Battle of Monte La Difensa with SSG Zach White

Tactical Alpinism

Zach White is the first repeat guest on the podcast and this episode dives into a narrative of the Battle of Monte La Difensa.

This episode was recorded back in November and Zach is the first repeat guest on the podcast. The purpose of this discussion was to talk a battle analysis he did a ton of research into. He completed a battle analysis as part of his NCO professional development on the Battle of Monte La Difensa, which is one of the mountain battles of WW2.

This episode was intended for Zach to share some work he was putting in to develop himself and also to enable him to receive feedback. I’d love to have other people on this show in the future that are working through their own problems or projects so that we can share, discuss and workshop what you are working on.

We start talking about Lance Blythe’s book “Ski, Climb, Fight” I have since received the book and am really enjoying it. I am looking forward to having lance on the pod in the future, once I finish the book.

If you stick around through the hour mark, we transition to talking tactics and takeaways from the battle analysis that Zach presented.

If you have not listened to episode 2: Mortars in the Mountains, then I recommend listening to that episode, because you get a really great sense of Zach’s passion and expertise. Enjoy this episode.

LINK TO SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11UKgKkyjsuBw_T-AikmUqCwcs83Iqs1qI-7sYa3iWy8/edit?usp=drive_link