Thanks to David Harrawood who sended me this article.
We’re hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services.
I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell “Shifty” Powers.
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Jul
17
2009
Category : Veterans Taps
Jul
13
2009
CHAPTER II
Planning the Counteroffensive
Details of the Plan
About 25 September Generalorberst Alfred Jodl was ordered to begin a detailed analysis of the Hitlerian concept, the only function now left to the great General Staff. Some latitude remained to the individual staff officers and those favored few in the high echelon of command who retained access to the Führer in kneading and shaping the very general outline handed down by Hitler into an operations plan. The outline as it now had taken shape contained these major points :
- (a) the attack should be launched sometime between 20 and 30 November;
- (b) it should be made through the Ardenne in the Monschau – Echternach sector;
- (c) the initial object would be the seizure of bridgeheads over the Meuse River between Liège and Namur;
- (d) thereafter, Antwerp would be the objective;
- (e) a battle to annihilate the British and Canadians would ultimately be fought north of the line Antwerp, Liège, Bastogne (1);
- (f) a minimum of thirty divisions would be available, ten of which would be armored;
- (g) support would be given by an unprecedented concentration of artillery and rocket projector units;
- (h) operational control would be vested in four armies and two panzer armies abreast in the lead, two armies composed largely of infantry divisions to cover the flanks;
- (i) the Luftwaffe would be prepared to support the operation;
- (j) all planning would aim at securing tactical surprise and speed;(k) secrecy would be maintained at all costs and only a very limited number of individuals would be made privy to the plan.
Mar
02
2009
Category : OSS & SOE
Special Operations Executive Summary of Operations in Western Europe
This summary refers only to those operations with the fullest material in the files. For reasons of space it does not refer to every operation mentioned in the records. Similarly, the newly released records do not contain evidence on every operation which was mounted by the sections.
Source : Adam Matthew Publications
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Feb
07
2009
The 101st Airborne Division was activated on Aug 15 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and was transferred to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept 29 1942.
On Jun 7 1943 the division was moved to Springfield, Tennessee, for the Second Army #1 Maneuvers then returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jul 20 1943. Moving for oversea duties, the 101st moved to the New York POE Aug 31 1943, departed Sept 5 1943 and arrived Sept 15 in England. The 101st A/B air-assaulted Normandy, France, on Jun 6 1944 and was sent back to England Jul 13. On Sept 17 1944, the 101st air-assaulted the Nijmegen – Arnhem area in Holland during Operation Market Garden. After Holland, the 101st moved back to France on Nov 28 and crossed into Belgium on Dec 18 1944 for the Battle of the Bulge. The division entered Germany on Apr 4 1945 and was inactivated in France on Nov 30 1945.
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