Word: terraine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what he used to be. He has morale only in the impetus of the first assault. If it fails, he loses heart. Nowadays, the Ustashi (Croatian quisling soldier) is worth two Germans in combat. He knows what to expect if defeated, and is intimately acquainted with the Yugoslav terrain...
...Chetnik martial valor, Marshal Tito has little respect. To hear him say it, the Chetniks-in spite of their historic reputation, black beards, skull & crossbones on caps-take to flight in any determined attack. However, they know the terrain and are extremely valuable to the Germans as guides...
...true the terrain in Russia has offered few obstacles to the progress of the Red Armies compared with that in Italy, but it probably is likewise true that, had Stalin concentrated against one section of his front, there would have been created a situation comparable to that at Cassino. That he avoided by striking where the Germans appeared weakest and using mo bility to lunge elsewhere, once resistance could not be broken...
...major landing elsewhere in the Mediterranean-and assuming that they insist on attacking with limited forces in Italy-they are foolish to waste lives battering against the well-defended mountains near Cassino if they can use their efforts on the less-difficult although now also well-defended terrain behind Cassino...
...Germans still held Hill 165, from which they poured a deadly mortar fire on the hard-fighting New Zealand troops in the town. Although Castle Hill, just behind it, is in Allied hands, tricky terrain enabled the Germans to infiltrate through a ravine to the rear whenever New Zealanders attempted to attack Hill 165. The Germans in turn were frustrated in several attempts to regain Castle Hill...