{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Famous Tank Battles","title":"Golan Heights: Episode 13 — A War of Small Units","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d8feb704\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":665,"description":"Although the Golan Heights campaign involved divisions, brigades, and hundreds of tanks, much of the defense was fought by small groups acting under incomplete information. Platoons, companies, isolated strongpoints, reserve fragments, and individual tank crews often had to decide before higher headquarters fully understood the situation. This episode explains how local initiative became one of Israel’s most important assets as Syrian artillery, radio congestion, terrain, and rapid movement fractured command and control. Small-unit action could have operational consequences: a few tanks blocking a road, a strongpoint continuing to report, or a commander choosing the right ridge could buy time for the entire front. The Golan was planned at high command, but often saved at crew level. For more military history writing and books, visit MilitaryAuthor.me, and for magazines, galleries, and a massive archive of military photos and video, visit Trackpads.com.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wYewAYU5XIO9ylvaLCdOZIe8qSpr8fI4jfh__yALqu4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MmNj/ZDA1NGQ1OGE3NTg0/NGVhMzRhMDBkN2Qy/MzM4Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}