It took more than a spark to ignite the American Revolution. It was more than an opening salvo that heralded the Civil War. In both cases, there were long-standing divisions about the proper order of our society. Those divisions got debated. Tensions rose. Rhetoric became violent. War was discussed as the ultimate end years-long arguments. …
In studying the infantry’s experience in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), we find circumstances that are almost beyond imagining. We learn, for instance, that fear was ever present. The terror “came and went in varying degrees,” sometimes seeming “intolerable” but at others “dissipating entirely” [1]. At times it was such intense fear that an …
Continue reading The Spirit of the Infantry: Battle Fatigue in the Second World War
“Shoot, move, and communicate,” the saying goes. They're the three most important components of the infantry’s mission to close with and destroy the enemy. Good communications enable the rapid collection and dissemination of information within and between combat units so they can coordinate fire and movement successfully and in relative safety. The US Army Signal …
Continue reading Roger That: Army Infantry Communications in WWII
