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8-AD – OOB – WW2

The 8th Armored Division was activated on Apr 1, 1942, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, with 'surplus' units of the recently reorganized 4th Armored Division and newly-organized units. The division served as...

77th Infantry Division (2/306-IR) Camp Downs Leyte December 1944

Document Source: Personal Experience of a Battalions Officer, Capt Charles T.Caprino, during the operations of the 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division during the attack on Camp Downs, Leyte,...

9-ID (Artillery) – El Guettar – Tunisia

9-ID (Artillery) Report General: Units of the 9-ID Artillery (less the 60th Field Artillery Battalion which had been detached) moved on Mar 25/26, 1943, to bivouac areas in the vicinity of Gafsa....

7th Armored Division – St Vith – December 1944

Document Sources: EUCMH Collected Documents on St Vith INTRODUCTION This is the narrative of one phase of the greatest pitched battle on the Western Front in World War II. The battle at St...

Command is Forward – 26th Infantry Division (101-IR) (James C. Haahr)

Command is Forward – (101/26-YD) – Sgt James C. Haahr The author of the book, James ‘Jimbo’ Haahr is, first, a friend of mine and a Combat Infantry Veteran of World War...

Art of War (Sun Tzu’s)

Just in and right from Anthony Tucker-Jones. And of course another must-read. I have spent a week in this book and I love it. Really well done. This new illustrated edition...

99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) (US-Norwegian) Battle of the Bulge

99th Battalion : The Long Way Home A Review by Erik Brun 99th Battalion by Gerd Nyquist, Aperture Press, LLC, 201 Washington Street, Suite 533 Reading, PA 19601 Available for the first time to...

MP Platoon 2nd Infantry Division in Wirtzfeld December 1944

This beautiful book is intended to honor all veterans for their sacrifices on the battlefields of the European and Pacific theaters during World War II. It further honors military police everywhere...

The Civilian Bomb Disposing Earl

This is another book which was sent to me for review and I have to say that it was very interesting reading, especially when the Author is a Lady. Some women...

Tokyo – Japan – The Doolittle Raid

The Doolittle Raid of Apr 18, 1942, was the first air raid by the USA to strike the Japanese home islands during WW-2. The mission was notable in that it was...

The Ledo (Stilwell) Road (China Burma India)

Document Source, US Army Center of Military History, EUCMH research online (Photo NARA, EUCMH Collection) (Definitive Version, Doc Snafu, October 26, 2022) </a On December 1, 1942, Gen Sir Archibald Wavell (UK), the...

Shot Down – (B-17 Susan Ruth)

Shot Down is about author Steve Snyder’s father, Howard Snyder, the ten-man crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth, and the unique experiences of each man after their plane was knocked out...

Magnificent Gurkhas – WW-2 (Sanju Gurung)

Document Source: Gurkhas, Re-assessing the performance of Imperial Soldiers in WW-2. Sanju Gurung, Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Bowman (War Study Dissertation) Acknowledgement It is my pleasure to thank those who made this research possible, including...

OSS Platoon (P) Night Recon Arakan Coast Burma (Martin J. Waters)

Document Source: This archive covers the operations of a provisional OSS Platoon, in a series of night landings made on the Arakan Coast of Burma during the period from Oct 1944...

96-ID (Okinawa) Conical-Oboe Hills Area (May 1945)

May 1-9 1945 – Training to Fighting The names of Kakazu Ridge, Tombstone Ridge, Tabletop, Gate, Needle Rock, Hill 153, Big Escarpment had now become a legend as the battle-weary doughboys came...

Forever is Not for Everyone (507-PIR)

As a World War II historical biography and present-day memoir, Forever is Not for Everyone illuminates the story of one daughter’s search for the forgotten life of her deceased father, a...

IPW #88 – HQs 2nd Infantry Division – December 18 1944

Source Document: Extract G-2 Report #176, HQ 2nd Infantry Division, December 18, 1944. Prisoner of War Interrogation Report N°88 (1) A total of 33 Prisoners of War were processed through the Division...

27th Infantry Regiment (25-ID) Guadalcanal January 1943

Document Source: Operations of the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, January 10, 1943, to January 26, 1943. Guadalcanal Campaign. Personal Experience of the Regimental S-2, Maj...

US POWs (106-ID) Murdered Schoenberg (12/44)

Headquarters First United States Army Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, April 20, 1945 Subject: Review of proceeding of Military Commission in the case of the United States v. Hauptmann (Captain) Kurt...

Military Abbreviations used in WW-2

Become a Part of the Project and Upload Abbreviations (Mil WW-2 to the Webserver for publication- Thank You Raw Archives - Military Abbreviations as used in World War Two. Canada ADGB - Air Defence...

9-AD – OOB – WW2

The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, was constituted on August 29, 1917, and organized as Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 15th Cavalry Division in December of the same year. The 3rd Brigade demobilized...

9-ID – OOB – WW2

The 9th Infantry Division was activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Aug 1, 1940, as the 9th Division and participated in both, the Oct and Nov 1941 Carolina Maneuvers before...

10-AD – OOB – WW2

The US 10th Armored Division was activated on Jul 15, 1942, at Fort Benning, Georgia, and moved on Jun 24, 1943, to the Second Army #2 Tennessee Maneuvres. On Sept 5,...

10-MD – OOB – WW2

Document Source: Order of Battle US Army World War Two, War Department, Washington DC, Combat Narrative, US Army World War Two, Shelby L. Stanton, Presidio Press, Novato, California, USA, 1984 The...

Hürtgenwald – Victory Has Many Fathers, Defeat is an Orphan (Jandrew)

Original Source Document: Victory Has Many Fathers, But Defeat is an Orphan. William C. Jandrew, American Military University, Feb 19, 2011, MILH 551 – World War II in Europe (Final Check Doc...

OSS WW-2 Initialism, Abbreviations, Acronyms

Document Source US National Archives OSS Glossary of Initialisms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms Office of Strategic Services Records (Record Group 226) World War Two. A-2 - Air Intelligence, US Army AAF - Army Air Forces ABDA - American-British-Dutch-Australian Command Abwehr...

1/422-IR 106th Infantry Division – Schlausenbach December 1944

Document Source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division (Golden Lion), Vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany, December 10-19, 1944, Personal Experience of a battalion Executive Officer, Maj William...

US Army in Alaska during World War Two

The text you are about to read is part of an almost scientific archive on a very specific subject, Alaska during World War Two. Originally, this study traces the evolution of...

Allies War Crimes (Soviets)

Document Sources: Internet, Wikipedia, German News Papers The Soviet executive order to military prosecutors of the 48th Army for taking legal measures against lootings, burning of houses and killing of civilians by the...

Führer Begleit Brigade (Otto Remer) Ardennes 1944/1945

Document Source: This document is transcribed from the copies in the collection of the US Military History Institute, Carlisle Barrack, Pennsylvania, #D739 F6713 #B-592 & #D739 F6713 #B-838. These two separate...

Operation Anthropoid – Heydrich Assassination

Lidice: In Memoriam, Lidice uchytilova pomnik detskych obeti Lidice. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was norn in Halle and der Saale on Mar 7, 1904. He was SS-Obergruppenführer; General der Polizei; Chief of...

11-A/B – OOB – WW2

The 11th Airborne Division (nicknamed Angels) was a US Army Airborne formation, first activated on February 25 1943. Different from their sister divisions, the 13th Parachute Infantry Division, the 17th Parachute...

11-AD – OOB – WW2

Document Source: Order of Battle of the United States Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations. Office of the Theater Historian, Paris, France, December 20, 1945. The 11th Armored Division (Thunderbolt)...

1.SS-PD (LSSAH) – War Crimes (MEMO)

1.SS-Panzer-Division (LSSAH) War Crimes (Memorandum) Compiled by Doc Snafu I have worked several months to research, find and compile this huge archive then publish it in a way that it becomes readable without...

28th Infantry Division – Hürtgenwald

Document Source: Operational Performance of the US 28-ID (Keystone) from Sept 1944 to Dec 1944 is a thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College...

Hermann Göring – Letter to Churchill

Document Source: Archives EUCMH via Imperial War Museum, London (Nuremberg, October 10, 1946 - Last letter from Hermann Goering to Sir Winston Churchill). Mr. Churchill, You will have the satisfaction to survive me...

106-ID December 1944

Document Source: The Story of the 106th Infantry Division, United States Army. Division Publication, Paris, France, 1945. When the history of the Ardennes fighting has been written, it will be recorded as...

526th Armored Infantry Battalion (T Force) December 1944

Document Source: Headquarters 526th Armored Infantry Battalion, After Action Report - December 1, 1944 – December 31, 1944 Maj Roy E. Battson - S3 Your browser does not support the video tag. From December...

The Battle of San Pietro (Film)

Source: US Department of Defense. US Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer Motion Picture Films from the Campaign Reports Program Series, 1944-1945 (US Army & John Huston) DedicationGen Mark...

30th Infantry Division (AAR) December 1944 (G3)

Document Source: After Battle Report, Headquarters 30th Infantry Division, G3 Section, Period December 1, 1944, - December 31, 1944. The 30th Infantry Division, during the period Dec 1, 1944, to Dec 12,...

17-A/B – OOB – WW2

The 17th Airborne Division (Thunder from Heaven) was officially activated as an airborne division in April 1943 but was not immediately sent to combat, remaining in the United States to complete...

13-A/B – OOB – WW-2

Document Source: United States Army Order of Battle, World War Two (1945) 13th Airborne Division, Black Cat Division. The division insignia is a winged Unicorn in golden orange placed on an ultramarine blue...

24-ID – OOB – WW2

Document Source: US Army War Department Order of Battle US Army 1945; Wikipedia; Philippine Scouts Revue The 24th Infantry Division traces its lineage to Army units activated in Hawaii. It was activated...

North Africa Campaign & Middle East – WW2 – (Photos Resource)

(Document Source: US Army in WW-2, Pictorial Record, Office of the Chief of Military History) (Definitive Version: Doc Snafu November 7, 2022) During WW-2, the photographers of the US Army, USAAF, USN, USMC,...

French Morocco – (Photos Resources)

(Above and Below) Casablanca, the Main Objective on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The landings were made at Fedala, farther north, in order to attack Casablanca overland partly because of its...

Algeria – WW2 – Photos

The Beach of Les Andalouses, west of Oran (above). The landings here were unopposed. Eastern part of Oran harbor (below). Early on Nov 8, two British ships (ex-US Coast Guard cutters),...

North-Africa – Tunisian Campaign – (Photos Resource)

(Document Source: US Army in WW-2, Pictorial Record, Office of the Chief of Military History) (Definitive Version: Doc Snafu November 7, 2022) During WW-2, the photographers of the US Army, USAAF, USN, USMC,...

Women at War – WW-2 (Photos)

Source : Doc Snafu's WW-2 US Photos Collection - European Center of Military History Note: the purpose of this post is to share a large group of photos of Women at War...

US GIs, Kids, Animals – WW2 (Photos)

Document Source: Photos Archives Collection of the European Center of Military History. Sorting and searching, as well as compiling, Doc Snafu There were many, especially those who on the front lines had no...

Iran – (Photos Resources)

The Port of Bandar Shahpur on the Persian Gulf. The voyage from New York around South Africa to the Persian Gulf ports averaged 70 days. When the Mediterranean route became available...

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion – Belgium Holland Germany

Document Source: Operations of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Army, in Belgium, Holland, and Germany, 1944-1945. The Final Operation: January 2, 1945, to March 24, 1945. (1) The object of...

WW2 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 a world classic - a powerful reminder...

1st Infantry Division – (AAR) – Hauset (Belgium) (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 (CP) Hauset (vic) (Belgium), Location (ICP)...

1st Infantry Division – Dom Butgenbach – December 1944

Source Document: Selected Intelligence Reports, December 1944 - May 1945, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, First United States Infantry Division, Czechoslovakia, June 6, 1945. December 1 to December 31, 1944 Luchem...

1-ID (2/26) – Aachen – October 10-21 1944

Document Source: Operations of the 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Aachen, Germany, October 10 – 21 1944 Lt Col D. M. Daniel, (Personal Experience as a Battalion Commander) To...

2-ID – WW2 – Second to None

Document Source: 1945 Brief History of the 2nd Infantry Division (Indian Head). The members of the 2nd Infantry Division were the wearers of the famed Indian Head Patch in five different wars...

48-AIB – (7-AD) – Overloon, Holland, October 1944

Document Source: Personal Experience of Capt Leo V. Thieme during Operations in Holland, 3rd Plat., Charlie Co, 1st Bn, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division. This short battle account, describes the...

Official Report (Jubilee) Dieppe (1942) (Royal Canadian Army)

Document Source: Official Report, Operation Jubilee, Dieppe, France, 1942 (Royal Canadian Army). Report on the Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942, Capt G. A. Brown (RCA), Personal Account. Landing at Blue Beach As far...

IPW #104 (120-IR) 30th Infantry Division December 22 1944

Source Document: IPW Team N° 43, Headquarters 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, Interrogation Report N° 104. December 22, 1944, 1100 (1) General information from PW was captured by Baker Co, 526th Armored...

IPW #00 (26-IR) 1st Infantry Division (20/12/44)

Document Source: Interrogation Report on 8 Prisoners of War captured by Baker Co, 1/26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 1/Lt William Boehme, QMC, Interrogator Headquarters 26th Infantry Regiment A.P.O 1, US Army December 20,...

OOB US Army – AAF (Battle of the Bulge)

Source Documents: Order of Battle of the United States Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations. Office of the Theater Historian, Paris, France, December 20, 1945, and Danny S. Parker,...

Abbreviations – RCA – WW-2

Source Document: The Canadian Army 1939 – 1945, An Official Historical Summary, By Colonel C. P. STACEY, O.B.E., A.M., Ph.D., Director, Historical Section, General Staff, 1948. A.D.G.B - Air Defense of Great...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) June 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 1 - 6 June 1944 Under the Command of Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) July 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 51 - 1 July 1944 Allied troops are strengthening their positions on both banks...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) August 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 113 - 1 August 1944 In the western sector, Allied forces which entered Granville...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) September 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 146 - 1 September 1944 Driving on northward from the Beauvais area, Allied forces...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) October 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 176 - 01 October 1944 Calais has been captured. The commander was taken prisoner...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) November 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 207 - 01 November 1944 Heavy fighting went on all day yesterday on the...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) December 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 237 - 01 December 1944 Allied forces, continuing to clear the Meuse River pocket,...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) January 1945

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 268 - 01 January 1945 The northern flank of the Ardennes salient has been...

Forced Labor Worker to the US 26-ID (Boleslaw Piatkowski)(PL)

Document Source: (Note) Photos are for illustration purposes and all original. The original title of this archive is ‘From Forced Workers Camp to Yankee Division’, War Memories of Boleslaw Piatkowski. This...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) February 1945

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 299 - 01 February 1945 Allied forces have completely cleared the enemy from the...

10-AD (419-AFAB) AAR (44-45)

Document Source: Operations Journal, 10th Armored Division, 419th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, European Theater of Operations, 1944 – 1945. 10th Armored Division 419th Armored Field Artillery Battalion After Action Report November 1944 Nov 1: Moving to...

KG von der Heydte Surrendering

(Document Source): Annex #2 G-2 Periodical Report #199. Secret, (Auth) CG Third Army, (Date) December 27, 1944. 1. Uncommitted Fallschirmjaeger (Para) and Infantry Units The withdrawal from contact of the 6.Fallschirmjaeger-Division on the...

Interview SS-Obersturmbandführer Otto Skorzeny (Greif)

Document Source: Battle of the Ardennes, Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny, Commanding Officer Operation Greif. The German SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny (Jun 12, 1908 – Jul 5, 1975) was an...

IPW #107 (120/30-ID) (27/12/44)

Source Document: IPW Team N° 46, Headquarters 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, Interrogation Report N° 107. December 27, 1944 (1) Total of Prisoners of War processed in period: 2 (PWs #3824 &...

G-2 Periodic Report #1 (War Crimes)

Document Sources: G-2 Periodic Report 1 - More about your enemy. (Warning graphic content) Edited on 28-12-2021 (correction) Incl 2 to VII Corps G-2 Periodic Report #1 The following information was obtained on Dec 25,...

Propaganda Posters 14/18 US

Document Source: US National Archives (NARA) through Paperless Archives. A few years ago, just to try it out, I bought a series of archival DVDs. As this was a batch totaling some...

SS-Sturmbahnführer Gustav Knittel (Timo R. Worst)

Career, crimes and trial of SS-Sturmbannführer Gustav Knittel Commander of the Aufklärungsabteilung LSSAH In the summer of 1946, Gustav Knittel, a 31-year-old former SS officer from the Bavarian town of Neu-Ulm, was...

100 NARA Pix+Cap (Erik)

Images Source: Erik Villard, Digital Military Historian serving the US Army and veteran community.

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) March 1945

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 327 - 01 March 1945 Allied forces have occupied Kalkar which was found to...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) April 1945

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 358 - 1 April 1945 North of the Ruhr, allied forces continue to make...

SHAEF Communiques (ETO) May 1945

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 388 - 1 May 1945 Allied forces captured Leer, on the right bank of...

XIX TAC – 12.000 Sorties (1944)

Document Source: Army Air Force Archives, XIX Tactical Command, 1944. The XIX Tactical Air Command (XIX TAC) (Fly Seek Destroy) is an inactive US Air Force unit. The unit’s last assignment was...

USAAF Stations – WW2 – (Mediterranean)

Document Source: US Army Air Force Stations, Mediterranean Theater of Operation, 1945, WD Army Air Forces – Mediterranean Theater Station List – 1 May 1945 Algiers, Algeria 56 Army Airways Communications System Group – Hq...

AAF Fields & Bases (ETO) 1944-1945

Document Source: US Army Air Forces Airfields and Bases in the European Theater of Operation, 1944-1945, WD 1945 After the landing in Normandy, followed by some weeks later with the landing in...

RCA Report – Operation Jubilee (Memo) Cpl Ellis Dieppe France 1942

Document Source: Royal Canadian Army, Puits, Memorandum, Cpl Ellis (Royal Regiment of Canada). Memorandum of Interview: LCpl L.G. Ellis, DCM, (B-66984). Royal Regiment of Canada, at Canadian Military Headquarters, London, October...

RCA – Dieppe (Memo) – PSM Lucien A. Dumais (Operation Jubilee)

Document Source: Memorandum on the Capture and Subsequent Escape of D.61182, P.S.M. Lucien Adhemard Dumais (Fus. M. R.) Operation Jubilee, Dieppe, France, 1942 No Canadian Intelligence Officer was present at the...

POW Report (Sepp Dietrich & Joachim Peiper)

(Document Source) Are official translations of briefs of the war experiences of (ex) SS-Oberstgruppenführer Josef Sepp Dietrich, wartime CG of the 6.Panzer-Army, and (ex) SS-Obersturmbannführer Joachim Peiper, wartime CO of the...

Bulge Maps (Southern Shoulder)(12/1944)(HD)

(Source) This is an anonymous upload to the EUCMH webserver. I really want to thank the donator of these wartime maps because I am sure some guys online will find them...