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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Anzio canonical 23
Anzio landings 7
Operation Shingle 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
amphibious landing ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Anzio ⓘ
surface form: Anzio landings

Battle of Anzio ⓘ
surface form: Anzio-Nettuno campaign
belligerent British Army ⓘ
German Fourteenth Army ⓘ
German Tenth Army ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commander Albert Kesselring ⓘ
surface form: Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

John P. Lucas ⓘ
Lucian Truscott ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfAmphibiousLanding 1944-01-22 ⓘ
endDate 1944-06-05 ⓘ
followedBy capture of Rome ⓘ
front Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Front
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Lazio ⓘ
location Anzio ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
surface form: 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 Battle of Anzio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Operation Shingle
opposingForce Allies ⓘ
Axis powers ⓘ
partOf Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign

World War II ⓘ
partOfDefensiveLineContext Gustav Line ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
surface form: 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 (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Italian armistice of 1943 → militaryContext → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied landings in Italy
Battle of Anzio → operationName → Battle of Anzio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Shingle
Battle of Anzio → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio landings
Battle of Anzio → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio-Nettuno campaign
Grenadier Guards → battleHonour → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio
Gothic Line offensive → precededBy → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
15th Army Group → notableBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
1st Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
1st Infantry Division → battleHonour → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
II Corps (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
U.S. 45th Infantry Division → campaign → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio campaign
U.S. 45th Infantry Division → landingOperation → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio landings
U.S. Fifth Army → notableOperation → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio landings
U.S. Fifth Army → notableOperation → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Shingle
U.S. Fifth Army → notableBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
U.S. VI Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio landings
U.S. VI Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Shingle
U.S. VI Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
100th Infantry Battalion → participatedIn → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Anzio → knownFor → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Shingle
Anzio → battle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery → nearBattlefield → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio beachhead
British V Corps → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Anzio Beachhead Cemetery → commemoratesBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Allied occupation of Rome → resultOf → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied victory in the Battle of Anzio
German Fourteenth Army → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
German Fourteenth Army → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied landing at Anzio
3rd Panzergrenadier Division → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Axis defenses in Italy → significantEvent → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Allied advance on Rome → includedEvent → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio landings
Allied advance on Rome → includedEvent → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Shingle
VI Corps → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio landings
VI Corps → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
British 5th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Italy 1943–45 → hasPart → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
DD-419 → participatedIn → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Wainwright (DD-419)
this entity surface form: Anzio landings
German Wehrmacht in Italy → engagedInBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment → conflict → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
subject surface form: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
subject surface form: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
this entity surface form: Anzio beachhead
56th (London) Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
U.S. 36th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio campaign
36th Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anzio campaign
Italian Liberation Corps → engagedIn → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustav Line operations
1st Armored Division → notableBattle → Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Battle of Garigliano (1944) → relatedTo → Battle of Anzio ⓘ