![Men of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Green Howards, occupy a captured German communications trench during the offensive at Anzio, 22 May 1944 [Public domain]](https://secondbysecondworldwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Wanzio2-300x297.jpg)
Men of ‘D’ Company, 1st Battalion, The Green Howards, occupy a captured German communications trench during the offensive at Anzio, 22 May 1944 [Public domain]
However, by 25 May, the Americans had broken through the German forces encircling Anzio. US commander, General Mark Clark, ordered his troops to push on towards Rome.