World War II: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Anzio">Anzio campaign</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Ranger_Battalion" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1st Ranger Battalion">1st Ranger Battalion</a> (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cisterna" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Cisterna">Battle of Cisterna</a>, Italy.