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743rd Tank Battalion Combat History – 1944 (Omaha Beach – Caumont-sur-Aure (France)

✅ This post was reviewed and corrected as part of the 2025 Historical Accuracy Update. Reviewed by Doc Snafu on August 4, 2025. Document Source: United...

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion AAR June 1/10 1944

This archive is an extract from original World Wat Two War Diary of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Army, June 1944 Prelude -...

6.Fallschirmjäger-Regiment – Normandy (Oberst Friedrich von der Heydte)

(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...

82nd A/B Artillery Support Operations (Ste-Mère-Eglise) Normandy June 6-8 1944

#82airborne, #normandy, #stemereeglise, #artillery, #june1944, Document Source: US Infantry School, Fort Benning (Georgia), Operations of the 82nd Airborne Division Artillery in the Airborne Landings near...

(War Crimes) SS-Unterscharführer Franz Xaver Sommerhof

#Warcrimes, #Holocaust, #Genocide, #Crimesagainsthumanity, #Naziatrocities, #Concentrationcamps, #Einsatzgruppen, #WannseeConference, #FinalSolution, #Auschwitz, #Birkenau, #Orianenburg, #Massshootings, #Warcriminals, #WaffenSS, #Ghettos, #Einsatzkommandos, #Persecution, #Ethniccleansing, #Waratrocities, #Warcrimeinvestigations Document Source: (Official translation...

Konzentration Lager Dachau (OSS Report – 7th US Army)

Document source: World War II, Dachau, Office of Strategic Service - OSS Section, 7th Army Report. This report presents some of the facts and...

28-ID – OOB – WW2

Document Source: Order of Battle of the United States Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations. Office of the Theater Historian, Paris, France,...

17-A/B – OOB – WW2

Document Source: Order of Battle of the United States Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations. Office of the Theater Historian, Paris, France,...

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...

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,...

US CIC vs Einheit Stielau (Panzer Brigade 150) – Battle of the Bulge

(Document Source) Headquarters US Army Intelligence Center, Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland. ACSIH-GC-250/58/M, April 1959, CIC History. Plélude The US Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC): Origins, Missions, and...

1/26-IR (1-ID) Initial Penetration West Wall (Nutheim) September 13/20 1944

Document Source: Operations of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division during the Initial Penetration of the Siegfried Like in the Vicinity...

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