Battle of Anzio Beachhead Victory Memorial

As an enthusiast of local Modern History and former USO volunteer I designed this itinerary to discover and remember a crucial moment of WWII. After a tribute to the 7862 tombs of the fallen ones in Anzio, Sicily, Salerno and 3094 M. I. A. celebrated on the marble walls of the American Memorial I will lead you the "Piana delle Orme" Museum. In a vast open air museum I will show you how the Pontine marshlands were reclaimed and the transformation that district before and after the war. Life-size dioramas show the poor, hard life of peasants fighting malaria; but you will be amazed as well by thousands of original uniforms and vehicles re-enacting the clash of Italians, Germans and Allies in Greece, Africa and Italy. You'll be caught again in the long line of tanks landing in Anzio including the only surviving amphibious Sherman, recently recovered from the sea. You will witness the desperate german resistance at Nettuno's gun emplacement, being thrown in the heart of the fight and destruction at Cassino!