Operations 26-IR (1st Infantry Division) Hürtgen Forest (November – December 1944)

Document Source: Staff Department, The Infantry School, Fort Benning (Georgia), Advanced Infantry Officers Course, 1945-1950. The Operations of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in the Attack on...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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....

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 VII Corps – Breaching the Siegfried Line September 1944

(v. 2023) Document Source: Headquarters Army Ground Force, Army War College, Washington D. C., Report Number 61. Col H. A. Miller; Col Shaffer F....

1-ID (Charlie 18) – Crucifix Hill Aachen 10/44

Operation Report of Charlie Company, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One), Attack on the Crucifix Hill (Hill 239 - Haarberg), Aachen...

561-FAB – ETO – WW2 (Battle of the Bulge & Germany)

Dec 17, 1944, defying the murky skies, the tiny liaison plane circled low as Lt David E. Runden dropped a note in the battalion...

US Armor in the Hürtgen Forest (Schmidt & Kommerscheid)

Source Document: Armor in the Huertgen Forest. The Kall Trail and the Battle of Kommerscheidt by Captain Mike Sullivan. The mission of Armor is...
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