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"Anzio" by Lloyd Clark and a couple of other books.

No doubt Kesselring was a very clever commander. But was it a smart idea to insist on defending Italy to begin with? Could a better defensive line have been chosen at a far lesser cost? Those divisions could have been used in the East, maybe even fighting Stalin to a stalemate in 1943/44.

Next point: Lucas
He apparantly got orders which could be interpreted in a lot of ways.
Was he really just too slow or did he follow Clark's orders not to stick out his neck?

Was it the right decision to consolidate or should he have set out for the Alban's immediately?

He has been potrayed as slow, cautios and many more things. Was it actually fair?

Brooke was not overly concerned about Anzio (Shingle really), but what if had piled himself into it?

Mackensen could have done a lot faster. What if he did?

What were the chances of Anzio failing if Rommel (or any other more daring commander) had been in command and not Mackensen?

Ivan
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