USAMHI WWII - MTO-Italy RefBranch dv Jul 88, Jul 93 ANZIO CAMPAIGN, JAN-MAY 1943 A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources Contents General/Analytical.....................p.1 Combat Support.........................p.2 Logistics..............................p.2 Other Special Aspects..................p.3 Unit/Personal Views - American..........................p.4 - British/Commonwealth..............p.5 - German............................p.6 GENERAL/ANALYTICAL After the Battle (No 52, 1986). Per. Blumenson, Martin. Anzio: The Gamble That Failed. Phila: Lippincott, 1963. 212 p. D763I82A6B55. _________. Salerno to Cassino. In USAWWII series. Wash, DC: OCMH, 1969. 491 p. D769A533v11pt3. See Pt 4. Edmondson, E.M. "Anzio Analysis." Mar Corp Gaz 29 (Jan 1954): pp. 22-26. Per. Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. In USAWWII series. Wash, DC: CMH, 1977. 584 p. D769A533v11pt4. See Pt 2. Great Britain. Imperial War Museum Library. "Anzio, January-May 1944." Selected bib, 1959. Z6207W8I462. Hibbert, Christopher. Anzio: The Bid for Rome. NY: Ballantine, 1970. D763I82A56. Sheehan, Fred. Anzio: Epic of Bravery. Norman, OK: Univ of OK Press, 1961. 239 p. D763I82A6S45. Anzio p.2 U.S. Dept of Army. Office of Mil Hist. Anzio Beachhead, 22 January- 25 May 1944. Wash, DC: GPO, 1948. 122 p. D763I82A6. Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford. Anzio. NY: Holt, Rhinehard & Winston, 1961. 243 p. D763I82A6V3. Verney, Peter. Anzio 1944: An Unexpected Fury. London: Batsford, 1978. 265 p. D763I82A645. See also: - "Italy, 1943-45" (WWII-MTO-Italy) - OCMH Collection (Backup notes of authors of official campaign hists) COMBAT SUPPORT Barker, M.E. "Smoke in Defense of a Vital Port." Coast Arty Jrnl 88 (Jan-Feb 1945): pp. 8-13 & 27. Per. Guild, Walter A. "That Dammed Smoke Again." Inf Jrnl 55 (Oct 1944): pp. 25-28. Per. 3d ID used various methods at Anzio. Mullin, John L. "Ack-Ack at Anzio." Coast Arty Jrnl 87 (May Jun 1944): pp. 3-5. Per. LOGISTICS/SERVICE Ashmore, Wm C. "Supply Planning for Beachhead Operations." QM Rev (JanFeb 1945): pp. 18-19, 122 & 125. Per. Experience of Anzio aided S. France landing opns. Detwiler, John G. "Ordnance at Anzio." Army Ord 28 (JanFeb 1945): pp. 99-102. Per. Gregory, E.B. "QM Supply at Anzio and the Italian Theater." Mil Rev 24 (Feb 1945): pp. 17-20. Per. By the QMG himself. Anzio p.3 Keller, E.R. "Quartermasters-Battle Proved." QM Rev 23 (May Jun 1944): pp. 24-26 & 137-40. Per. Close QM spt given during breakout. And Related articles, pp. 29, 110, 112. Owen, William V. "Transportation and Supply on Anzio." Inf Jrnl 58 (Mar 1946): pp. 32-38. Per. OTHER SPECIAL ASPECTS Blumenson, Martin. "Anzio: Dilemma on the Beachhead." Army 33 (Mar 1963): pp. 38-41, 43-45 & 48. Per. _________. "General Lucas at Anzio." Command Decisions. In USAWWII series. Wash, DC: OCMH, 1960. pp. 323-50. D769A533v13. Cairns, Bogardus S. "The Breakout at Anzio: A Lesson in Tank- Infantry Cooperation." Mil Rev 28 (Jan 1949): pp. 23-32. Per. Connor, A.O. "On the Defensive: Notes from the Anzio Beachhead." Inf Jrnl 55 (Jul 1944): pp. 35-39. Per. 3d ID experience. Hixson, John A. "Operation SHINGLE: Combined Planning and Preparation." Mil Rev 69 (Mar 1989): pp. 63-77. Per. Novins, Stuart. "Action Was Light...." Inf Jrnl 56 (May 1945): pp. 23-26. Per. Patrols of 179th Inf, 45th Div, esp at Anzio. Seymour, William. Yours to Reason Why: Decision in Battle. NY: St Martin's, 1982. 338 p. D25S45. See Chaps 14-16. U.S. Army. The Armored School. Adv Off Course. "American Armor at Anzio." Cmtee report, Ft Knox, KY, 1949. 120 p. D763I82A52. U.S. Fleet. Hq, CinC. Amphibious Operations (Excluding Marshall Islands Operations, Jan-Mar 1944. COMINCH Pub 007, Aug 1944. 60 p. D773A462. Extracts from various rpts. See Chaps 1-3. Anzio p.4 See also: - Amphibious Warfare UNIT/PERSONAL VIEWS - AMERICAN Abati, Anthony J. "Cisterna di Littoria: A Brave Yet Futile Effort." Army Hist (Fall 1991): pp. 13-21. Per. 6615th Ranger Force trapped and captured, 30 Jan 44. Clarke, Lewis A. "TD Reconnaissance at Anzio." FA Jrnl 35 (May 1945): pp. 285-87. Per. 701st Tk Destroyer Bn recon co. Eisenhower, Dwight D. Repro of msg to C/S Geo Marshall, 16 Feb 1944. 2 p. BiogBib-Truscott. Ike informs Marshall of Brit request to replace VI Corps HQ in Italy; he would, if asked, send Patton on Loan, but he suggests Truscott as best choice. NOTE: Ike is in Eng, preparing for Normandy. Embry, John. The 45th Infantry Division at Anzio. Oklahoma City: 45th Museum, 1986. 33 p. #05-45-1986. Harr, Bill. "Combat Boots: Tales of Fighting Men, Including the Anzio Derby." NY: Exposition, 1952. 232 p. #05-45-1952/2. Juergensen, Hans. Beachheads and Mountains: Campaigning from Sicily to Anzio A Journal.... Tampa, Fla. Amer Studies, 1984. 49 p. D811J787. Taggart, Donald G., ed. History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II. Wash, DC: Inf Jrnl, 1947. Chap VI. #05-3-1947. Thompson, Julian. "John Lucas and Anzio, 1944." Fallen Stars. Ed by Brian Bond. NY: Brassey's, 1991. pp. 188-214. D743F29. Truscott, Lucian K. "The Change in the Axis of the Attack." Interview with Sidney T. Mathews, Bluemont, VA, Apr 3, 1948. Repro typescript, Wash, DC, 1948. 10 p. D763I82A6T7. Anzio p.5 _________. Command Missions: A Personal Story. NY: Dutton, 1954. Chap 6. D811T7. U.S. Army. 5th Army. "Daily Journal File ACofS G-4, Headquarters, Fifth Army Advanced Command Post: Anzio Beachhead, 19 January-2 June 1944." ca 150 p. #03-5-1944/5. U.S. Army. VI Corps. "Historical Record, Headquarters, VI Corps, August 1943-Jul 1945." 6 vols, 15 Oct 1943-31 Jul 1945. D769.27-6th-A3. See Vol 2, Jan-Jun 1944. U.S. Army. 1st Inf Div. History of the First Division, Anzio Campaign, January-June 1944. Jerusalem: Ahva, 1944?. 179 p. #05-1-1944/2. U.S. Army Infantry School. Adv Off Courses, 1946-50. Monographs, WWII Opns. Ft Benning, GA, 1946-1950. INFS-WWII-MO. See monos of Barfoot, Cook, Cooper, Guenthner, Niffeneger, and Sweet. See also: - Mark Clark bib Personal papers (Arch) that include pertinent material: - Wiley H. O;Mohundro (7th Inf Rgt), 1 bx - John W. O'Daniel, 9 bxs - John A. Heintges, 3 bxs - John Lucas (VI Corps), 12 bxs - Ernest Harman, 3 bxs - Mark Clark, oral hist trans - BRITISH/COMMONWEALTH Trevelyan, Raleigh. The Fortress: A Diary of Anzio and After. NY: St Martin's, 1957. 221 p. D763I82A6T68. Anzio p.6 - GERMAN Bernsdorff, Douglas von. "26th Panzer Divison (23 Jan-1 Apr 1944)." Foreign Military Study D-317, USAREUR 1947. 25 p., maps. FgnMSColl. In German. Duensing, Erich. "362d Infantry Division (29 Feb-2 Mar 1944)." Fgn Mil Study D-198, USAREUR, n.d. 14 p. FgnMSColl. Fries, Walter. "29th Panzer Grenadier Division (Feb 1944)." Fgn Mil Study D-141, USAREUR 1947. 22 p. FgnMSColl. Kesselring, Albert. "Nettuno (6 Feb 1944)." Mil Study, USAREUR, B-281, 1947. 3 p. FgnMSColl. Kuehl, Claus. "145th Infantry Regiment (Jan-Mar 1944)." Fgn Mil Study D-205, USAREUR, 1947. 28 p. FgnMSColl. In German. Kuehn, Walther. "The Artillery at Anzio-Nettuno." Fgn Mil Study D-158, USAREUR, 1947. 19 p. FgnMSColl. Mackenson, Eberhard von. "Field Fortifications Around the Anzio- Nettuno Beachhead (1944)." Fgn Mil Study C-061, USAREUR, 1950. 16 p. FgnMS. Meske, Fritz. "Anzio-Nettuno Bridgehead--A German Account." Mil Rev 24 (Jun 1944): pp. 92-. Per. Trans from Die Wehrmacht (Mar 44). Schmidt, Martin. "Employment of Panzer Units in Central Italy in 1944, and Pecularities Thereafter." Fgn Mil Study D-204, USAREUR, 1947. 5 p. FgnMs. Schoch, Hans-Wolfgang. "741st Jaeger Regiment (Feb-20 Mar 1944)." Fgn Mil Study D-200, USAREUR, 1947. 3 p. FgnMSColl. U.S. War Dept. Adj Gen's Off. Germ Mil Docs Sec. The German Operations at Anzio: A Study of the German Operations at Anzio Beachhead from 22 January 1944 to 31 May 1944. Camp Ritchie, MD, Mil Intell, Apr 1946. 128 p. D763I82A6U53.