A ‘Highly Influential Wave of Austrian Skiers’: Austrian (Refugee) Soldiers in the Tenth Mountain Division in the Second World War Between Myth and Fact
Published online on May 06, 2026
Abstract
War in History, Ahead of Print.
The 10th Mountain Division of the Second World War was the first major U.S. Army unit to specialize in alpine and winter warfare. The genesis and combat performance of the division in Italy were for a large part based on the knowledge of civilian skiing ...
The 10th Mountain Division of the Second World War was the first major U.S. Army unit to specialize in alpine and winter warfare. The genesis and combat performance of the division in Italy were for a large part based on the knowledge of civilian skiing ...