landings ×4
Operation Shingle ×3
Anzio ×2
Allied landings in Italy ×1
Anzio campaign ×1
Anzio-Nettuno campaign ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → amphibious landing → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Anzio landings → Anzio-Nettuno campaign →
belligerent	British Army → German Fourteenth Army → German Tenth Army → Kriegsmarine → Royal Navy → United States Army → Wehrmacht →
commander	Field Marshal Albert Kesselring → John P. Lucas → Lucian Truscott →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Canada → Germany → Italy → United Kingdom → United States →
dateOfAmphibiousLanding	1944-01-22 →
endDate	1944-06-05 →
followedBy	capture of Rome →
front	Italian Front →
locatedIn	Italy → Lazio →
location	Anzio → Nettuno →
notableFeature	heavy casualties on both sides → prolonged stalemate around the beachhead →
objective	break the stalemate at the Gustav Line → outflank the Gustav Line → threaten Rome →
operationName	Operation Shingle →
opposingForce	Allies → Axis powers →
partOf	Italian Campaign → World War II →
partOfDefensiveLineContext	Gustav Line →
precededBy	Battle of Monte Cassino (first phase) →
result	Allied victory →
startDate	1944-01-22 →
strategicSignificance	facilitated Allied advance on Rome →
theater	Mediterranean Theater of Operations →
typeOfOperation	amphibious assault → beachhead operation →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
15th Army Group → II Corps (United States) → U.S. Fifth Army → U.S. VI Corps →	notableBattle
U.S. Fifth Army ("Anzio landings") → U.S. Fifth Army ("Operation Shingle") → U.S. VI Corps ("Anzio landings") → U.S. VI Corps ("Operation Shingle") →	notableOperation
Battle of Anzio ("Anzio landings") → Battle of Anzio ("Anzio-Nettuno campaign") →	alsoKnownAs
1st Infantry Division ("Anzio") → Grenadier Guards ("Anzio") →	battleHonour
U.S. 45th Infantry Division ("Anzio campaign") →	campaign
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
Italian campaign →	includesBattle
U.S. 45th Infantry Division ("Anzio landings") →	landingOperation
Italian armistice of 1943 ("Allied landings in Italy") →	militaryContext
1st Infantry Division →	notableEngagement
Battle of Anzio ("Operation Shingle") →	operationName
Gothic Line offensive →	precededBy