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Bitner, Teddy Dwight was born on July 27, 1950 in Butler, Missouri, United States. Son of Dwight Dixon and Ella Loraine Bitner.
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Kesselring at Anzio
(This book reviews and analyzes the decisions made by Fiel...)
This book reviews and analyzes the decisions made by Field Marshal Albert Kesselring prior to and during the battle of Anzio in February 1944.
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Unreconstructed: Vietnam to Iraq
(This book reviews America's journey from Vietnam to the W...)
This book reviews America's journey from Vietnam to the War on Terror. Bitner assesses the myths of Vietnam and Iraq, the impact of the "Reagan Doctrine" on the end of the Cold War, and surveys America's wars of the 1990's.
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Kesselring - An Analysis Of The German Commander At Anzio
(An expert military historian dissects the German response...)
An expert military historian dissects the German response to the Allied landings at Anzio “Operation Shingle (January 22, 1944) was an Allied amphibious landing in the Italian Campaign against German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. The operation was commanded by American Major General John P. Lucas and was intended to outflank German forces of the Winter Line and enable an attack on Rome. The resulting combat is commonly called the Battle of Anzio. The success of an amphibious landing at that location, in a basin consisting substantially of reclaimed marshland and surrounded by mountains, depended completely on the element of surprise and the swiftness with which the invaders could move relative to the reaction time of the defenders. Any delay could result in the occupation of the mountains by the defenders and the consequent entrapment of the invaders. Lieutenant General Mark Clark, commander of the U.S. Fifth Army, understood that risk, but Clark did not pass on his appreciation of the situation to his subordinate, General Lucas, who preferred to take time to entrench against an expected counterattack. The initial landing achieved complete surprise with no opposition and a jeep patrol even made it as far as the outskirts of Rome. Despite that report, Lucas, who had little confidence in the operation as planned, failed to capitalize on the element of surprise by delaying his advance until he judged his position was sufficiently consolidated and his troops ready. While Lucas consolidated, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, the German commander in the Italian theatre, moved every spare unit to be found into a ring around the beachhead, where his gunners had a clear view of every Allied position. The Germans also stopped the drainage pumps and flooded the reclaimed marsh with salt water, planning to entrap the Allies and destroy them by epidemic. For weeks a rain of shells fell on the beach, the marsh, the harbour, and on anything else observable from the hills, with little distinction between forward and rear positions. After a month of heavy but inconclusive fighting, Lucas was relieved and sent home, replaced by Major General Lucian Truscott. The Allies finally broke out in May, but instead of striking inland to cut lines of communication of the German Tenth Army's units at Cassino, Truscott, on Clark's orders, reluctantly turned his forces north-west towards Rome which was captured on 4 June. As a result, the forces of the German Tenth Army at Cassino were able to withdraw and rejoin the rest of Kesselring's forces north of Rome, regroup, and make a fighting withdrawal to his next major prepared defensive position on the Gothic Line.”-Wiki
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Teddy Dwight Bitner
Edit Profilehistory professor military officer
Teddy Dwight Bitner, American history professor, military officer. Certified military historian United States Army, 1983, military parchutist United States Army, 1975, inspector general United States Army, 1990. Decorated Defense Superior Service medal Department Defense, Legion of Merit awards Department of Army, Bronze Star medal, Valorous Unit award; recipient Rescuer award, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, 2006.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University Central Missouri, Warrensburg, 1972. Master of Arts, Wheaton College, Illinois, 1982. Master of Military Art and Science, United States Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1983.
Doctor of Ministry, Trinity Theological Seminary, Newburgh, Indiana, 1983.
Career
Commander 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1990—1992. Chief, contingency initiative brand and senior nato planner Allied Forces Southern Europe, Naples, Italy, 1994—1996. Commander Army Theater Missile Defense Element, Colorado Springs, 1996—1997.
Deputy director Space and Missile Defense Battle Laboratory, 1997—1998. Senior military analyst SY Coleman, since 1998. Associate professor history Calvary Bible College, Kansas City, Missouri, since 2000.
Director National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition, Washington, since 2005, Veterans Modern Warfare, Kansas City, since 2006. Chairman board Highway Mission, Raymore, Missouri, since 2007.
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Kesselring - An Analysis Of The German Commander At Anzio
(An expert military historian dissects the German response...)
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Kesselring at Anzio
(This book reviews and analyzes the decisions made by Fiel...)
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Unreconstructed: Vietnam to Iraq
(This book reviews America's journey from Vietnam to the W...)
- Kesselring: An Analysis of the German Commander at Anzio
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Kesselring - An Analysis Of The German Commander At Anzio
Membership
Member Freedom Fest, Inc., Skidmore, Missouri, 2004—2007. Member of IFCA International, Association United States Army, Vietnam Veterans American, Rolling Thunder, Cycle Disciples Motorcycle Club (president 2000-2007), 82nd Airborne Division Association (life).
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Married Nancy Lorena Stephens, August 6, 1971. Children: Rebekah Sue, Hannah Colleen, Miriam Kristin.
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1982
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Decorated Defense Superior Service medal Department Defense, Legion of Merit awards Department of Army, Bronze Star medal, Valorous Unit award. Recipient Rescuer award, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, 2006.Decorated Defense Superior Service medal Department Defense, Legion of Merit awards Department of Army, Bronze Star medal, Valorous Unit award. Recipient Rescuer award, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, 2006.