Cisterna: When the Myth of Elite Infallibility Got Men Killed
This entry is part 4 of 13 in the series Rangers Through the FireThere’s a comforting lie that clings to elite units: that skill, courage, and reputation bend reality. Cisterna shattered that lie. Not gently, catastrophically. On 30 January 1944, two U.S. Army’s Ranger Battalions walked into an ambush so complete it erased the unit as a combat formation. This wasn’t a tragedy …
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