In the Shadow of Anzio Annie
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In the Shadow of Anzio Annie
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Narrated by:
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Piero Vitelli
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Red Vitelli
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By:
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Girolamo Vitelli
Written in 1985, In the shadow of Anzio Annie is a series of episodes that collectively form a story that took place at a villa south of Rome during the Spring of 1944, when a family home was occupied by a German army unit. The soldiers were in command of two enormous railway guns that were kept hidden in a tunnel beneath the house by day, and brought out at night to be fired at Anzio some thirty-eight kilometres away in order the keep the Allied forces pinned down on the beachhead. From late January until the middle of May that year, the family, local farmers and soldiers co-existed in a strange world of stillness; a moment in time where one era had ended, another had yet to start, and no one seemed in any particular rush to discern the shape of it. This companion audiobook is a spoken-word adaptation of the author's original untitled manuscript, recorded by his grandson, and designed to give voice to his story as faithfully as possible.
©2026 The Estate of Girolamo Vitelli (P)2026 Island 41 Ltd