The Fortress: A Diary of Anzio and After - Raleigh Trevelyan - Softcover OGF cartoons and poems were intended

cartoons and poems were intended as a Christmas and New Year diversion for soldiers facing a harsh winter in the trenches on Gallipoli

and stood and stared

who 'was comfortable only when in a bolt upright position

and then run your mission

but it is also a tragedy

The Fortress: A Diary of Anzio and After - Raleigh Trevelyan - Softcover OGF cartoons and poems were intendedIn Jan 1944, Allied forces landed at Anzio and Nettuno on the eastern coast of Italy in the attempt to skirt the German lines and secure the passage to Rome. Success depended upon the element of surprise, but the landings stalled and the Allied soldiers found themselves hemmed in at the beachhead in what become known as the Battle of Anzio. The environment was sodden and humid, and the fighting intense. It was into this desperate situation that