 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni ọjọ kẹrin oṣu kejila, ẹka Penney kuro ni Ariwa Afirika lọ si Italia o si de nibẹ ni ọjọ mẹta lẹhinna, ni akọkọ lati ṣe okunkun Ẹgbẹ-ogun kẹjọ ti Montgomery. Àmọ, kò pẹ tí wọn fi gbé e lọ fún Ọjọgbọn Mark W. Clarks American Fifth Army, tí ó wà lábẹ àṣẹ Major General John P. Lucass US VI Corps, ní ìmúrasílẹ fún Operation Shingle : ó ṣe tán. Ní oṣù Kejìlá ọdún 1943 àwọn ọmọ ogun Allied ní Italy AAI, tí wọn ní àwọn ọmọ ogun Amẹríkà tí wọn ń pè ní Fifth and British Eighth Armies, tí wọn wà lábẹ ìdarí Jeneral Alexander, wọn ti kógbá sílé níwájú àwọn ààbò Winter Line, ní 80 miles gúúsù Romu. Iṣẹ Shingle, ti Gbogbogbo Alexander ṣe akiyesi, yoo sọkalẹ Lucass Anglo-American VI Corps ni iṣẹ amphibious ni ilu ibudo ti Anzio, lẹhin ila Jamani, eyiti o lọ lati Monte Cassino si ẹnu Odò Garigliano, ati fa awọn olugbeja Jamani kuro ni Laini Igba otutu lati dojuko irokeke tuntun ni Anzio, gbigba awọn eroja ti Ẹgbẹ-ogun Karun ti Clark lati fọ ni Cassino, wakọ nipasẹ afonifoji Liri ati sopọ pẹlu VI Corps ni Anzio. Ẹgbẹ Penney ni lati wa labẹ aṣẹ ti US VI Corps ti Lucas, eyiti o tun pẹlu US 1st Armored ati 3rd Infantry Divisions labẹ Major General Ernest N. Harmon ati Lucian Truscott, lẹsẹsẹ, ti o ni atilẹyin nipasẹ awọn Commandos Ilu Gẹẹsi ati US Army Rangers, Ẹgbẹ Ijakadi Regimental 504th Parachute 504th PRCT, pẹlu awọn eroja ti British 23rd Armored Brigade, ati pe isẹ naa ni lati waye ni Oṣu Kini ọjọ 22, ọdun 1944. 