Kamis, 29 Maret 2018

Operation Mallory Major

A Twelfth Air Force intelligence officer came up with a daring plan to cripple Axis supply lines in northern Italy. Colonel Randy Holzapple strode into the smoke-filled briefing room on Sardinia at 5 a.m. on July 12, 1944. Yanking back a curtain to reveal a map, he said: “Men, you’ll recognize this as northern Italy, …

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