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making by crowding into a wadi at—and here the cryptogram was
garbled so that the exact location could not be read. Kesselring called for
an immediate air search; the jammed wadi was discovered while the
Germans were still in conference. Kesselring promptly ordered an air
attack, which wreaked considerable destruction upon the concentrated
British forces.
Early in February, 1944, during the Italian campaign, the American
5th Army attempted to recapture the Car-rocetto factory, a pivotal point
which the Germans had taken in a counterattack. "It was important for
VI Corps not only to regain the Factory area but also to effect the relief of
at least a major part of the I Division," the 5th Army historian wrote.
"Aided by the 191st Tank Battalion, men of the 1st Battalion made their
way into the Factory in the afternoon, only to be driven out. Though our
artillery and tanks converted the buildings into a blazing mass of ruins,
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