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'ON THIS SITE THOUSANDS OF MEN FOUGHT AND DIED' |
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We are looking for corporate, business and private sponsors to support our work in the Anzio beachhead. If you would like to get involved, contact us and we'll send you our sponsorship information pack. |
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Marshland and Malaria / Beachhead terrain was the result of Mussolini's land reclamation and public health initiatives between 1922-1939, to create new farmland from former marshland and eradicate malaria. He achieved it using labour camps where workers toiled in poor conditions. The network of canals, trenches and farmhouses built for fascist farmers from north Italy was flooded with brackish water by the Germans. They shut down pumping stations and sabotaged dikes to create a mosquito infested bog, then shelled the entire area for four months. It is difficult to imagine the beachhead in early 1944. / |
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