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So WI the 1st and 3rd Ranger Bns hadn't been decimated by superior German forces at Cisterna/Civvitavecchia during the Anzio campaign ? Out of 767 Rangers engaged, only 6 made it back to US lines, the remainer being killed or captured including 450-500 odd who were paraded thru the streets of Rome 9contrary to the Geneva Conventions). If the rangers hadn't been hit with such a massive disaster, how much more of an impact could such a highly trained specialised force had had during the liberation of Rome and other aspects of the Italian campaign ?
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