Anzio
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- proper noun
- /ˈæn.zi.oʊ/
- As a rifleman for the 3rd Infantry Division, Arness landed at Anzio, Italy, in January 1944, where he was wounded by enemy fire and evacuated.
- Anzio beachhead
- Anzio landing
- invasion at Anzio
Examples
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The strategic location of Anzio made it a significant site for military operations during the war.
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Hey, I fought my way from Anzio to Normandy.
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You know, they were the first ones to land at Anzio.
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We sat around for two damn months waiting for that battle of Anzio.
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Some thirty years earlier, just out of high school, he had fought on the beaches of Anzio.
Fiction book (1997) -
When we landed at Anzio on the beachhead, he fell over his big feet and fell flat on his face.
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In my two years of fighting in the southwest Pacific area, and they have been long, hard years, fewer Americans have been killed than in the single battle of Anzio.
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President Armitage had been an army second lieutenant at the Anzio landing, becoming a captain by field promotions on the march up the boot of Italy to Rome.
Fiction book (1994) -
Allied troops launched their invasion at Anzio in January 1944, marking a key moment in World War II.
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Many soldiers remember the fierce battles fought at Anzio beach during the Allied campaign.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Anzio comes from the old Roman name Antium, the name the Romans used for the town. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Antium as sounding like 'ancient' because the place is very old and kept that name to this day, which is why Anzio is known both as a historic site and a seaside town.