you may recall our instructor saying that the invasion of anzio was a way around the gustav line, and after hearing of the tuff fighting there and noticing from the maps that rome wasn't far from anzio. I have always wondered why the allies didn't go straight for rome since i would have saved time and lives-the anzio operation was in late january but rome wasn't taken until early june
from the reading, it was almost shocking to learn about omar bradley's and others failure to effectively prepare for the omaha landing considering all the other efforts put into making sure that operation would succeed.
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I, too, thought it interesting that the Allies did not head straight for Rome; however, from the facts presented it seems that lack or organization and preparation may have contributed to the problem. One statement made was that many attacks failed because of the weather, terrain, and the heavy German resistance and the operation itself was pushed back because of the lack of troops available to send in to capture Rome.
It does make more sense to go straight for rome. Since they were already behind the line why not just stock up on troops and then go straight for it?
I also thought the information about Omar Bradley was interesting because today all we hear is how great of a general he was. However, this was not the case but his stubbornness and failure to get along with certain individuals proved to be a problem for the Americans. It makes one wonder how many other American heroes are not as perfect as the history books tell us?
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