
Why We Fight ~ 1944 Airborne & Glider Ops and Armored Warfare in Sicily 1943
Aug 27, 2023
01:30:32
In this episode I'm joined by Dirk Ringgenberg, US Army Veteran and Assistant Professor of Military History at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC). Dirk talks to us about the Airborne jumps made by the 505th and 504th Parachute Infantry from the 82d Airborne Division as part of Operation Husky, the Allied Invasion of Sicily in 1943. He also discusses the challenges of both Airborne and Armored Warfare in Sicily at this time.
Links
https://armyuniversity.edu/cgsc/cgss/dmh/Faculty
Pershing Lecture Series: The Evolution of Battlefield Communications (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BAaaQAC6yU)
Operation Northern Delay: The US Airborne Invasion of Iraq (The Dole Institute) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDe8ghOq86U)
