The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors Poetry by Women Maudie Kitcat

Maudie Kitcat

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The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors Poetry by Women Maudie KitcatWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SKIING HISTORY ASSOCIATION'S ULLR AWARD, the epic story of the US Armys 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italys mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory. At the start of World War II, the US Army had two cavalry divisionsand no mountain troops. The German Wehrmacht, in contrast, had many well trained and battle hardened mountain