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Gen Lesley J. McNair’s Folly
While serving as an armor officer in the US Army during the cold war, I had access to considerable...
US Armor in the Hürtgen Forest
Armor Against the Huertgen Forest
The Kall Trail and the Battle of Kommerscheidt by Captain Mike Sullivan.
The mission of Armor...
A Brief Parachute History
(Right) On February 4 1912, Franz Reichelt, will jump off the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, wearing this crazy...
Victory Has Many Fathers, But Defeat is an Orphan (Jandrew)
Original Source DocumentVictory Has Many Fathers, But Defeat is an Orphan
William C. Jandrew
American Military University, Feb 19, 2011.
MILH 551...
Château de Roumont
Dear Members of the European Center of Military History,
My name is Arthur Coppee, I'm a young fan of the...
644-TDB – (William R. Lally)
My name is Daron, and I am a collector of vintage. My latest obsession is with Vogue Picture records....
Will Love – Fort Douglas
This is a request of one friend on Linkedin, William Love, Military Specialist, Fort Douglas Military Museum.
William Love sent...
AGF Cbt Observations 319.1/48
319.1/48 (Foreign Obsrs) (S) GNGBI. (3-29-43)
SUBJECT: Observer Report.
E.S. Johnson, Col Infantry / Observator
TO : By Auth Commanding General, Army...
Jedburgh (12-AG Support) 1944
Foreword
The Jedburghs were three-man teams parachuted into occupied France after D-Day to develop liaison with the Resistance. They were...
Para Raiders – USMC-WW-2
Lt Col Jon T. Hoffman, US Marine Corps Reserve. Official Study - War Department, Silk Chutes and Hard Fighting,...
Air Section to AAF (1913-1940)
At the peak of its strength in World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) had more...
AIR OPs – CBI – WW-2
Air Operations - China-Burma-India
Maj Edward M. Hudak, Command and General Staff College, May 31, 1949.
The problem! To determine the...
Claire L. Chennault – Campaign Planner (CBI)
This archive examines Claire Lee Chennault as a military theorist and campaign planner. It inquires whether Chennault's evolution of...
AVG – Flying Tigers
You fly a P-40 with two hundred gallons of aviation fuel that last two and a half hours for...
Tokyo – Doolittle Raid
The Doolittle Raid of Apr 18, 1942, was the first air raid by the USA to strike the Japanese...
AAF Stations WW-2 – ETO
Army Air Force Stations
This article is a republication of the Guide to the Stations where US Army Air Forces...
27-IR (25-ID) Guadalcanal (01/43)
Operations of the 27-IR (25-ID)
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 10, 1943, to Jan 26, 1943
Guadalcanal Campaign, Personal Experience of the...
96-ID (Okinawa) Conical-Oboe Hills Area (05/45)
May 1-9 1945 – Training to Fighting
The names of Kakazu Ridge, Tombstone Ridge, Tabletop, Gate, Needle Rock, Hill 153,...
77-ID (2/306) Camp Downs – Leyte – (12/44)
Operations of the 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division during the attack on Camp Downs, Leyte, Phillppine...
6-MD (Baker 29) Okinawa – April 1945
Operations of the Gun Platoon, Baker Co, 1/29th Regiment, 6th Marine Division, Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands, April 1, 1945 -...
6-ID (Charlie 63) Mt Mataba Luzon 1945
The Sixth Army (6-A) landed on the southeastern shores of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island, on Jan 9, 1945, against...
24-ID – Mindanao – April-August 1945
Operations of the 24th Infantry Division, invasion of Mindanao (with Emphasis on G-1 Activities), Philippine Islands, April 17 1945...
The Ledo (Stilwell) Road
On Dec 1, 1942, Gen Sir Archibald Wavell (UK), the supreme commander of the Far Eastern Theater, agreed with...
5307 – Combined Ops Burma 1944
During the Second World War, the United States fought as a member of the largest military coalition ever formed....
124-CAV (Able) Nampakkha 1945
China-Burma-India
Operation of Troop A, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Mars Task Force, in the Battle of Nam-Pak-Kha, Jan 28, 1945, to...
5307 Galahad – CBI – Feb/ May 1944
In the thick of battle, the soldier is busy doing his job. He has the knowledge and confidence that...
OSS Platoon (P) Night Recon Arakan Coast Burma
Provisional OSS Platoon in a Night Recon, Arakan Coast, Burma, Oct 1944 - Apr 1945, India - Burma Campaign,...
5307-Galahad – Burma – April-May 1944
Operations of the 5307th (Composite) Regiment (Provisional), Merrill’s Marauders, (Codenamed - Galahad), in Northern Burma during the period of...
5332 (P) LRPG Central Burma – Jan 29 / Jul 15 1945
At the beginning of 1945, less than eight months remained before the final surrender of Japan. Those eight months,...
124-CAV (2-Sq) Knight’s Hill Burma 1945
China - Burma - India
Operation of the 2nd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment (Special) during the Battle of Knight's Hill...
5307 Galahad – Walawbum March 1944
Operations of the 5307th Composite Unit, Provisional, (Merrill's Marauders) in Walawbum, Burma, Mar 2, to Mar 7, 1944, China...
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1-ID – Dom Butgenbach – December 1944
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1st Infantry Division, December 1944
December 1 to...
1-ID – (AAR) – Hauset (BE) (12/1944)
Document Source: AAR 1-st Infantry Division (Rear HQs), Hauset, Neu Moresnet, Belgium, December 1944
Journal Entries, Maj Paul Bystrak, 1-QMC, 1-ID, December 15, 1944, Location...
Diary of Mike Rogers (England)
Discovered in 2020 after spending the last 75 years in an attic, War Diary, The Diary of Mike Rogers has the power to become...
Canada 1-CPB – Belgium Holland Germany
Source Document: Operations of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in Belgium, Holland and in Germany
The Final Operation: January 2, 1945, to March 24, 1945.
(1)-...
Iran – WW-2 (Photos)
The Port of Khorramshahr, one of two Iranian ports operated by the United States, the other being Bandar Shahpur. These ports served for entry...
US ARMY - ORDER OF BATTLE - WW-2 (1-99)
10th Armored Division – WW-2
The US 10th Armored Division was activated on Jul 15, 1942, at Fort Benning, Georgia,...
10th Mountain Division – WW-2
The 10th Light Division (Pack Alpine) was constituted on Jul 10, 1943, and activated five...
11th Airborne Division – WW-2
The 11th Airborne Division (nicknamed Angels) was a US Army Airborne formation, first activated on...
11th Armored Division – WW-2
The 11th Armored Division (Thunderbolt) was activated on August 15, 1942, at Camp Polk, Louisiana...
13th Airborne Division – WW-2
The 13th Airborne Division (nicknamed Black Cats, because this unit was activated on a Friday...
17th Airborne Division – OOB – WW-2
The 17th Airborne Division (Thunder from Heaven) was officially activated as an airborne division in...
1st Armored Division – WW-2
Col Daniel Van Voorhis took a cadre of 175 officers and enlisted men from Fort...
1st Cavalry Division – WW-2
The history of the 1st Cavalry Division began in 1921 after the army established a...
1st Infantry Division – WW-2
The 1st Division also nicknamed Fighting First or Big Red One, is the oldest division...
24th Infantry Division – WW-2
The 24th Infantry Division traces its lineage to Army units activated in Hawaii. It was...
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