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1944
February
22
Truscott replaces Lucas
On 22 February 1944 General Clark relieved John Lucas of command of VI Corps at Anzio. Command passed to Major General Lucian Truscott of the 3rd Division.
May
23
The breakout from the Anzio beachhead
On 23 May 1944 General Truscott’s US VI Corps struck out of the Anzio beachhead towards Cisterna and Valmontone to cut off the German Tenth Army’s retreat.
25
The link-up with the Anzio beachhead
On 25 May 1944 the Anzio beachhead linked up with the Fifth Army from the south, and Clark turned VI Corps on Rome instead of trapping the Tenth Army.
August
15
Key event
Operation Dragoon
On 15 August 1944 the US VI Corps landed in Provence between Cavalaire and Saint-Raphaël. Resistance was weak, and losses on the first day were light.
1945
February
21
The Battle of Monte Castello
On 21 February 1945 the Brazilian 1st Division took Monte Castello in the Apennines, contested since November. The US 10th Mountain took the nearby peaks.