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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.
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.
This was how Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas, commander of the VI Corps in Italy, viewed and resolved his command problem immediately after the Anzio landing in January 1944. He rejected a course of...
El general de división John Porter Lucas (14 de enero de 1890 - 24 de diciembre de 1949) fue un oficial superior del ejército de los Estados Unidos que prestó servicio en la Primera Guerra Mundial y la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Es más recordado por ser el comandante del VI Cuerpo durante la Batalla de Anzio (denominada Operación Shingle) a ...
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...
In the event, the Anzio invasion failed; the Allied VI Corps commander, American Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas, didn’t move his forces fast enough to get inland to the high ground where he could block Axis movements.
VI Corps headquarters, under General John P. Lucas, was to command Operation Shingle. The landing, scheduled for January 22, was to be undertaken by the U.S. 3rd Division, the British 1st Division, and detachments of U.S. Army Rangers, elements of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and British commandos.
