Bob Dole, Italy, World War II
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast
English - December 11, 2023 01:49 - 56 minutes - 102 MB - ★★★★ - 25 ratingsHistory TV & Film europe films pbs pacific books dday documentary hollywood movies pearlharbor Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: World War II: Saving the Reality
Narrated by Jim Nantz.
Some of the most intense fighting of World War II took place in the northern mountains of Italy in the closing days of the battle for Europe. Bob Dole, a young Lieutenant from Kansas, was caught up in the brutal fight. Dole’s time in the northern Apennine mountains, along what military planners and strategists call the ‘Gothic Line”, was life-changing in many ways and shaped who Dole became as a Congressman, Senator, and Presidential candidate. A fight outside a small village in Italy shaped Bob Dole’s life in public service. A village that still honors Senator Dole and the famed 10th Mountain Division today.