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r ^1 ANZIO — Italy and the Battle for Rome 1944 LLOYD CLARK $25.00 From one of the world's leading military historians comes a new account of the Allied assault — on Anzio one of the bloodiest and most ferociously fought battles of the Second World War. The Allied attack of Normandy beach and its resultant bloodbath have been immor- talized in film and literature, but the U.S. campaign on the beaches of Western Italy reigns as perhaps the deadliest battle of World War IFs western theater. In his new book, acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark deliv- ers afresh andgrippingaccountofthis decisive but often overlooked battle. In January 1944, about six months before D-Day, an Allied force of 36,000 soldiers launched one of the first attacks on continental Europe at Anzio, a small coastal city thirty milessouth of Rome. The assault, ledbytheVI Corps of the U.S. FifthArmy, was conceived as the first step toward an eventual siege of the Italian capital. The Allies captured the beach easily but, due to indecisive leadership by General John Lucas and his boss, General Mark Clark, they failed to break through the Germans' formidable "Gustav Line." Before long the advance stalled completely. With the Americans distracted by plotting the upcoming D-Day landing, the Germans — quicklygained strength theirforces swelled to — 120,000 men and crushed the thirty-five- mile-long Allied line in a counterattack. Anzio beach became a death trap. As winter beat down, the Allies regrouped and desperately poured more men, guns, and armor into the stalemate. They also replaced General Lucas with a dynamic new commander, General Lucian Truscott. In May, after five months of brutal fighting and monumental casualties on both sides some 7,000 Allied and 7,000 (continuedon bat! flab) ANZIO Also byLloydClark 1918 -Flawed Victory The Fall of the Reich (with D. Anderson) The Eastern Front (with D. Anderson) World War One -A History Arnhem - Operation Market Garden, September 1944 The Orne Bridgehead Operation Epsom ANZiO ITALY AND THE BATTLE FOR ROME - 1944 LLOYD CLARK ^% Atlantic MonthlyPress New York Copyright©2006byLloydClark Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorby anyelectronic ormechanicalmeans,orthe facilitationthereof,including informationstorageandretrieval systems,withoutpermissioninwriting from thepublisher, exceptbyareviewer,whomayquotebriefpassagesinareview. Anymembersofeducational institutionswishingtophotocopypartorallof theworkforclassroomuse, orpublisherswhowouldliketoobtainpermission to includetheworkinananthology, shouldsendtheirinquiriesto Grove/Atlantic,Inc., 841 Broadway,NewYork,NY 10003. FirstpublishedinGreatBritainin2006byHEADLINEREVIEW, animprintofHeadlinePublishingGroup,London Everyefforthasbeenmadetofulfillrequirementswithregardtoreproducing copyrightmaterial. Theauthorandpublisherwillbegladtorectifyany omissionsattheearliestopportunity. Printedin the UnitedStatesofAmerica FIRSTAMERICANEDITION LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Clark,Lloyd, 1967- — Anzio : ItalyandthebattleforRome 1944/LloydClark, p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-10: 0-87113-946-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-946-7 1. WorldWar, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Italy. 2. Anzio Beachhead, 1944. I. Title D763.I8C53 2006 940.5471563—dc22 2006048433 DesignbyBenCracknell Studios AtlanticMonthlyPress animprintofGrove/Atlantic,Inc. 841 Broadway NewYork,NY 10003 DistributedbyPublishersGroupWest www.groveatlantic.com 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Acknowledgements vii Maps xi Introduction xiii Cast List xix Prologue xxi The ItalianJob 1 AlliedStrategy andtheInvasion of Italy 1942-1943 Viktor, Barbara, Bernhardt and Gustav 31 TheItalian Campaign October-November 1943 The Anatomy of a Wild Cat 61 December 1943-January 1944 Style Over Substance 91 22January 1944 The Nudge 119 23January-2 February The Spring Released 157 3—19 February Changes 195 20 February—mid-March Entrenchment 225 Mid-March-1 May Diadem 265 11-24May 10 The Eternal City 295 25May-5June Conclusion 321 Epilogue 329 Notes 333 Select Bibliography of Published Sources 365 Appendix 1: Order of Battle 373 Appendix 2: Glossary 379 Index 381
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