(Above) The FG-42, Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, or Paratrooper Rifle 42, is one of the most iconic and innovative firearms of World War II. Developed for...
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Document Source: US Infantry School, Fort Benning (Georgia), Operations of the 82nd Airborne Division Artillery in the Airborne Landings near...
Document Source: Operations of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in Holland, September 17 to October 9, 1944. Rhineland Campaign. Capt Lloyd...
Document Source: US Army Air Forces Airfields and Bases in the European Theater of Operation, 1944-1945, WD 1945
After the landing in Normandy, followed by...
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...
Document Source: Photos Archives Collection of the European Center of Military History.
Sorting and searching, as well as compiling, Doc Snafu
There were many, especially those...
Ducument Source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the period of June 6, 1944, to June 8,...
Document Source: Journal entries of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, June 6, 1944, Omaha beach, Normandy, France. (Raw Data)
Journal entries, 16th Infantry...