The allies at Anzio: Rare photos from WWII
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}American soldiers inside hospital tent riddled with holes caused by German shrapnel from long range gun attacks that killed 5 and wounded 8 patients in the tent. (George Silk / Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
American commanders planning stategy in an underground American HQ, housed in a centuries old network of catacombs, during the battle for control of the Anzio area. (George Silk / Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Medic, Pvt. E. Armitage from Massachusetts, laps up sunshine after winter months at the mouth of his foxhole, Anzio, 1944. (George Silk / Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Aerial view of American field hospital tents erected during ongoing fight for control of the Anzio beachhead area. (George Silk / Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
American and British soldiers checking on comrade laying in street who was just wounded by shell fragments during the ongoing battle to take the Anzio area from German occupying forces. (George Silk / Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)