File:HMS Mauritius invasion.jpg

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IWM caption : British light cruiser HMS MAURITIUS ready for action with other Allied shipping off the beachhead at Anzio. Note the twin 4 inch guns at full elevation on the starboard side of the cruiser.


Comment : This was in support of Operation Shingle, commonly known as the Battle of Anzio.
Date Taken in March 1944
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph A 22535 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 4700-01) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Royal Navy official photographer
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