SZ/OEMU/2/16/3 - 36th Division Calls on Congree To Probe `Rapido River Fiasco'. The Sunday Star, 20/1/46
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36th Division Calls on Congree To Probe `Rapido River Fiasco'. The Sunday Star, 20/1/46
1946
3 leaves Press cuttings
Rapido River, Battle of the, 1944
Anatomy, Surgical and topographical
United States. Army. Division, 36th
Anatomy, Surgical and topographical
United States. Army. Division, 36th
Article describes the investigations into "one of the colossal blunders of the second World War." The 5th Army suffered 2,900 casualties in the crossing of this Italian river on 20/1/44 and 21/1/44. The American 2nd Corps was made up of the 36th and 34th Divisions.
SZ/OEMU/2/16/2, SZ/OEMU/2/16/4
Attached to [SZ/OEMU/2/16/2, SZ/OEMU/2/16/4]
SZ/OEMU/2/16/2, SZ/OEMU/2/16/4
Attached to [SZ/OEMU/2/16/2, SZ/OEMU/2/16/4]
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
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SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
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SZ/OEMU/2/16 - [Correspondence: Dr Allan Palmer, 1946-1962]
- SZ/OEMU/2/16/3 - 36th Division Calls on Congree To Probe `Rapido River Fiasco'. The Sunday Star, 20/1/46
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SZ/OEMU/2/16 - [Correspondence: Dr Allan Palmer, 1946-1962]
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SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit