Victory Has Many Fathers, But 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
Late summer 1944, Rome had fallen, and the massive Allied invasion of...
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, my tutor Dr. Timothy Bowman who gave me immense...
1/422/106-ID – Forced March (Mohn)
Source Document: Forced March Major John P. Mohn, HQ Co, 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division
Forced March, from Schoenberg - St Vith (Battle of the Bulge, Belgium) to Berchtesgaden in Germany, is the Prisoner of War memoir...
The Italian Army WW-2
Source Document: The Italian Army during World War Two
Woody Turnbow
Background and Preparations
A. The Italian armed forces were faced with a conflict between theories of employment. They had historically been structured for deployment in the mountainous terrain found in Italy...
Patton’s Desert Training Center
This archive - Georges S. Patton's Desert Training Center - was written by Col John Kennedy, US Air Force (Ret) Col John Lynch, and Mr. Robert L. Wooley. The monograph appeared originally as issue number 47 in the Journal...
Short Parachute History
Document Source: Gunter G. Gillot, 1984, US Airborne ETO 1940-1945, Foxmaster Publishing, (French)
(Right) On February 4 1912, Franz Reichelt, will jump off the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, wearing this crazy homemade flying suit created to slow down his...
US Armor in the Hürtgen Forest
Source Document: Armor in the Huertgen Forest. The Kall Trail and the Battle of Kommerscheidt by Captain Mike Sullivan. The mission of Armor is to close with and destroy the enemy by means of fire, maneuver, and shock effect....