23 January 1944 A.D. GEN Lucas
Commanding: 50,000 Allied Troops on Beachhead, Anzio, Italy
Figure 1-Anzio
and Nettuno Cemetery, Italy
Editors. “1944 – There
are now about 50,000 Allied troops concentrated in the Anzio beachhead.” This Day in U.S. History. N.d.
https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/january-23/. Accessed 22 Jan 2015.
1944 – There are now about 50,000 Allied troops
concentrated in the Anzio beachhead. General Lucas commands. German
resistance is light but the Allied forces advance slowly. Meanwhile, Kesselring
believes it is possible to maintain the Gustav Line defenses at the same time
as containing the Anzio landings. The commander of the German 10th Army, von
Vietinghoff favors a withdrawal from the southern defensive line. The German
High Command allots German reserves from France, northern Italy and the Balkans
as well as the German 14th Army headquarters to organize defenses around Anzio.
Within a week a total of 8 German divisions are concentrated in the area.
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