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SZ/OEMU/2/16/3 - 36th Division Calls on Congree To Probe `Rapido River Fiasco'. The Sunday Star, 20/1/46

Reference code
SZ/OEMU/2/16/3
Level of description
Item
Title
36th Division Calls on Congree To Probe `Rapido River Fiasco'. The Sunday Star, 20/1/46
Date/s
1946
Quantity & Format
3 leaves Press cuttings
Subject
Rapido River, Battle of the, 1944
Anatomy, Surgical and topographical
United States. Army. Division, 36th
Scope and content
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

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