Given that these next few mths mark the 60th anniversary of the Anzio campaign, what are ppl's views concerning the US 5th Army's landing on the Anzio-Nettuno beach-head in Jan 1944 ? Should Gen Lucas, in charge of VI Corps, have been more speedy in deploying his forces inland after the initial unopposed landing, instead of waiting a wk to dig in, consolidate the positions, unload supplies, and be hit in force by the HERMAN GOERING and other Panzer Divs ? With a more aggressive Allied approach after the initial landings, could Rome have been taken earlier than 5th June and the Italian campaign shortened ? What about the 1st, 3rd and 4th Ranger bns who OTL were wiped out by German ambushes with fullscale armour and arty at Cisterna and Civitavecchia (only 6 men out of 767 escaped back to Allied lines)- could they not have been destroyed with speedier Allied tactical deployment from the beach-head ?