Posted on Jan 17, 2022
'The Last Ridge' explores how one group of World War II soldiers set the stage for modern skiing
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As the best skiers in the world are about to put themselves to the test in the winter Olympics in China, we look back to a group of World War II soldiers who set the stage for modern skiing.
The 10th Mountain Division fought in the Italian Mountains against Axis soldiers, and they returned home with an insatiable love for the mountains.
Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with McKay Jenkins, author of “The Last Ridge: The Epic Story of America's First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler's Europe.” He teaches journalism and environmental humanities at the University of Delaware.
The 10th Mountain Division fought in the Italian Mountains against Axis soldiers, and they returned home with an insatiable love for the mountains.
Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with McKay Jenkins, author of “The Last Ridge: The Epic Story of America's First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler's Europe.” He teaches journalism and environmental humanities at the University of Delaware.
'The Last Ridge' explores how one group of World War II soldiers set the stage for modern skiing
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Skiing
WWII World War Two
Military History
Italy
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The Heavy Water War tells the story of one of the most dramatic,but least known chapters of World War II: Nazi Germany’s attempt tobuild a nuclear bomb and t...
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Great share and history. The Special Service Forces, our first modern special operations force trained to take out the heavy water plants in Norway. The SSF trained in mountain and winter war fair. The British developed a bouncing bomb and sighting system that took out the dams. The Special Service Forces ended up fighting in the Mountains of northern Italy. Interesting how these intersected.
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