They Climbed a Wall the Germans Said Was Impossible | 10th Mountain Division

The Germans didn't post sentries on the north face of Riva Ridge.
Fifteen hundred feet of vertical rock. February. The Apennines. They figured no army would be crazy enough to climb it at night.

They figured wrong.

This is the story of the 10th Mountain Division — Olympic skiers, mountain guides, and Ivy League misfits who became the most effective alpine fighting force America ever produced. And then came home and built the ski industry.

— SOURCES —
- Maurice Isserman, "The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division" (2019)
- Peter Shelton, "Climb to Conquer: The Untold Story of WWII's 10th Mountain Division" (2003)
- Pete Seibert, "Vail: Triumph of a Dream" (2000)
- Flint Whitlock, "Soldiers on Skis: A Pictorial Memoir of the 10th Mountain Division" (1992)
- Lt. Col. Henry J. Hampton, after-action report, 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment
- National WWII Museum — "Climb to Glory: The 10th Mountain Division's Ski and Mountain Troops" (2026)
- Colorado Snowsports Museum, Vail — permanent exhibition "Climb to Glory"
- U.S. Army DVIDS — 80th Anniversary Riva Ridge commemorations (2025)
- Medal of Honor citation, PFC John D. Magrath, Company G, 85th Mountain Infantry (1946)
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