Anzio

Written and Narrated by Evelyn Webb-Carter

When the Allies' Italian campaign had reached stalemate at the Gustav line in 1943, the commanders, strongly supported by Churchill, decided on an amphibious landing at Anzio. The landing was unopposed but the subsequent operations were a near disaster. the "wild cat" envisaged became a "stranded whale", or, as German propaganda put it "The Beach Head has become a Death's Head". Anzio remains one of the most bloody and controversial battles of World War Two.

Discover why from Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter who has visited the battlefield many times and conducted several tours there. His father was in command of the 1st Bn the Duke of Wellington's Regiment during the fighting.