Erwin Rommel
... and taking advantage of enemy confusion. He was wounded three times and awarded the Iron Cross, First and Second Class. Rommel also received Prussia's highest award, the order of Pour le Mérite, after fighting in the Battles of the Isonzo in the north-eastern Alps on the Isonzo river front. The awar ...
... and taking advantage of enemy confusion. He was wounded three times and awarded the Iron Cross, First and Second Class. Rommel also received Prussia's highest award, the order of Pour le Mérite, after fighting in the Battles of the Isonzo in the north-eastern Alps on the Isonzo river front. The awar ...
spring 2 0 1 0 - Military Issue
... figures, this book takes a concise yet detailed look at World War I, showing you the economic developments that made the war possible, campaigns and battles and the number of solNEW! major diers involved on all sides, technological developments, the provisions of the peace treaties that made further ...
... figures, this book takes a concise yet detailed look at World War I, showing you the economic developments that made the war possible, campaigns and battles and the number of solNEW! major diers involved on all sides, technological developments, the provisions of the peace treaties that made further ...
HOB schedule - The National WWII Museum
... Command Decision – Test of Battle: “The Battle for Lindern” (continues Fri 1-4) (GM - Dudley Garidel, sponsored by HMGS) In November of 1944 the U.S. 84th Infantry Division was committed to breach the Siegfried Line. For ten days, it fought through constant rain and deep mud. Stiff German resistance ...
... Command Decision – Test of Battle: “The Battle for Lindern” (continues Fri 1-4) (GM - Dudley Garidel, sponsored by HMGS) In November of 1944 the U.S. 84th Infantry Division was committed to breach the Siegfried Line. For ten days, it fought through constant rain and deep mud. Stiff German resistance ...
The Defense of St. Vith - 7th Armored Division Association
... everything by coming out from behind their West Wall, the Siegfried Line. The success of the entire operation depended upon the enemy's ability to seize the few primary roads through the rugged Ardennes, to achieve freedom of movement for the armored units, and to gain important objectives, particul ...
... everything by coming out from behind their West Wall, the Siegfried Line. The success of the entire operation depended upon the enemy's ability to seize the few primary roads through the rugged Ardennes, to achieve freedom of movement for the armored units, and to gain important objectives, particul ...
Copyright by Jeffrey C. Rutherford 2007
... found themselves carrying out tasks normally set aside for rear-area security troops: the securing of communication and supply lines between the front line troops and their logistical tails as well as apprehending thousands of scattered Red Army soldiers whose dislocation was caused by the advancing ...
... found themselves carrying out tasks normally set aside for rear-area security troops: the securing of communication and supply lines between the front line troops and their logistical tails as well as apprehending thousands of scattered Red Army soldiers whose dislocation was caused by the advancing ...
The Success of the Deutches Afrika Korps was Based on Rommel`s
... In the wake of the Italian defeats in North Africa in late 1940, Hitler held a special conference with the chiefs of his armed forces. At the conference, it was decided to send a German army formation to Libya (codename Operation Sunflower). In January of 1941, Rommel was promoted to the rank of Lie ...
... In the wake of the Italian defeats in North Africa in late 1940, Hitler held a special conference with the chiefs of his armed forces. At the conference, it was decided to send a German army formation to Libya (codename Operation Sunflower). In January of 1941, Rommel was promoted to the rank of Lie ...
Šablona -- Diplomová práce
... Terrified because they have never been in battle before, some of them fearing complete annihilation, scrambled from their sleeping bags and threw themselves into shelters and foxholes.9 German battlegroups quickly sliced through the American forward positions. U.S. convoys were ambushed and totally ...
... Terrified because they have never been in battle before, some of them fearing complete annihilation, scrambled from their sleeping bags and threw themselves into shelters and foxholes.9 German battlegroups quickly sliced through the American forward positions. U.S. convoys were ambushed and totally ...
Jeopardy - JDaley.net
... $200 Question from Eastern Front This was the city where Soviet soldiers used the city’s destruction as fortification, which hampered the Germans. ...
... $200 Question from Eastern Front This was the city where Soviet soldiers used the city’s destruction as fortification, which hampered the Germans. ...
AMERICA IN
... on the Anzio beachhead. Pyle, famous for covering the war from the GIs’ perspective, wrote about these men of the 191st in one of his 1944 columns. NATIONAL ARCHIVES ...
... on the Anzio beachhead. Pyle, famous for covering the war from the GIs’ perspective, wrote about these men of the 191st in one of his 1944 columns. NATIONAL ARCHIVES ...
DEFEAT AT KASSERINE - 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines
... commenced to forestall their resistance. The Allies were unable to achieve any definite agreements, but it was clear that any British forces would be met with fierce resistance. Therefore, it was decided to give the invasion an overall American character, in the hopes that the Vichy forces would vie ...
... commenced to forestall their resistance. The Allies were unable to achieve any definite agreements, but it was clear that any British forces would be met with fierce resistance. Therefore, it was decided to give the invasion an overall American character, in the hopes that the Vichy forces would vie ...
Battle Bulge Hist Trail
... Bastogne Historical Center: Normal entrance fees to the museum in 2002 are 7.50 Euros for adults and 5 Euros for children aged 6 to 11. Groups of at least 15 Scouts can get a special admission rate equivalent to that for school classes, which is 4 Euros per Scout. Adults accompanying the group pay ...
... Bastogne Historical Center: Normal entrance fees to the museum in 2002 are 7.50 Euros for adults and 5 Euros for children aged 6 to 11. Groups of at least 15 Scouts can get a special admission rate equivalent to that for school classes, which is 4 Euros per Scout. Adults accompanying the group pay ...
Japanese Military Leaders
... U.S. officials knew the day before that Japan was planning a major attack There was concern among U.S. military leaders that Peal Harbor was vulnerable to attack The Japanese painted their aircraft to look like American planes Prior to the attack, Japanese spies had verified which U.S. battleships ...
... U.S. officials knew the day before that Japan was planning a major attack There was concern among U.S. military leaders that Peal Harbor was vulnerable to attack The Japanese painted their aircraft to look like American planes Prior to the attack, Japanese spies had verified which U.S. battleships ...
Soldiers of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division on the road during the
... through enemy-infested sea and air space. Axis naval and air forces remained powerful in 1943. German U-boats infiltrated the Canadian convoy during the night of 4/5 July and struck two transports with torpedoes. A third went up in flames the next afternoon. Fiftyfive Canadians died on the three ves ...
... through enemy-infested sea and air space. Axis naval and air forces remained powerful in 1943. German U-boats infiltrated the Canadian convoy during the night of 4/5 July and struck two transports with torpedoes. A third went up in flames the next afternoon. Fiftyfive Canadians died on the three ves ...
AY04 SRP Template - Strategic Studies Institute
... The Battle of Stalingrad occurred a year after the Germans’ invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 in Operation BARBAROSSA. The aim of BARBAROSSA was to launch a massive, surprise attack against the Soviet Union that would capture most of the territory west of the Urals and force Moscow to capitulate. ...
... The Battle of Stalingrad occurred a year after the Germans’ invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 in Operation BARBAROSSA. The aim of BARBAROSSA was to launch a massive, surprise attack against the Soviet Union that would capture most of the territory west of the Urals and force Moscow to capitulate. ...
DACS Working Paper February 1996 The British and American
... Although the development of tanks during the First World War promised to revolutionize warfare, neither side was able to use these new weapons to decisively rupture enemy lines during the course of that war. During the interwar period, there was a lively debate about whether and how armor might be e ...
... Although the development of tanks during the First World War promised to revolutionize warfare, neither side was able to use these new weapons to decisively rupture enemy lines during the course of that war. During the interwar period, there was a lively debate about whether and how armor might be e ...
Klotzen, Nicht Kleckern (Strike Together, Not Divided
... Union armies were of considerable size and needed larger amounts of supplies and reinforcements; the railroad was the only method to provide a constant flow of such a large supply line. Railway mobility was also deployed as a means of troop operations. Armies could use the railroad to quickly reach ...
... Union armies were of considerable size and needed larger amounts of supplies and reinforcements; the railroad was the only method to provide a constant flow of such a large supply line. Railway mobility was also deployed as a means of troop operations. Armies could use the railroad to quickly reach ...
Crimes of the German Wehrmacht
... The German Wehrmacht’s war against the Soviet Union differed from all other European wars of the modern era, including the campaigns waged by the Wehrmacht against other countries during World War II. This was a war directed not only against another army, but against parts of the civilian population ...
... The German Wehrmacht’s war against the Soviet Union differed from all other European wars of the modern era, including the campaigns waged by the Wehrmacht against other countries during World War II. This was a war directed not only against another army, but against parts of the civilian population ...
Carl von Clausewitz
... hundred enemy measures are nipped in the bud, and public opinion is won most rapidly. Surprise plays a much greater role in strategy than in tactics. It is the most important element of victory. Napoleon, Frederick II, Gustavus Adolphus, Caesar, Hannibal, and Alexander owe the brightest rays of thei ...
... hundred enemy measures are nipped in the bud, and public opinion is won most rapidly. Surprise plays a much greater role in strategy than in tactics. It is the most important element of victory. Napoleon, Frederick II, Gustavus Adolphus, Caesar, Hannibal, and Alexander owe the brightest rays of thei ...
Unit 21: A Two Front War and Post War Challenges
... actually been the next step in his plan all along. In fairness, it’s likely that Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union had been waiting for Germany to tire after fighting the Allies so he could attack Germany, but he apparently waited too long. At first, Soviet officers on the border didn’t understand w ...
... actually been the next step in his plan all along. In fairness, it’s likely that Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union had been waiting for Germany to tire after fighting the Allies so he could attack Germany, but he apparently waited too long. At first, Soviet officers on the border didn’t understand w ...
Battle of France
... Hitler was very disappointed with Halder's plan and reacted first by deciding that the German army should attack early, ready or not, in the hope that Allied unpreparedness might bring about an easy victory. This led to a series of postponements, as time and again commanders convinced Hitler to dela ...
... Hitler was very disappointed with Halder's plan and reacted first by deciding that the German army should attack early, ready or not, in the hope that Allied unpreparedness might bring about an easy victory. This led to a series of postponements, as time and again commanders convinced Hitler to dela ...
AfricA replAcement BAttAlions
... as Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5 and Kesselring’s aforementioned headquarters security company, fewer than 10,000 men in all. They would land at the airfield in Bizerte and two fields in Tunis, seize them from their French garrisons by guile or by force if necessary, and prepare the reception for those ...
... as Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5 and Kesselring’s aforementioned headquarters security company, fewer than 10,000 men in all. They would land at the airfield in Bizerte and two fields in Tunis, seize them from their French garrisons by guile or by force if necessary, and prepare the reception for those ...
praise for no greater valor - Yakama Nation Legends Casino
... America’s armed forces during World War II were important because, as William Arnold, US Army chief of chaplains during the war, phrased it, “Battles are won by military power, but wars are won by spiritual power.”3 At Bastogne, US forces led by the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division, o ...
... America’s armed forces during World War II were important because, as William Arnold, US Army chief of chaplains during the war, phrased it, “Battles are won by military power, but wars are won by spiritual power.”3 At Bastogne, US forces led by the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division, o ...
OPERATION OVERLORD A Thesis - Louisiana State University
... Senior American strategists continued to push for the invasion of Western Europe and, in 1943, the British finally committed to the operation. A planning staff, appointed by the Combined Chiefs of Staff, created an outline that formed the core of what later became Operation OVERLORD. After the appoi ...
... Senior American strategists continued to push for the invasion of Western Europe and, in 1943, the British finally committed to the operation. A planning staff, appointed by the Combined Chiefs of Staff, created an outline that formed the core of what later became Operation OVERLORD. After the appoi ...
d-day - Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
... deadliest conflicts in human history, WWII claimed over 60 million lives, both civilian and military. Hitler aimed to take over all of Europe for his “Reich” that was to last “1,000 years”. Between March 1938 and March 1939 Germany successfully used both political manoeuvring and outright occupation ...
... deadliest conflicts in human history, WWII claimed over 60 million lives, both civilian and military. Hitler aimed to take over all of Europe for his “Reich” that was to last “1,000 years”. Between March 1938 and March 1939 Germany successfully used both political manoeuvring and outright occupation ...
educators` resource guide - Saskatchewan Science Centre
... deadliest conflicts in human history, WWII claimed over 60 million lives, both civilian and military. Hitler aimed to take over all of Europe for his “Reich” that was to last “1,000 years”. Between March 1938 and March 1939 Germany successfully used both political manoeuvring and outright occupation ...
... deadliest conflicts in human history, WWII claimed over 60 million lives, both civilian and military. Hitler aimed to take over all of Europe for his “Reich” that was to last “1,000 years”. Between March 1938 and March 1939 Germany successfully used both political manoeuvring and outright occupation ...
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.