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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea south-southeast of Rome. In World War II Allied troops landed at Anzio on January 22, 1944.
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- noun a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II
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Examples
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The city dates back to pre-Roman times, when it was called Antium, but if the name Anzio sounds familiar to you it's probably because it was an important landing site for the Allies during World War II.
Italy Travel Guide 2008
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Venafro and the other bloody approaches to Cassino; and many hectic days at a war-torn purgatory called Anzio; when the 504th swapped its jump-planes for landing craft, and hit the beach.
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"Anzio" because they said the military historians were so split on the U.S. general had been so timid.
Backgrounder On Ceremony At Nettuno Cemetery ITY National Archives 1994
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The two men reached the capital early the next morning, the day before the Anzio landing.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Reenacting the battle for Anzio in suburban New Jersy?
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My American literature teacher won a Silver Star at Anzio.
Think Progress » Home-school textbook market dominated by books skeptical of evolution. 2010
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He insisted on taking part in the Salerno, Anzio and Normandy landings, hitting the beaches virtually in the second wave each time.
The Spymaster's Spymaster Andrew Roberts 2011
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He had road watchers posted along the routes south toward Anzio.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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There were also war films such as Anzio (1968), comedies including The Great Race (1965) and dramas ranging from Jean Genet's The Balcony (1963) to David Mamet's Lakeboat (2000).
Peter Falk obituary 2011
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Sicily-Anzio campaign, and in Toulon, France, in August 1944.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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