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1944-01-22 Preparing the landing | Objective: Rome!
Rome, Italy
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The Allies land at Anzio and Nattuno. Their mission is to get around the Gustav Line, a powerful defence system that runs through Italy. Objective: Rome!
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- "America at War" (allied airborne press), 26 January 1944
- Troops descending from an LSI (Landing Ship Infantry)
- Canadian soldier in Italy
- Poster satirising the slowness of the Allies
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