WWII Quiz

The last Cavalry charge in history took place on August 23, 1942, at Izbushensky on the River Don. The Italian Savoia Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Bettoni, and consisting of 600 mounted Italian troops, charged against 2,000 Soviet troops who had opened a breach between the German 6th Army and the Italian Army. The Italian Lancers destroyed two Soviet Infantry armoured vehicles before being forced to withdraw with slight losses, about thirty-two casualties.

Source: http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/1942.html
 
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1st: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, Commander 101st Airborne Division
2nd: Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe, Division Artillery Commander 101st Airborne Division
3rd: Major General Mathew B. Ridgway, Commander 82nd Airborne Division
4th: Brigadier General James M. Gavin, Assistant Division Commander 82nd Airborne Division

The 101st took off from England before the 82nd. Therefore the two generals from the 101st were first to jump into Normandy.
General McAuliffe's jump is well documented in several books including: D-day with the Screaming Eagles by George Koskimaki, Rendezvous with Destiny by Rapport and Northwood and Ridgway's Paratroopers by Clay Blair."


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The question is a little vague.

"CO of a US Airborne unit". When you say "airborne unit" that could anything from a squad to a entire Division.
 
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