Teacher`s Guide: D-Day - Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
... on D-Day and the role of women during WWII. Operation Overlord succeeded, but it claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, both civilian and military. The second part “How WWII influenced technology and sciences” highlights some of the technological progress that WWII drove in areas like computer scie ...
... on D-Day and the role of women during WWII. Operation Overlord succeeded, but it claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, both civilian and military. The second part “How WWII influenced technology and sciences” highlights some of the technological progress that WWII drove in areas like computer scie ...
On the War and the Second Front in Europe
... The facts shew that the German advance toward the oil districts of the U.S.S.R. is not their principal objective but an auxiliary one. \'V'hat, then, was the principal objective of the German offensive? It was to outflank Moscow from the east, to cut it off from the Volga and our rear in the Urals, ...
... The facts shew that the German advance toward the oil districts of the U.S.S.R. is not their principal objective but an auxiliary one. \'V'hat, then, was the principal objective of the German offensive? It was to outflank Moscow from the east, to cut it off from the Volga and our rear in the Urals, ...
Blitzkrieg (2) - France, Holland and Belgium
... pocket. After these forces had been destroyed the Germans would then swing south and east across France towards Paris like a second slash of a sickle - it would be a sichelschnitt - a sickle cut. Von Rundstedt backed von Manstein's plan and its novelty appealed to Hitler. Though von Manstein was a b ...
... pocket. After these forces had been destroyed the Germans would then swing south and east across France towards Paris like a second slash of a sickle - it would be a sichelschnitt - a sickle cut. Von Rundstedt backed von Manstein's plan and its novelty appealed to Hitler. Though von Manstein was a b ...
19_Eastern Europe
... Germany. They had fought courageously and had refused to give in, unlike the French. While important battles were being fought in North Africa, the numbers involved in the Battle of Russia were quite staggering. North Africa was a mere sideshow compared to the battle for Eastern Europe. For the dura ...
... Germany. They had fought courageously and had refused to give in, unlike the French. While important battles were being fought in North Africa, the numbers involved in the Battle of Russia were quite staggering. North Africa was a mere sideshow compared to the battle for Eastern Europe. For the dura ...
Po Valley
... machine gun in his arms and exchanged fire with the Germans until he had killed two and wounded three more. Then, with the enemy continuing to pour mortar and artillery fire on his company's position, Magrath again volunteered to brave the shelling to collect reports of casualties. While carrying ou ...
... machine gun in his arms and exchanged fire with the Germans until he had killed two and wounded three more. Then, with the enemy continuing to pour mortar and artillery fire on his company's position, Magrath again volunteered to brave the shelling to collect reports of casualties. While carrying ou ...
Erwin Rommel: The Desert Fox
... Wuerttemberg, Germany. Originally Rommel planned to become an engineer, but his father encouraged him to enlist in a local infantry regiment instead. During World War I, he served on the Western, Italian, and Romanian fronts. Rommel was wounded three times and received the Iron Cross, First and Seco ...
... Wuerttemberg, Germany. Originally Rommel planned to become an engineer, but his father encouraged him to enlist in a local infantry regiment instead. During World War I, he served on the Western, Italian, and Romanian fronts. Rommel was wounded three times and received the Iron Cross, First and Seco ...
Eisenhower at D-Day
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C Company 506th PIR - 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment
... On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched their largest offensive of the war on the Western Front. The primary goals of the offensive were to capture the Belgian port of Antwerp and to drive a wedge between the British and American armies. This offensive is often referred to as the "Battle of the B ...
... On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched their largest offensive of the war on the Western Front. The primary goals of the offensive were to capture the Belgian port of Antwerp and to drive a wedge between the British and American armies. This offensive is often referred to as the "Battle of the B ...
scenario notes - 12 O`Clock High!
... elements had been fighting bloody engagements within the city since the 10th of November. On the 30th, IX SS Corps in Budapest reported its situation as critical. Collapse was imminent as brutal fighting within Budapest continued. SS General Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, commander IX SS Corps, ordered a brea ...
... elements had been fighting bloody engagements within the city since the 10th of November. On the 30th, IX SS Corps in Budapest reported its situation as critical. Collapse was imminent as brutal fighting within Budapest continued. SS General Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, commander IX SS Corps, ordered a brea ...
Koch_American Spirit Essay - Military Historical Society of
... The Yankee Division exemplified true bravery in its assault on St. Mihiel, but was also assisted by pure luck. In the St. Mihiel offensive, the American First Army gloriously claimed the salient and impressed the French officers with their competence in overtaking a “reinforced and improved” Germ ...
... The Yankee Division exemplified true bravery in its assault on St. Mihiel, but was also assisted by pure luck. In the St. Mihiel offensive, the American First Army gloriously claimed the salient and impressed the French officers with their competence in overtaking a “reinforced and improved” Germ ...
Blitzkrieg! - Solar General
... of Blitzkrieg allowed them to reach the outskirts of Moscow in December of 1941. Tactics of Blitzkrieg were also implemented with great success by Erwin Rommel in North Africa (1941-1943). Since late 1942, outnumbered German Army was fighting a defensive war on two fronts and was unable to launch an ...
... of Blitzkrieg allowed them to reach the outskirts of Moscow in December of 1941. Tactics of Blitzkrieg were also implemented with great success by Erwin Rommel in North Africa (1941-1943). Since late 1942, outnumbered German Army was fighting a defensive war on two fronts and was unable to launch an ...
The North African Campaign, By Rohit Singh
... Division was to make an exploiting drive for Tobruk. In the third stage, this Division after consolidating Tobruk had to advance westward. The attacking force began its advance on 14 June. The battle began in 15 June but the enemy at Halafaya Pass was better prepared this time. The enemy artillery t ...
... Division was to make an exploiting drive for Tobruk. In the third stage, this Division after consolidating Tobruk had to advance westward. The attacking force began its advance on 14 June. The battle began in 15 June but the enemy at Halafaya Pass was better prepared this time. The enemy artillery t ...
WW-II_10_USA_FACTS - Miami Beach Senior High School
... services competed with the manpower demands of the Army. (Service forces--quartermaster, transportation corps-were more than one-third of the strength of the Army by September 1942.) Second, there was a gradual recognition that the Soviet Union was fighting most of the German army, which meant the U ...
... services competed with the manpower demands of the Army. (Service forces--quartermaster, transportation corps-were more than one-third of the strength of the Army by September 1942.) Second, there was a gradual recognition that the Soviet Union was fighting most of the German army, which meant the U ...
Ludendorff`s Spring Offensive and the Allied Counter
... further offensives. • Second Offensive – Operation Georgette: 9-29 April This offensive was launched in Flanders with the aim of taking back ground lost around Passchendaele in 1917 and to capture the town of Ypres. On the first day the Germans gained 6km and the British position looked desperate. F ...
... further offensives. • Second Offensive – Operation Georgette: 9-29 April This offensive was launched in Flanders with the aim of taking back ground lost around Passchendaele in 1917 and to capture the town of Ypres. On the first day the Germans gained 6km and the British position looked desperate. F ...
Warfare 1917-1918 (USA) - 1914-1918
... his development plans in significant ways. First, they convinced him to agree to ship only infantry and machine-gun units from the United States, as opposed to a more balanced transport schedule that would bring complete divisions, corps and army level staff assets, as well as other essential suppor ...
... his development plans in significant ways. First, they convinced him to agree to ship only infantry and machine-gun units from the United States, as opposed to a more balanced transport schedule that would bring complete divisions, corps and army level staff assets, as well as other essential suppor ...
ghost army - America in WWII magazine
... the idea more than 30 years ago, when the story was still classihis own innovative (and left-leaning) New York daily newspaper, fied and no one had ever heard of it. And no one else has ever PM. He acted as a star reporter for his own paper, met face-tostepped forward with a counter-claim. face with ...
... the idea more than 30 years ago, when the story was still classihis own innovative (and left-leaning) New York daily newspaper, fied and no one had ever heard of it. And no one else has ever PM. He acted as a star reporter for his own paper, met face-tostepped forward with a counter-claim. face with ...
Group 7
... Joseph Stalin considered the city to be one of the major prizes of the war. He feared that the British would beat the Soviets to the city with UK Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s 21st Army Group that was advancing from Holland into Northern Germany. Due to fears of Hitler escaping to the south int ...
... Joseph Stalin considered the city to be one of the major prizes of the war. He feared that the British would beat the Soviets to the city with UK Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s 21st Army Group that was advancing from Holland into Northern Germany. Due to fears of Hitler escaping to the south int ...
Bucks County Technical High School Name: Mr. Johnston Social
... • The Americans __________________________________ from the USSR to launch a second front in 1943. • The American troop build-up in Britain continued rapidly in 1943-44, as did the intensity of air raids on Germany. Air Campaign in preparation for D-Day • The British and Americans began bombing targ ...
... • The Americans __________________________________ from the USSR to launch a second front in 1943. • The American troop build-up in Britain continued rapidly in 1943-44, as did the intensity of air raids on Germany. Air Campaign in preparation for D-Day • The British and Americans began bombing targ ...
name: david longenbach
... 2. Heinrich Himmler - SS Commander H. 1934 - Army sworn to Hitler / Hindenburg dies 1. April 11, 1935 - Italy, Britain, France Stresa - " Stresa Front" 2. Italy wanted support against Hitler in Austria / planned invasion of Ethiopia a. 1935 Anglo-German Naval Agreement ended Italian efforts. I. 1935 ...
... 2. Heinrich Himmler - SS Commander H. 1934 - Army sworn to Hitler / Hindenburg dies 1. April 11, 1935 - Italy, Britain, France Stresa - " Stresa Front" 2. Italy wanted support against Hitler in Austria / planned invasion of Ethiopia a. 1935 Anglo-German Naval Agreement ended Italian efforts. I. 1935 ...
War in Europe Con`t
... where to land. The weather had to be clear and calm. Eisenhower gave the order to go on June ...
... where to land. The weather had to be clear and calm. Eisenhower gave the order to go on June ...
Toward the German Border
... to ration ammunition, on June 15, U.S. General Joseph Collins launched his drive to cut off the Cotentin Peninsula, depriving the German defenders of Cherbourg of supplies and reinforcements. By June 17, Collins had cut across the peninsula and isolated the German defenders from any land-based reinf ...
... to ration ammunition, on June 15, U.S. General Joseph Collins launched his drive to cut off the Cotentin Peninsula, depriving the German defenders of Cherbourg of supplies and reinforcements. By June 17, Collins had cut across the peninsula and isolated the German defenders from any land-based reinf ...
At the Reich Labor Service
... Olympus, the seat of the ancient Greek gods. In Larissa was at that time, it was the 7th May 1941, JU 52 and many thousands of German paratroopers stationed. But no one knew why. They were the paratroopers who were to jump off a week later in Crete. Many have fallen there. Metaxalinie The heaviest f ...
... Olympus, the seat of the ancient Greek gods. In Larissa was at that time, it was the 7th May 1941, JU 52 and many thousands of German paratroopers stationed. But no one knew why. They were the paratroopers who were to jump off a week later in Crete. Many have fallen there. Metaxalinie The heaviest f ...
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 ...
Mobilizing for Defense
... Allies Liberate Europe • Battle of the Bulge – Hitler tried to cut off Allied supply lines – Germans push 60 miles into France – Germans forced to retreat, suffer heavy losses ...
... Allies Liberate Europe • Battle of the Bulge – Hitler tried to cut off Allied supply lines – Germans push 60 miles into France – Germans forced to retreat, suffer heavy losses ...
On December 16, 1944, the 1278th Engineer Combat Battalion
... proceeded to the junction of N-45 and N-46 and reinforced the roadblocks in that vicinity. Armored reconnaissance vehicles were called forward to aid the cut off task force. At 12:07pm the order was given from the CP for all units to disengage. The 1278th and 299th had taken significant casualties a ...
... proceeded to the junction of N-45 and N-46 and reinforced the roadblocks in that vicinity. Armored reconnaissance vehicles were called forward to aid the cut off task force. At 12:07pm the order was given from the CP for all units to disengage. The 1278th and 299th had taken significant casualties a ...
Wehrmacht forces for the Ardennes Offensive
This is a sub-article of Battle of the BulgeThe Wehrmacht forces for the Ardennes Offensive were the product of a German recruitment effort targeting German males between the ages of 16 and 60, to replace soldiers lost during five months of fighting against the Western Allies in France. Although the Wehrmacht was keeping the Allied forces contained along the Siegfried Line, the campaign had cost the Germans nearly 750,000 casualties, mostly irreplaceable. However, the rapid advance had created a supply problem for the Allied armies. By October, the progress of the Western Allies' three army groups had slowed considerably, allowing the Germans to partly rebuild their strength and prepare for the defense of Germany-proper. German chancellor Adolf Hitler decided that the only way to reverse his fortunes would be to launch a counteroffensive in the West, forcing the United States and Great Britain to an early peace, and allowing the Wehrmacht to shift its forces to the Eastern Front, where it could defeat the Red Army.Hitler earmarked three armies for the offensive: the Sixth Panzer, Fifth Panzer and Seventh Armies. These accumulated over 240,000 soldiers, spread over seven panzer divisions, two panzer brigades and thirteen infantry divisions. The bulk of the offensive's armored strength was in the Sixth Panzer Army, which was tasked with the capture of the Belgian port of Antwerp. To its south was the Fifth Panzer Army, outfitted to protect the Sixth's flank while it crossed the Meuse River. The southernmost flank was covered by the Seventh Army, composed of three infantry corps and ordered to protect the Fifth Army's southern flank and tie down American reserves in Luxembourg.Apart from these three armies the Wehrmacht also designed two special units to aid the offensive. One of these was a battalion-sized airborne formation tasked with dropping behind American lines during the first day of the offensive, allowing a panzer division from the Sixth Panzer Army easy access across the Meuse. The second unit was a panzer brigade, intending to go behind enemy lines dressed in American uniforms to give false orders and spread confusion among American defenders in the Ardennes. Also earmarked for the offensive were around 800 aircraft, deployed by the Luftwaffe, to provide air support to German forces and destroy much of the Allied air power on the ground.To prepare these forces the German high command increased the call-up age range and recruited from Eastern European countries controlled by German forces, increasing manpower on the Western Front from roughly 400,000 to just over one million soldiers. Hastily organized into new divisions, these infantrymen lacked training and sometimes even weapons. Despite an immense German effort in the face of intense Allied bombing to build the necessary stocks for the offensive, there were shortages of fuel, ammunition, weapons and manpower by the scheduled date of the counterattack. Even the elite Waffen-SS divisions were often deficient in manpower.