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Major General John Porter Lucas (January 14, 1890 – December 24, 1949) was a senior officer of the United States Army who saw service in World War I and World War II. He is most remembered for being the commander of VI Corps during the Battle of Anzio (codenamed Operation Shingle) in early 1944 the Italian campaign of World War II.
An article about the controversial role of General John P. Lucas in the Anzio campaign of World War II. It examines the arguments for and against his decision to delay the advance on Rome and the impact of the battle on his career and reputation.
A commander can make a decision simply by ruling out what appears to him to be impractical or unfeasible. This was how Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas, commander of the VI Corps in Italy, viewed and...
La invasión estaba bajo el mando del Major General John P. Lucas y se realizó de la siguiente manera: La Primera División del ejército británico y el 46.º Regimiento de Tanques Reales desembarcaron a 10 km al norte de Anzio. La Tercera División del ejército estadounidense desembarcó a 6 km al este de Anzio.
The operation was initially commanded by Major General John P. Lucas, of the U.S. Army, commanding U.S. VI Corps with the intent to outflank German forces at the Winter Line and enable an attack on Rome.
Dubbed “Shingle,” the operation was scheduled for the third week of January 1944. The plan called for landing the U.S. VI Corps under Major General John P. Lucas at Anzio, a resort town on...
Major General John P. Lucas at Anzio: Prudence or Boldness? STEVEN L. OSSAD Arsrnacr For more than sixty-fiye years, participants and military historians have argued the question of whether U.S. VI Corps commander Major General John P. Lucas should have captured the Alban Hills immediately after the successfui landing at Anzio in late January 1944.
