Episode 597-Blood on Primosole Bridge
The History of WWII Podcast
Ray Harris Jr
4.4 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 1:03.0 | Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast, episode 597, |
| 1:14.8 | Blood on Premisole Bridge. |
| 1:17.8 | Last time, after much loss and sacrifice, the paratroops of the first parachute brigade |
| 1:23.0 | held on to the southern side of Primasol Bridge until the advanced units of Monti's 30th Corps |
| 1:29.8 | arrived on the scene, specifically Sherman tanks of the 4th Armored Brigade. |
| 1:36.5 | And yet, this did not mean that the day was won. This did not mean that the bridge was won. |
| 1:43.1 | The Germans weren't giving up so easily. |
| 1:45.6 | There was still a fight to be had. |
| 1:48.4 | But backing up a bit, on the evening of July 14th, after some of the Shermans arrived south of the bridge, |
| 1:55.3 | a company of the 6th Durham Light Infantry showed up, but they had covered 20 miles on foot in the hot |
| 2:03.7 | Sicilian sun just to get here. Thus, they were in no shape to continue fighting, to completely |
| 2:09.9 | capture the bridge and some territory beyond it as they had been ordered to by Monty. But at least |
| 2:16.7 | their presence chased away the Axis Southern |
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