Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play American war correspondent Dick Ennis (Robert Mitchum) lands with the Allied forces at Anzio comandeers a jeep & drives all the way to Rome & back without encountering the enemy When he reports this to the commanding officer he learns that the Allies intend to build a beach stronghold before pressing on to Rome However this delay gives the German forces time to build their strength & soon the Allies finds themselves trapped on the beachead engaged in a ferocious confrontation which will go down in history as one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War