Anzio Annie: She Was No Lady

9780964508408

0964508400

One of the last great stories from the WWII era is now available in book form. Painfully researched over a nine year period, this book is the missing link in the celebrated 1944 battle at the Anzio, Italy battlefield. Also known as the Anzio Express this book highlights two giant German cannons carried on railroad cars. Their physical & mental impact on Allied troops made them a legend in their own time. Both sides of the battlefield contribute heavily to the story. Two American soldiers frequently comment on the Nazi guns & three German soldiers that were part of the artillery battery's crew are quoted throughout this epic adventure. Both guns were hidden in tunnels to keep the Allies guessing as to their true location. A game of life & death, "cat & mouse," begins shortly after they open fire on Anzio forces. Each gun could fire an eleven inch shell over 35 miles. Allied fighter bombers try hard to bomb them out but German guns shoot down two planes & drive other pilots away from their sanctuary. One of the Anzio guns, called Leopold by its German crew, is at the Aberdeen Proving Ground museum near Baltimore, Maryland. Send $17.95 plus $3.00 (S&H) to O'Rourke Services Comp., P.O. Box 44928, Ft. Washington, MD 20744. (MD residents add 5% sales tax- Volume orders discounted). Telephone: (301) 567-1145.