Order of battle
Task Force 81
Rear Adm. Frank J. Lowry, USN
Rear Adm. Thomas H. Troubridge, RN
Rear Admiral Lowry's flagship, amphibious command ship Biscayne , anchored off Anzio Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry , USN Allied forces landed: approx. 40,000 soldiers, and 5,000+ vehicles
Naval losses: 2 light cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 minesweepers, 1 hospital ship
"Peter" Force
Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge
Comprising 2 light cruisers (HMS Orion , HMS Spartan ), 12 destroyers , 2 anti-aircraft/fighter director ships, 2 gunboats , 6 minesweepers , 4 transports , 63 landing craft , 6 patrol craft , 1 oiler , 1 net tender , 2 tugs , 4 hospital ships , 1 submarine Landed "Peter" Beach, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Anzio:
British 1st Infantry Division
Major General W.R.C. Penney
2nd Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
3rd Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
24th Guards Brigade
5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
1st Battalion, Irish Guards
1st Battalion, Scots Guards
1st Reconnaissance Regiment , Reconnaissance Corps
2/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
81st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
90th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
238th Field Company, Royal Engineers
248th Field Company, Royal Engineers
6th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
1st Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers
1st Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment
2nd Special Service Brigade (partial) (Brigadier R.J.F. Tod)
No. 9 Commando
No.43 (Royal Marine) Commando
No 1, 2 & 3 Field Ambulance , Royal Army Medical Corps
Ranger Group
Soldiers of the 3rd Ranger Battalion board LCIs that will take them to Anzio. Two weeks later, nearly all were captured or killed at Cisterna. Captain E.C.L. Turner, RN
Comprising 1 transport, 1 submarine chaser , 7 landing craft Attacked the port of Anzio:
6615th Ranger Force
Colonel William O. Darby
1st Ranger Battalion
3rd Ranger Battalion
4th Ranger Battalion
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion (PIB)
83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion
93rd Evacuation Hospital
95th Evacuation Hospital
"X-Ray" Force
Shermans disembarking from an LST at Anzio Rear Admiral Lowry
Comprising 2 light cruisers (USS Brooklyn , HMS Penelope ), 11 destroyers , 2 destroyer escorts , 24 minesweepers , 166 landing craft , 20 subchasers , 3 tugs , 1 submarine , multiple salvage ships Landed "X-Ray" Beach on the coast east of Nettuno, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Anzio:
US 3rd Infantry Division
Major General Lucian K. Truscott Jr.
7th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Regiment
HHB Division Artillery
9th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
10th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
39th Field Artillery Battalion (75mm and 105mm)
41st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
10th Engineer Battalion
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
751st Tank Battalion
441st AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
Battery B, 36th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm Gun)(Motorized)
69th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
84th Chemical Battalion (Motorized)
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment [a] Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha>
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