Ссылку дать по сабжу? Но текст очень большой, зато от ветеранов-офицеров:)
И прочесть надо бы все, там много в контексте других разделов.:)
Вот цитата:
`The second airborne operation of British parachutists took place in the night of 13-14 July 1943, close to the
Simeto bridge on the highway between Catania and Lentini. The Commander in Chief, South (OB SUED)
anticipated an airborne operation in the Catania plain, even if an amphibious landing were not attempted
there. He therefore had ordered that those parts of the plain which were west of the Catania airfield be
denied the enemy through installation of wooden obstacles. The antiaircraft units protecting the large
airfields in the Catania plain had been specially charged with defense against airborne troops. During the first
day of the landing operation, every Allied air landing in the area around Catania could be attacked from the
north by reserve of Brigade Schmalz of the Herman Goering Panzer Division and by troops of the 1st Para-
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chute Division, which had been flown in to the eastern coast of Sicily. Even assuming the most favorable
conditions for the enemy parachutists, no great Allied success could be expected, at least no success which
justified such a large commitment of men. Thus it was inevitable that the British parachute attack in the night
of 13-14 July 1943 was crushed. Even their purely tactical success in occupying the Simeto bridge was only
of a temporary nature and had no effect on the over-all situation.]`
Ссылку дать - Максим Гераськин05.07.2001 11:41:26 (147 b)
