Great to hear about this event. I'm glad to see that people are becoming aware of both "forgotten" campaigns of World War II, the other being the Burma front. I've always been interested in the Italian campaign since I got the Avalon Hill wargame "Anzio" many years ago, with its brown-and-butter hex map of the long peninsula, and the vast and complex order of battle and colorful counters that represented the order of battle. And the lineup of nations that fought in Italy is incredible: Britain, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, Germany, Italy, Greece, South Africa, Brazil, France, Morocco, Algeria (by proxy), India, Nepal, Russia (in German service), Poland, Palestinian Jews, Australians (RAAF), even Japanese-Americans. Wow.
__________________
"My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill.
"I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55
or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com |