"The Importance of the Invasion of Sicily" Topic
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| Steve Wilcox | 23 Jul 2026 8:22 a.m. PST |
Article by: "Steven T. Barry is a retired U.S. Army colonel and combat veteran of Iraq and the author of Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942–1943 (University Press of Kansas, 2013). He holds a Ph.D. in history from The Ohio State University, taught history at West Point, served as associate professor of strategy at the National War College, and has led more than 130 battlefield staff rides." link |
| Andy ONeill | 23 Jul 2026 8:59 a.m. PST |
Interesting episodes on we have ways of making you talk pod.
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YouTube link They also covered audie murphy's experience James holland's book is excellent imo
link He also has done great work on the Italian campaign. |
| jsmcc91 | 23 Jul 2026 9:45 a.m. PST |
I agree on James Holland books. I just finished his Cassio 1944 book. |
troopwo  | 23 Jul 2026 10:06 a.m. PST |
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| bobspruster | 23 Jul 2026 1:48 p.m. PST |
This struck me.
"Military effectiveness is not one thing but a stack of them — tactical, operational, strategic, and political — and competence at one level does not substitute for failure at another. A force can be lethal in the field and incoherent at the echelons that decide campaigns and wars." |
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