Where was the Ranger force nearly wiped out?

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Where was the Ranger force nearly wiped out?

The event tests knowledge of a famous disaster for U.S. Army Rangers during the Italian campaign, when a small, specially trained force was nearly wiped out while trying to seize a town to disrupt German retreat routes. That near-collapse happened at Cisterna, a town south of Rome on the road from Anzio. The Rangers, supported by engineers and armor, pressed across the Pontine Marshes to take Cisterna as part of the effort to encircle and cut off German forces at the Anzio beachhead. They ran into strong German resistance—paratroopers and infantry defending the town—got isolated, suffered heavy casualties, and many were killed or captured. The result was a costly failure that froze the advance and forced a reevaluation of such high-risk, rapid assaults. The other locations represent major Italian battles, but the specific near-destruction of a Ranger force is tied to Cisterna.

The event tests knowledge of a famous disaster for U.S. Army Rangers during the Italian campaign, when a small, specially trained force was nearly wiped out while trying to seize a town to disrupt German retreat routes. That near-collapse happened at Cisterna, a town south of Rome on the road from Anzio. The Rangers, supported by engineers and armor, pressed across the Pontine Marshes to take Cisterna as part of the effort to encircle and cut off German forces at the Anzio beachhead. They ran into strong German resistance—paratroopers and infantry defending the town—got isolated, suffered heavy casualties, and many were killed or captured. The result was a costly failure that froze the advance and forced a reevaluation of such high-risk, rapid assaults. The other locations represent major Italian battles, but the specific near-destruction of a Ranger force is tied to Cisterna.

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