I have previously written about Winter’s Easy Company assault at Brecourt Manor. The article got a bit of notoriety on the internet since it capture the diagrams and battle flow when other sites went dark.

The attack has been studied for years as a ‘textbook’ example of how to attack a fortified position. Video games have even re-created it.

So, does it hold up today? How about an assault on a near identical situation in the Ukrainian war. While the technology and exact approach changed a bit, the assault was actually shocking similar in the use of forked approaches and distraction.

It’s a reminder that if you don’t study and learn from the past – actual lives will be lost needlessly while you re-learn the past.