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Disaster at Cisterna

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1st February 1944: An account of the confusion that engulfs the US Rangers as they are sent to attack a much stronger German force - and wiped out

Feb 01, 2024
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Just over a year before the Rangers had been successfully deployed during the landings in Africa. Under cover of smoke, a Ranger officer coordinates maneuvers via radio on the beach in Algeria on December 20th, 1942

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