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SHAEF Communique (ETO) June 1944

Document Source: Supreme Allied Headquarters Archival Document, Original Communiques of the Supreme Commander, European Theater of Operations Communique Number 1 - 6 June 1944 Under the Command of Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Naval Forces, supported by strong Air Forces, began landing Allied armies this morning on the Northern Coast of France. Communique Number 2 - 6 June 1944 Shortly before midnight, on 5 June 1944, Allied light bombers opened the assault. Their attacks in very great strength continued until dawn. Between 0630 and 0730 this morning, two Naval Task Forces, commanded by RAdm Sir Philip Vian, KBE, DSO, flying his flag in...

Hermann Göring – Letter to Churchill

Document Source: Archives EUCMH via Imperial War Museum, London (Nuremberg, October 10, 1946 - Last letter from Hermann Goering to Sir Winston Churchill). Mr. Churchill, You will have the satisfaction to survive me and my comrades in misfortune. I do not hesitate to congratulate you on this personal triumph and the finesse with which you have accomplished it. You have gone to great expense in order to secure this success, for yourself and Great Britain. Should I believe you sufficiently naive as to consider this success anything more than a show, detrimental to the Great German Empire, a performance for the...

US Army in Alaska during World War Two

The text you are about to read is part of an almost scientific archive on a very specific subject, Alaska during World War Two. Originally, this study traces the evolution of Alaska since its takeover by the USA. The document continues with very extensive research on the inhabitants of this part of the world and then devotes itself in a very professional way to the period of urbanization of the wilderness of this country. As I devote myself almost entirely to the fighting of WW2, it would have been difficult to ignore the evolution of this war after the...

(AGF) Combat Observations 319.1/48 (Torch)

319.1/48 (Foreign Obsrs) (S) GNGBI. (3-29-43) SUBJECT: Observer Report. E.S. Johnson, Col Infantry / Observator TO : By Auth Commanding General, Army Ground Forces / Date 3/29/43 Commanding Generals: V Army; Second Army; Third Army; III Corps; IV Corps; VII Corps; VIII Corps; IX Corps; X Corps; XIXI Corps; II Corps; XIII Corps; XV Corps; II Armored Corps; III Armored Corps; IV Armored Corps; Airborne Command; Amphibious Training Center; Antiaircraft Command; Desert Training Center; Mountain Training Center; Replacement and School Command; Tank Destroyer Center; Chief of the Armored Force. (1) : The enclosed preliminary briefed report of Maj Allerton Cusham, Field Artillery observer from...