CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings August 15, 2014
Tenets is to hold the high ground. And the terrain of italy, wasnt there significant reconnaissance or intelligence to find out about, say, not even just the fortifications around them but simply the geography as well as the geology of the area going up the boot . Yeah, we knew a lot. For one thing, when the italians switched sides we had a lot of italian informants. Body the Italian Military, Italian Military provided lots of maps. Needless to say they had lots of experience in areas around casino and the other german fortifications. We had aerial reconnaissance that was pretty good. We had e...