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...

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...

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)...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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 –...

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...

Italian Army in WW-2 (W. Turnbow)

Source Document: The Italian Army during World War Two by Woody Turnbow Background and Preparations A. The Italian armed forces were faced with a conflict between...

George S. Patton’s Desert Training Center (WW-2)

Document Source: This archive - Georges S. Patton's Desert Training Center - was written by Col John Kennedy, US Air Force (Ret) Col John...

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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