Italy in WW2
Warfare
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The Battle of Salerno
Tristan hughes looks at the balance between airborn and amphibius during World War II. He explains how a plan to drop second airborn near rome was never put into operation. The idea was both those sets of forces would sweep up the german troops in italy, push em through, take rome, get up into austria. And on this day, since the eighth army forces landed on the toe of italy to advance up the adr i front. If you love ancient history then don't worry, we've got you covet.
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