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Unit Histories

26-ID (Yankee) WW-2 – ETO

Doc Snafu - 17/02/2022

The 26th Infantry Division (Yankee Division), has been a famous division for almost two centuries of American burgeoning and growth. The lineage of the Yankee Division extends back to the beginning...

Pacific Theater of Operations

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

Doc Snafu - 23/10/2022

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 Order of Battle WW-2

28-ID – OOB – WW2

Doc Snafu - 24/03/2023

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,...

Combat Operations in Germany

28th Infantry Division – Hürtgenwald

Doc Snafu - 16/03/2021

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...

Combat Operations in the Netherlands

2nd Armored Division – (TF Stokes) Holland – Sept 1944

Doc Snafu - 02/11/2022

Document Source: I really don't remember where I found this archive or who sent it to me. By the evening of September 15, 1944, Gen Joseph Lawton Collins' US XIX Corps had...

US Order of Battle WW-2

3-AD – OOB – WW2

Doc Snafu - 27/03/2023

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 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead)...

US Order of Battle WW-2

3-ID – OOB – WW2

Doc Snafu - 27/03/2023

Document Source: United States Army Order of Battle (1945). (Marne Division) The three white stripes represent the number of the division and the three major operations in which the division participated...

Combat Operations in Italy

3/157-IR – 45th Infantry Division – Moletta River – Italy – February 1944

Doc Snafu - 17/03/2023

Document Source: Infantry School, General Section, Military History Committee, Fort Benning, Georgia, Advanced Officers Course (1946-1947). Defensive Operation of the 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division along the Moletta...

Combat Operations - Battle of the Bulge

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

Doc Snafu - 22/06/2022

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,...

Pacific Theater of Operations

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

Doc Snafu - 20/02/2023

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....

Pacific Theater of Operations

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

Doc Snafu - 16/02/2023

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 - Battle of the Bulge

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

Doc Snafu - 03/10/2022

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) 38th...

Combat Operations in France

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

Doc Snafu - 06/10/2022

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 France

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

Doc Snafu - 05/10/2022

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 - Battle of the Bulge

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

Doc Snafu - 04/10/2022

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...

Combat Operations in France

3rd Infantry Division (Anvil-Dragoon) Southern France

Doc Snafu - 13/10/2022

Document source unknown. The preliminary planning for Operation Anvil-Dragoon, an Operation first code-named 'Anvil' and later changed to 'Dragoon' because it was believed that the original name had been compromised, was for...

Combat Operations in Germany

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

Doc Snafu - 18/02/2023

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...

US Order of Battle WW-2

4-AD – OOB – WW2

Doc Snafu - 28/03/2023

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 4th Armored Division was...

US Order of Battle WW-2

4-ID – OOB – WW2

Doc Snafu - 24/03/2023

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. Activated on June 1, 1940,...

EUCMH - Graphic Resources

42 Aerial Ardennes 1944 Maps (Southern Shoulder)(12/1944)(HD)

Doc Snafu - 20/10/2023

(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...

Combat Operations in France

442-RCT’s The Rescue of the Lost Battalion (Watanabe)

Doc Snafu - 05/11/2023

Document Source: A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Military Art and...

Combat Operations in the Netherlands

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

Doc Snafu - 22/06/2022

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...

US Order of Battle WW-2

5-AD – OOB – WW2

Doc Snafu - 24/03/2023

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 5th...

US Order of Battle WW-2

5-ID – OOB – WW2

Doc Snafu - 24/03/2023

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 5th Division was activated...

German Related Studies & Documents

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

Doc Snafu - 25/09/2022

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 in Sicily

504-PIB – Operations in Sicily – July 9 1943 – August 19 1943

Doc Snafu - 03/03/2023

Document Source: Operation of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team, in Sicily during the period July 9, 1943, to August 19, 1943. Personal Experience of the Regimental Headquarters Company Commander,...

Unit Histories

505-ELPC – 10/1944 – 04/1945

Doc Snafu - 09/12/2021

Source Document: After Action Report, 505th Engineer Light Ponton Company, World War Two, European Theater of Operations 505-ELPC - October 1944 (1) Designation: 505th Engineer Light Ponton Company. (2) Organization: May 15 1942....

Combat Operations in the Netherlands

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

Doc Snafu - 16/02/2023

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...

Combat Operations in France

507/82-A/B Pathfinders Operation – June 6 1944 (Normandy)

Doc Snafu - 21/04/2023

Document Source: Advanced Infantry Officers Course. Operations of the Regimental Pathfinder Unit, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. Personal Experience of a Regimental Pathfinder...

Combat Operations in Italy

509th Parachute Battalion S3 Journal – Italy (November 1943)

Doc Snafu - 01/11/2022

(Document Source: Report of Operations of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, Office of the Battalion Commander, S-3 Journal, Period, November 10, 1943, December 13, 1943. Italy. HQs 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion,...

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