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POW Interrogation Reports

IPW Report #17 (Einheit Stielau) (Billing – Pernass – Schmidt)

(Document Source): Raw Data File 30-ID, Prisoner of War Interrogation Report, #17, Billing, Schmidt, Pernass. Unteroffizier Manfred Pernass, Oberfähnrich Günther Billing, and Gefreiter Wilhelm Schmidt, were captured on December 18, 1944, on...

POW Interrogation Reports

IPW SS-Obersturmführer Walter Girg – SS-Jagdverband MITTE (Landfried) (OSS Austria)

(Source Document): Headquarters United States Forces Austria, OSS Austria, APO 777, US Army, SCI/Unit A – September 15, 1945, Salzburg, Austria LSX-54. SS-Obersturmführer Walter Girg – SS-Jagdverband MITTE (Landfried) Subject: SS-Obersturmführer Walter Girg, Commander...

CIC History - Battle of the Bulge (Skorzeny)

CIC History – Battle of the Bulge (Skorzeny)

This Post is Open to Changes and Corrections (Document Source) Headquarters US Army Intelligence Center, Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland. ACSIH-GC-250/58/M, April 1959, CIC History. Part 1 - The Ardennes Breakthrough As the Kaiser's Army,...

106-CIC Det (AAR) 16/12/1944-26/12/1944

(Document Source) Headquarters US Army Intelligence Center, Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland. ACSIH-GC-250/58/M, April 1959, CIC History - The Ardennes Breakthrough Typical Day-by-Day CIC A picture of representative CIC activities during this period of...

War Crimes Related (Allied and Axis)

Hauptmann Kurt Bruns (6/56 BRUNS)

(Document Source): Memorandum to Maj J. C. Duvall, Acting Chief Prosecution Section 1. FACTS On or About December 20, 1944, in the neighborhood of Bleialf, Germany, (GSGS 42, Sheet 6, Coordinates P-98), between...

German Related Studies & Documents

Greif – Stoesser – German Special Operations – Battle of the Bulge

Document Source: this study is a historical analysis of the German Special Operations conducted in support of their overall Ardennes Offensive. It focuses on the two major special operations of the...

German Militaria Related

Liberated HJ Knife (E/506-PIR) Walter Gordon

Document Source Adam Matthew, Collection Walter Gordon This Hitler Jugend Knife was captured and liberated by Sgt Walter Gordon and brought back home as a War Souvenir. Walter Gordon was a non-commissioned...

War Crimes Related (Allied and Axis)

Otto Skorzeny et All – Dachau (Trial Data)

(Document Source: Reproduction of the Original Papers by EUCMH) EUROPEAN CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY - 2022 UNITED STATES ARMY - EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE'S OFFICE - 7708 WAR CRIMES GROUP EUROPEAN COMMAND...

War Crimes Related (Allied and Axis)

Hauptmann Curt Bruns (Trial Data) (106-ID Related)

(Document Source: Reproduction of the Original Papers by EUCMH) EUROPEAN CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY - 2022 UNITED STATES ARMY - FIRST UNITED STATES ARMY EUROPEAN COMMAND APO 407 - April 20 1945 Office of the...

POW Interrogation Reports

Kampfgruppe von Der Heydte (December 23 1944)

Document Source: Einheit von Der Heydte (December 23 1944); ANNEX NO.3 TO G-2 REPORT NO.181 HQ 2D INF DIV; December 23, 1944 Fallschirmjaeger Kampfgruppe Oberstleutnant Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte (Operation Stoesser) Oberstleutnant...

German Related Studies & Documents

Fallschirmjäger Troops – US 3-A Sector (1945)

Document Source: Annex #2 to G-2 Periodic Report N°199 Commanding General, Third US Army, December 27, 1944, HQ Third US Army (1) UNCOMMITTED FALLSCHIRMJÄGER AND INFANTRY UNITS The withdrawal from the contact of the...

Guest Writers

Argentina, the German Fourth Reich (Holger M. Meding)

Document Source: An enlarged version of a paper read at the 47th Congress of Americanists in New Orleans (July 1991) - is an abstract of my dissertation: Holger M. Meding, Die...

Guest Writers

Memoirs of Raymond E. Kitchell – (89-ID) WW2

Document Source: Memoirs of Raymond E. Kitchell, 89th Infantry Division. This document has been uploaded to the webserver by one of our members. Anyway, to follow the text and find some...

Books You Really Need to Read

Hitler’s Winter by Anthony Tucker-Jones (Osprey)

Anthony Tucker-Jones Defense analyst, Anthony Tucker-Jones spent nearly 20 years in the British Intelligence Community before establishing a defense writer and historian: commenting on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism, intelligence, and military affairs. Anthony is...

Talking About the Battle of the Kasserine Pass (Gassmann)

Document Source: Dr. Jürg Gassmann, 15 June 2020, . The Battle of Kasserine Pass: A Forgotten Medieval Battle. (Doc Snafu Final Check September 13, 2022) 1. ABSTRACT Modern academic historians rely on facts formerly...

German Related Studies & Documents

Front-Line Intelligence in WW2 – Abwehr (I) (Keith Ellison)

Document Source: Keith Ellison, Front-Line Intelligence in World War Two, (1) German Intelligence Collection Admiral Wilhelm Franz Canaris (Jan 1, 1887 – Apr 9, 1945) was a German admiral and the chief...

Guest Writers

Front-Line Intelligence in WW2 – Allies (2) (Keith Ellison)

Document Source: Front Line Intelligence in World War Two (II) The Development of Allied Intelligence Unit. Keith Ellison The first part of this series explained how the Germans developed their intelligence front-line...

OSS-SOE-FBI Files

Frontline Intelligence in WW2 – (3) Allied T Forces (Keith Ellison)

Document Source: Frontline Intelligence in WW2 - (3) Allied T Forces (Keith Ellison) During World War Two, the Allies employed specialist task forces (S Forces) in North Africa and Italy which were...

Holocaust Related

Allied Intelligence, Holocaust info obtained from German POWs (Stephen Tyas)

Document Source: Allied Intelligence Agencies and the Holocaust: Information Acquired from German Prisoners of War, Stephen Tyas, Saint Albans, England. (Final check on August 17, 2022, Doc Snafu) In the early days...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

75th Infantry Division – (3/291-IR) – Aldringen – Belgium (22-01-1945)

Document Source: Operations of the 3rd Battalion, 291st Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division (Maj Gen Gay B. Prickett), North of the town of Aldringen, Belgium in January 1945, during the Battle...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

75th Infantry Division (C/291) – Grand Halleux – Belgium – January 1945

Document Source: Attack on the High Ground outside Grand Halleux, Belgium, January 15-16, 1945, Battle of the Bulge. Personal Experiences of a Company CO, Maj Allan J. Bogardus. INTRODUCTION This archive covers the operations...

Combat Operations in Germany

The Battle of Aachen – Germany – Capt Bruce K. Ferrell

Document Source: Reprint from the December 2000 Article of the Armor Magazine, by Capt Bruce K. Ferrell. The October 1944 Siege of Germany’s West Wall (Siegfried Line), led to a MOUT...

Raw Archives

Letter Lucyna Tomaszewska to Churchill (1943)

Document Source: Copy of the original letter (C-8857/34/55), from (Sgd.) Lucyna H. Tomaszewska, 173, Park West, Edgware Road, London, W.2., to Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, dated July 26th, 1943. The...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

38th Cavalry Recon Squadron (MECZ) AAR – September 1944

Document source: After action report 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron (Mechanized), Aug 44 thru April 45, Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research, Digital Library. (Checked and Corrected while processing the file: Doc Snafu) (September...

Army Air Forces Archives

OPERATION ARGUMENT – Big Week – February 20-25 1944

Document Source: US Army Command & General Staff College, Operation Argument 'Big Week', February 20-25, 1944, Published on Academia.edu by John M. Curatola The US Army Air Corps (USAAC) developed the idea...

Pictures & Captions World War Two

OKINAWA-PTO-WW2

An advance patrol of the 77th Infantry Division moves cautiously up a trail on Takashiki Shima, scouting an advance route for the main body that later overran the island. (NARA) April 21,...

US Order of Battle WW-2

28-ID – 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. 28th INFANTRY DIVISION Bloody Bucket Division,...

German Related Studies & Documents

5.Panzer-Army – Ardennes Preparation (Gen Hasso von Manteuffel)

Document Source: The 5.Panzer-Armee, Preparations of the Ardennes Offensive, December 16, 1944, February 25, 1945, by General d. Panzertruppen Hasso Eccard von Manteuffel. (Corrected & Checked by Doc Snafu - while processing...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

101st Airborne Division – Defense of Bastogne (Mitchell)

Document source: The 101st Airborne Division's Defense of Bastogne, Col Ralph M. Mitchell, September 1986, US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. I. BASTOGNE: THE CONTEXT OF THE BATTLE By...

Combat Operations in Germany

82nd Airborne Division (AAR) April 1945

Document Source: After Action Report, 82nd Airborne Division, April 1945. Preface; Narrative; Intelligence Phases; Supply; Military Government, Annexes. SECTION I - PREFACE In late March 1945, the 82nd Airborne Division was engaged in...

Unit Histories

70th Tank Battalion – Road to Victory – (North-Africa Sicily Europe) 1942-1945

Document Source: Original History of the 70th Tank Battalion during World War Two, (1945) Major, 70th Tank Battalion, Henry E. Davidson, Jr, Commanding INTRODUCTION At 1100, on December 16, 1944, an alert order was...

Combat Operations in France

38th Cavalry Recon Squadron (MECZ) AAR – June 1944

Document source: After action report 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron (Mechanized), Aug 44 thru April 45, Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research, Digital Library. (Checked and Corrected while processing the file: Doc Snafu) (1)...

Combat Operations in France

38th Cavalry Recon Squadron (MECZ) AAR – July 1944

Document source: After action report 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron (Mechanized), Aug 44 thru April 45, Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research, Digital Library. (Checked and Corrected while processing the file: Doc Snafu) In...

Combat Operations in Germany

XVIII Corps (Airborne) Operation Varsity (Germany 1945)

Document source: Personal Copy of Maj Gen William M. Miley, XVIII Corps Airborne, Operation Varsity, March 23, 1945 - March 30, 1945. Copy N°60, Headquarters XVIII Corps Airborne, Office of the...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

1st Infantry Division – Dom Butgenbach – January 1945

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 1. CHOICE OF ACTION (1 January...

Researches & Requests

513th Parachute Infantry Ardennes Counteroffensive (Gordon Zernich)

A request from Gordon Zernich through the site contact page Doc, I'd like to add a little depth to my research of the 513 Parachute Infantry Regiment (17th Airborne Division) during the Ardennes...

China - Burma - India

Where is my Son (Pearl Dunaway)(S/Sgt Joseph Wilburn Dunaway)

427TH NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON Arriving in India, the squadron cooperated closely with the 426th Night Fighter Squadron. The 426th, with only four operational P-61 Black Widows, needed additional aircraft for their Chengtu,...

Guest Writers

(Women Power) Lexington’s Driving Force WW-2 (Michelle L. Ellison)

(Document source: this archive was found while searching for papers in the CDs. It was submitted to EUCMH by Elmer T Garvelson (USA) on June 13, 2005. No other information available)...

Photos Resource EUCMH

Redstone Arsenal WW-2 (Photos Resouce)

Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is a United States Army post and a census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical...

Army Air Forces Archives

German Defeat 1945 – Air-Sea-Ground – USSAF 1945

(Document Source: The material presented herewith was prepared by Headquarters Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Intelligence Section, and is published for official use. January 1946) FOREWORD Eight months have elapsed since...

German Related Studies & Documents

Winners 1940 to Loosers 1945 – Germany’s WW-2 Mistakes

Document Source: Chapter II of Defeat. The material presented herewith was prepared by the Headquarters Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Intelligence Section, and is published for official use. January...

German Related Studies & Documents

German Tank and Infantry Warfare (Gen Fridolin von Senger)

Document Source: The material presented herewith was prepared by Headquarters Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Intelligence Section, and is published for official use on January 6, 1945. Headquarters US...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

Able Co 508-PIR (82-A/B) Rencheux (Belgium) (Ardennes Campaign)

Document Source: Company in Defense and Withdrawal, Operations of Able Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division near Rencheux, Belgium, December 22 to December 24, 1944. Personal Experience of a...

Guest Writers

George S. Patton Battle Brilliance during WW-2 (David Wornow)

(Document Source: Attack, and Attack, and Attack again. How General Patton's Force of personality created the brash culture and underpinned the aggressive tactics that led to victory in Europe. David Wornow,...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

German Counter Offensive in the Belgian Ardennes (1944-1945) (Maj Keith H. Barber)

Document source: The Germans Ardennes Counter-Offensive December 16, 1944, to January 2, 1945, Ardennes Alsace Campaign, Type of operation: Army Group Offensive, Advanced Infantry Officers Class #1, Major Keith H. Barber....

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

99th Infantry Battalion (S) (AAR) December 17-31 1944 (Malmedy)

Document Source: AAR, Task Force Hansen at Malmedy, 12/44. The following is a report of the action taken by Task Force Hansen in the vicinity of Malmedy and Stavelot. Capt Charles...

Combat Operations in Germany

1/117th Infantry Regiment (30-ID) Breaching the West Wall

Document Source: Appendix C, Narrative Account of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Interview with Col Robert E. Frankland, CO 1/117th Infantry; Maj Henry R. Kaczowka, Battalion Executive; Capt. David K. Easlick, Battalion...

Combat Operations in Germany

1/117th Infantry (30-ID) – Wurm River Crossing – October 1944 (Military Data)

Document Source: Appendix C, Narrative Account of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Interview with Col Robert E. Frankland, CO 1/117th Infantry; Maj Henry R. Kaczowka, Battalion Executive; Capt David K. Easlick, Battalion...

Combat Operations in France

7th Armored Division (AAR) August 1944 (HQ US 12-AG) (France)

Document Source: (Transcribed by Wesley Johnson) Headquarters Twelve Army Group, After Action Report, to The Adjutant General, Washington, D.C., (Thru: Commanding General, European Theater of Operations) Inclosed are After Action Report...

Raw Archives

WW2 Weapons for Jungle Warfare (1944)

Document Source: War Department, War General Staff, Organization and Training Division G-3, Washington DC. Subject: Manual on Weapons for Jungle Warfare. The enclosed manual which was prepared due to a special...

Guest Writers

War Diary of Gen Frank P. Lahm – US Air Service World War One (Part One)

(PART ONE) Document Source: Historical Research Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The World War One Diary of Col Frank P. Lahm, Edited by Albert F....

Army Air Forces Archives

War Diary of Gen Frank P. Lahm – US Air Service World War One (Part Two)

(PART TWO) Document Source: Historical Research Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The World War One Diary of Col Frank P. Lahm, Edited by Albert F....

Army Air Forces Archives

War Diary of Gen Frank P. Lahm – US Air Service World War One (Part Three)

(PART THREE) Document Source: Historical Research Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The World War One Diary of Col Frank P. Lahm, Edited by Albert F....

Army Air Forces Archives

War Diary of Gen Frank P. Lahm – US Air Service World War One (Part Four)

(PART FOUR) Document Source: Historical Research Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The World War One Diary of Col Frank P. Lahm, Edited by Albert F....

Naval & Seas Related

85th Naval Construction Battalion (LOG) 1943-1945

Document Source: Log Book of the 85th Naval Construction Battalion & History (EUCMH Archives) 85th Naval Construction Battalion February 6, 1943. Following in the footsteps of the 84 Groups ahead of them, 27...

Pacific Theater of Operations

96-ID (Report – Okinawa – Ryukyus) – April 1945

It was on Easter morning, April 1, 1945, that veteran Deadeyes of the 96-ID entered into their second action against the enemy after an unopposed landing on the western shores of...

Combat Operations in the Netherlands

506-PIR Operations in Holland September 17 to October 9 1944

Document Source: Operations of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in Holland, September 17 to October 9, 1944. Rhineland Campaign. Capt Lloyd E. Wills, Assistant Regimental Operations Officer. INTRODUCTION This archive...

Pacific Theater of Operations

382/96-ID Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru Line (Okinawa) May 1945

Document Source: Operations of the 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, in the Penetration of the Japanese Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru Line, on Okinawa, May 10, 1945, - May 31, 1945. Ryukyus Campaign. Experience...

Combat Operations in Germany

4-AD (TF Baum) Aschaffenburg-Hammelburg Germany March 1945

Document Source: Operation of the Task Force Baum, 4th Armored Division, between Aschaffenburg and Hammelburg, March 27-28, 1945, Central European Campaign, Experience of Capt Shelden L. Thompson, Prisoner of War, Oflag...

Combat Operations in the Netherlands

Easy 505-PIR (82-A/B) Capture Nijmegen Bridge September 1944 Holland

Document Source: Operations of the 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in the Seizure of the Nijmegen Bridge, September 19, 1944 - September 20,...

Pacific Theater of Operations

37-ID – Pasig River & Intramuros Manila – Luzon – February 7-9 1945

Document Source: Operation of the 37th Infantry Division in the crossing of the Pasig River and the closing to the Walls of Intramuros, Manila, February 7-9, 1945 during the Luzon Campaign....

Combat Operations in Italy

1/504-PIR (82-A/B) – Altavilla – Italy – September 13-19 1943

Document Source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in the Capture of Altavilla, Italy, September 13 to September 19, 1943, during the Naples-Foggia Campaign. Maj...

Combat Operations in Germany

1/379-IR (95-ID) – Operations in Saarlautern – Germany – December 2-6 1944

Document source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division in Saarlautern, Germany, December 2, 1944, - December 6, 1944. during the Rhineland Campaign, Capt Albert V. Kinslow,...

Combat Operations in Germany

1/26-IR (1-ID) Initial Penetration West Wall (Nutheim) September 13/20 1944

Document Source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division during the Initial Penetration of the Siegfried Like in the Vicinity of Nutheim, Germany, September 13 to September...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

84-ID during the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 – January 1945)

Document Source: Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, The Battle of the Ardennes, December 1944 - January 1945, by Sgt Theodore Draper, Maps by Sgt Walter Chapman, Photographs by...

Photos Resource EUCMH

Wartime Images (Rothenburg ob der Tauber) Germany

Here is a series of photographs shot during World War Two in Germany and sent to me by a friend from the USA probably 10 or 12 years ago, so please...

Military Studies (US)

Brief History – Parachute – Paratroopers – Test Platoon

Document Source: Gunter G. Gillot (Doc Snafu), 1984, US Airborne ETO-MTO 1940-1945, Foxmaster Publishing, (French), with Gen William T. Ryder, Gen William P. Yarborough, Gen Matthew B. Ridgway, Gen William M....

Combat Operations in Italy

Operations 2/349-IR (88th Infantry Division) Po Valley – Italy 1945

Document Source: Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee, Fort Benning, Georgia, Advanced Officers Course (1946-1947). Operations of the 2nd Battalion, 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, in the Breakthrough and...

Photos Resource EUCMH

88th Infantry Division – WW2 Photos

Photos: 88th Infantry Division - WW2 Note that the name of the photos is the description

Photos Resource EUCMH

Hurtgen Forest – WW2 – Photos

Huertgen Forest - WW2 - Photos Note: the name of the photo is often the caption

Combat Operations in France

Easy 517-PRCT Operations in La Roquette, Southern-France (August 27-28, 1944)

Document Source: Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee, Fort Benning, Georgia, Advanced Officers Course (1946-1947). Operations of Easy Company, 517th Parachute Infantry Combat Team, in a River crossing and attack...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

551st Parachute Battalion – Trois-Ponts – Belgium – January 1945

Document Source: Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee, Fort Benning, Georgia, Advanced Officers Course (1946-1947). Operations of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (attached to the 82nd Airborne Division and the...

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