Anzio

Fig. 1.8. Magmatic provinces in Italy, as identified from major, trace element and isotopic characteristics of mafic rocks. The Ancona-Anzio, Ortona-Roccamonfina, 41° Parallel, Tindari-Letojanni-Malta and the Sangineto tectonic lines are also indicated. Inset distribution of volcanism with orogenic (i.e. high LILE/HFSE ratios) and anorogenic (i.e. low LILE/HFSE ratios) compositions. Arrows indicates migration of orogenic magmatism from Oligocene to present. See text for explanation.

The volcanoes of Emici and Roccamonfina occur on the Tyrrhenian side of the central Apennines, a sector of the Apennine orogen delimited by the Ancona-Anzio line in the north and by the Ortona-Roccamonfina line in the south (Locardi 1988). The pre-volcanic basement consists of various rock types belonging to distinct paleogeographic-structural units formed... 

Formation of the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the associated counter-clockwise rotation of the Italian peninsula, resulted in longitudinal stretching of the Apennine chain and produced several arc sectors separated by important transverse tectonic lines. The main tectonic lineaments crossing the Apennine chain include the Ancona-Anzio line, the Ortona-Roccamonfma line,... 

F. Staffetti, C. Misiano, E. Simonetti, F. Romanini, Proc. I Sympos. of European Vac. Coaters, Anzio (I) 20-22 June 1994, p. 193... 

H. Tafelmayer, Proc. 1st Symp. European Vac. Coaters, Anzio (Italy), 20-22 June (1994)... 

G.N. Strauss, H.K. Pulker, 2nd European Vac. Coater Symp., Anzio, 1998, Proc. 

University of Basilicata Department of Biology DB AF Via Anzio n.lO 85100 Potenza, Italy Tel 39-971-474-430 Fax 39-971-46400 e-mail Favati unibas.it... 

Col Walter A. Guild, "That Damned Smoke Again, vol. LIV, No. lo. Infantry Journal (October, 1944) pp. 25-28. (Colonel Guild served as VI Corps chemical officer during the Anzio operation.) "Anxio Beachhead, AMERICAN FORCES IN ACTION SERIES (Washington, 1947), p. no. 

Generator Co, Opnl Memo No. i, i Aug 44, sub Method and Lessons Learned on the Anzio Beachhead. (3) Interv, Hist Off with Capt Morris W. Lofton, 13 Mar 4. (Captain Lofton, the author of the operational memo, served as operations officer of the 179th at Anzio.)... 

Logistical History of NATOUSA-MTOUSA, 30 Nov 43, p. 106. Beach gradients at Anzio permitted this ship-to-shore unloading. 

While the large area screen at Anzio was not as decisive as some commentators would have one believe—"It [the mechanical smoke generator] probably saved the Anzio beachhead.. . its value was... 

The Fifth Army plan for its drive on Rome consisted of two parts a 3-corps attack against the Gustav Line followed a few days later by an amphibious maneuver south of Rome and in back of the Gustav Line defenses—the Shingle operation at Anzio. Army planners hop6d that the pressure on the main German position, combined with the threat to his rear, would force the enemy into a general withdrawal. 

Fifth Army launched the second phase of its winter offensive on 2 a January on the beaches near Anzio and Nettuno, seaside resort towns located barely thirty air miles south of Rome. The objective of VI Corps was to cut the historic roadway known as the Appian Way and Highway 7, as well as other German supply routes. With these severed, the enemy in the Gustav Line would be left to choose between ex-temunation and withdrawal. Two mortar battalions saw action at Anzio, the 83d, initially in support of Colonel Darby s Ranger forces, and the 84th, which landed late on D-day with the 3d Infantry Division. 

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