Why Bradley Fired America's Greatest Fighter - Terry Allen's Revenge

Описание: In August 1943, Omar Bradley fired Terry Allen just days after the 1st Infantry Division captured Troina in the most sophisticated small-unit operation of the Sicilian campaign. Allen had turned a collection of misfits into America's premier assault force, but Bradley wanted division commanders who emphasized discipline over innovation. Ten months later, as the 90th Infantry Division collapsed completely on D-Day, Bradley desperately needed someone who could transform failures into fighters. He called Terry Allen back from exile to save a division that had lost more men to desertion than enemy action. This documentary reveals how Allen's "revenge" proved his critics spectacularly wrong - turning the worst American division into elite fighters using the same aggressive methods that got him fired in Sicily.

Sources:
Omar Bradley - "A Soldier's Story" (1951) - Decision to relieve Allen
Rick Atkinson - "The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy" (2007)
National Archives - "1st Infantry Division After Action Reports, Sicily Campaign" (RG 407)
Terry Allen personnel files - U.S. Army Military History Institute
Samuel Eliot Morison - "Sicily-Salerno-Anzio" (1954) - Official Navy history
Martin Blumenson - "Sicily: Whose Victory?" (1968) - Command controversies
Joseph Balkoski - "Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations" (2005)
National Archives - "90th Infantry Division Unit History, 1944-1945" (RG 407)
Carlo D'Este - "Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily" (1988) - Allen relief decision
Stephen Ambrose - "D-Day" (1994) - 90th Division failures and Allen's appointment

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