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<div>{{Short description|CWGC cemetery in Italy}}<br />
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{{Distinguish|Beach Head War Cemetery|Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial}}<br />
{{Infobox cemetery<br />
| name = Anzio War Cemetery<br />
| image = Anzio Cimitero Britannico by-RaBoe 031.jpg<br />
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| country = [[Italy]]<br />
| location = [[Anzio]], [[Lazio]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|41.456|12.623|display=inline}}<br />
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| owner = [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]<br />
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| graves = 1,056<br />
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| website = [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2064800/ANZIO%20WAR%20CEMETERY CWGC official website]<br />
| findagraveid= 2185816<br />
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The [[Commonwealth of Nations]] '''Anzio War Cemetery''' is to be found about a kilometer from [[Anzio]] town in the [[Lazio]] region of [[Italy]]. It is located {{convert|70|km|abbr=off}} south of [[Rome]]. It should not be confused with the [[Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial]], which is for Americans and is located in [[Nettuno]] at the address "Piazzale Kennedy,&nbsp;1".<br />
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==Description and history==<br />
Anzio War Cemetery is a special and communal cemetery for the local and surrounding peoples. It contains 1,056 graves resulting from [[Operation Shingle]] in 1944 as part of [[World War II]]. Having seen the make up of the [[1st Canadian Division]] which was sent there in 1944 it is clear from the graves that those who rest there were from the units of the 1st Division. There were 1,037 identified casualties.<br />
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There is poem about the Anzio War Cemetery written by Michael Elliott-Binns.<ref name="Poem"><br />
{{cite web |url=http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems/e/elliott-binns-michael/anziowarcemetery.html |title=Salamander Oasis}}</ref> It is written from the perspective of a man that had experienced a loss in the battle and that was writing for his own personal reasons.<ref name="Poem"/> The author later commented that "They [the fallen soldiers] seem to be buried on the doorstep of their home."<ref name="Poem"/><br />
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There is a line in a 2014 song "To Hell and Back" by [[Sabaton]] which was reportedly taken from a poem by [[Audie Murphy]]:<br />
"Crosses grow on Anzio<br />
Where no soldiers sleep<br />
And where hell is six feet deep"<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of cemeteries in Italy]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.remembrancedaysong.com/ Image references]<br />
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}<br />
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[[Category:Burials in Lazio]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Italy]]<br />
[[Category:World War II operations and battles of the Italian Campaign]]<br />
[[Category:World War II cemeteries in Italy]]<br />
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