Military Units which Supported or Opposed the 100th Infantry Division
... Attached to the 276th Infantry Regiment of Task Force Herren (newly-arrived infantry echelons of the 70th Infantry Division, the rest of which was still stateside), Company B participated in the brutal combat around the village of Wingen-surModer. In the wake of the destruction of VI Corps’ Task For ...
... Attached to the 276th Infantry Regiment of Task Force Herren (newly-arrived infantry echelons of the 70th Infantry Division, the rest of which was still stateside), Company B participated in the brutal combat around the village of Wingen-surModer. In the wake of the destruction of VI Corps’ Task For ...
DEFEAT AT KASSERINE - 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines
... In June 1942, as the American 1st Armored Division made its final preparations to deploy to Northern Ireland and prepare for its entry into the war in Europe, it was not preparing to face Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Corps. The division was preparing to participate in an invasion of Europe, a ...
... In June 1942, as the American 1st Armored Division made its final preparations to deploy to Northern Ireland and prepare for its entry into the war in Europe, it was not preparing to face Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Corps. The division was preparing to participate in an invasion of Europe, a ...
AfricA replAcement BAttAlions
... field formations and would be assigned missions commensurate with their new status. In fact, shortly before departing Italy, they had been hurriedly reorganized along the lines of a standard Panzergrenadier (armored infantry) battalion, comprising three infantry companies, a heavy weapons company, a ...
... field formations and would be assigned missions commensurate with their new status. In fact, shortly before departing Italy, they had been hurriedly reorganized along the lines of a standard Panzergrenadier (armored infantry) battalion, comprising three infantry companies, a heavy weapons company, a ...
1st Armored Division "Old Ironsides"
... for deployment to the Middle East in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. In less than 2 months the Division moved 17,400 soldiers and 7,050 pieces of equipment by rail, sea, and air to Saudi Arabia for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The Division's own 1st Brigade stayed in Germany ...
... for deployment to the Middle East in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. In less than 2 months the Division moved 17,400 soldiers and 7,050 pieces of equipment by rail, sea, and air to Saudi Arabia for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The Division's own 1st Brigade stayed in Germany ...
File - Melrose Veteran Services
... ranking American officer ever killed in a combat zone. Over the next few days we kept moving forward and reached all our objectives and then the rout of the German Seventh Army was on. With the British and Canadians attacking from the North we surrounded the Germans but because Bradley was fearful o ...
... ranking American officer ever killed in a combat zone. Over the next few days we kept moving forward and reached all our objectives and then the rout of the German Seventh Army was on. With the British and Canadians attacking from the North we surrounded the Germans but because Bradley was fearful o ...
As 1939 erupted into war, the U.S. Army was an under
... Training of the 56th Armored Infantry Regiment was inten-upted on 1 April 1943 because it was detailed to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he traveled by rail through Tennessee. After that brief respite, it was back to a regimen of tough road and motor marches, tactical trainit1g, field ex ...
... Training of the 56th Armored Infantry Regiment was inten-upted on 1 April 1943 because it was detailed to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he traveled by rail through Tennessee. After that brief respite, it was back to a regimen of tough road and motor marches, tactical trainit1g, field ex ...
At the Reich Labor Service
... The author describes his experiences as a soldier of the German Wehrmacht. Born in 1920, recovered as a 19 year old guy to the Reich Labor Service and deployed, including 6 years as a soldier taken prisoner at the front, he has written in the age of 81, shortly before his death, this story about HIS ...
... The author describes his experiences as a soldier of the German Wehrmacht. Born in 1920, recovered as a 19 year old guy to the Reich Labor Service and deployed, including 6 years as a soldier taken prisoner at the front, he has written in the age of 81, shortly before his death, this story about HIS ...
Battle of the Bulge
... Luxembourg town of Echternach, with the task of protecting the flank. This Army was made up of only four infantry divisions, with no large scale armored formations to use as a spearhead unit. As a result, they made little progress throughout the battle. Also participating in a secondary role was the ...
... Luxembourg town of Echternach, with the task of protecting the flank. This Army was made up of only four infantry divisions, with no large scale armored formations to use as a spearhead unit. As a result, they made little progress throughout the battle. Also participating in a secondary role was the ...
On December 16, 1944, the 1278th Engineer Combat Battalion
... their own headquarters. At 10:05am Company C of the 299th arrived at Fauvillers. They cleared the town, killing at least two paratroopers and taking four prisoners. Company C of the 299th continued east towards Martelange, but was stopped when it came under heavy machine gun and mortar fire about a ...
... their own headquarters. At 10:05am Company C of the 299th arrived at Fauvillers. They cleared the town, killing at least two paratroopers and taking four prisoners. Company C of the 299th continued east towards Martelange, but was stopped when it came under heavy machine gun and mortar fire about a ...
Gross Deutschland Panzer
... regiment prepared to take part in the invasion of England. When that operation was cancelled, it was transferred to a camp at Le Valdahon on the Swiss border. There the mission was to train for Operation Felix, a projected attack on Gibraltar. That was cancelled when Hitler decided to invade the Bal ...
... regiment prepared to take part in the invasion of England. When that operation was cancelled, it was transferred to a camp at Le Valdahon on the Swiss border. There the mission was to train for Operation Felix, a projected attack on Gibraltar. That was cancelled when Hitler decided to invade the Bal ...
Mil Hist – Battle of the Bulge
... battlefield and tasked with holding U.S. forces in place, with the possibility of launching its own attack given favorable conditions. For the offensive to be successful, four criteria were deemed critical: the attack had to be a complete surprise; the weather conditions had to be poor to neutralize ...
... battlefield and tasked with holding U.S. forces in place, with the possibility of launching its own attack given favorable conditions. For the offensive to be successful, four criteria were deemed critical: the attack had to be a complete surprise; the weather conditions had to be poor to neutralize ...
Battle of the Bulge
... battlefield and tasked with holding U.S. forces in place, with the possibility of launching its own attack given favorable conditions. For the offensive to be successful, four criteria were deemed critical: the attack had to be a complete surprise; the weather conditions had to be poor to neutralize ...
... battlefield and tasked with holding U.S. forces in place, with the possibility of launching its own attack given favorable conditions. For the offensive to be successful, four criteria were deemed critical: the attack had to be a complete surprise; the weather conditions had to be poor to neutralize ...
Battle of the Bulge Operational Summary of Hitler`s Offensive in the
... “The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored units have crossed the river Our near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is ...
... “The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored units have crossed the river Our near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is ...
ARMY AIRBORNE dale fleming
... · The Malmedy Massacre, where 86 American soldiers were murdered in an open field while they were surrounded by Germans after been taken prisoner, was the worst atrocity committed against American troops during the course of the war in Europe. The 106th Infantry Division, average age of 22 years, su ...
... · The Malmedy Massacre, where 86 American soldiers were murdered in an open field while they were surrounded by Germans after been taken prisoner, was the worst atrocity committed against American troops during the course of the war in Europe. The 106th Infantry Division, average age of 22 years, su ...
the battle of the bulge
... Group Upper Rhine attacked the weakened US Seventh Army that had sent reinforcements to the Ardennes and First French Armies known as the Sixth Army Group led by Lt. General JACOB L. DEVERS. They had advanced from the second landings in southern France and advanced to Strasbourg. However, this Group ...
... Group Upper Rhine attacked the weakened US Seventh Army that had sent reinforcements to the Ardennes and First French Armies known as the Sixth Army Group led by Lt. General JACOB L. DEVERS. They had advanced from the second landings in southern France and advanced to Strasbourg. However, this Group ...
Battle of the Bulge - mr
... – Germany had been in retreat since D-Day – Military was depleted of supplies and was facing the awesome might of the Allies. ...
... – Germany had been in retreat since D-Day – Military was depleted of supplies and was facing the awesome might of the Allies. ...
Siege of Bastogne
The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge. The goal of the German offensive was the harbour at Antwerp. In order to reach it before the Allies could regroup and bring their superior air power to bear, German mechanized forces had to seize the roadways through eastern Belgium. Because all seven main roads in the densely wooded Ardennes highlands converged on the small Belgian town of Bastogne (in German: Bastnach, in Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech) only a few miles away from the border to neighbouring Luxembourg, control of its crossroads was vital to the German attack. The siege lasted from December 20–27, after which the besieged American forces were relieved by elements of General George Patton's Third Army.