On January 2, 1942, 33 members of a Nazi spy ring headed by Frederick Joubert Duquesne were sentenced to serve a total of over 300 years in prison. They were brought to justice after a lengthy espionage investigation by the FBI. William Sebold, who had been recruited as a spy for Germany, was a major factor in the FBI’s successful resolution of this case through his work as a double agent for the United States. A native of Germany, William Sebold served in the German army during World War I. After leaving Germany in 1921, he worked in industrial and aircraft plants throughout the United States an South America. On February 10, 1936, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Sebold returned to Germany in February, 1939, to visit his mother in Mulheim. Upon his arrival in Hamburg, Germany, he was approached by a member of the Gestapo who said that Sebold would be contacted in the near future. Sebold proceeded to Mulheim where he obtained employment.
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Dec
23
2009
2. Mengele Lived in Sao Paulo Area
Document experts from the United States compared the handwriting on documents seized in the Bosserts’ home to known handwriting samples contained in Mengele’s SS-personnel file, the original of which was obtained by OSI and hand-carried to Brazil (The US government’s document team was composed of Gideon Epstein from INS, Dr Antonio Cantu, then of the FBI, and Dr David Crown, an independent consultant). In addition, the experts examined the paper and ink from the confiscated material to determine if there was any evidence that the documents were written after the date of Mengele’s purported death.
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Dec
03
2009
US STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEYS
EUROPA AND PACIFIC THEATER
WORLD WAR TWO
The new relation of air power to strategy presents one of the distinguishing contrasts between this war and the last. Air power in the last war was in its infancy. The new role of three-dimensional warfare was even then foreseen by a few farsighted men, but planes were insufficient in quality and quantity to permit much more than occasional brilliant assistance to the ground forces. Air power in the European phase of this war reached a :
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Aug
04
2009
Category : War Conferences
JOINT FOUR-NATION DECLARATION
The governments of the United States of America, United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China;
- United in their determination, in accordance with the declaration by the United Nations of January, 1942, and subsequent declarations, to continue hostilities against those Axis powers with which they respectively are at war until such powers have laid down their arms on the basis of unconditional surrender;
- Conscious of their responsibility to secure the liberation of themselves and the peoples allied with them from the menace of aggression;
- Recognizing the necessity of insuring a rapid and orderly transition from war to peace and of establishing and maintaining international peace and security with the least diversion of the world’s human and economic resources for armaments;
Jointly declare :
- 1. That their united action, pledged for the prosecution of the war against their respective enemies, will be continued for the organization and maintenance of peace and security.
- 2. That those of them at war with a common enemy will act together in all matters relating to the surrender and disarmament of that enemy.
- 3. That they will take all measures deemed by them to be necessary to provide against any violation of the terms imposed upon the enemy.
- 4. That they recognize the necessity of establishing at the earliest practicable date a general international organization, based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all peace-loving states, and open to membership by all such states, large and small, for the maintenance of international peace and security.
- 5. That for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security pending the re-establishment of law and order and the inauguration of a system of general security they will consult with one another and as occasion requires with other members of the United Nations, with a view to joint action on behalf of the community of nations.
- 6. That after the termination of hostilities they will not employ their military forces within the territories of other states except for the purposes envisaged in this declaration and after joint consultation.
- 7. That they will confer and cooperate with one another and with other members of the United Nations to bring about a practicable general agreement with respect to the regulation of armaments in the post-war period.
Jul
30
2009
Chapter 3 – Troops and Terrain & The Order of the Battle
During the long-drawn debate over the extent of the counteroffensive, the objective, and the attack form to be employed, the order of battle for Wacht am Rhein took form. This also led to differences of opinion and interpretation.
- How should the armies be aligned ?
- What forces, missions, and zones should be assigned to each particular army ?
- How many divisions, armored and infantry, would be available for use in the attack ?
The answers to these and like questions turned on the Solution adopted and the maneuver employed but will be set forth independently in an attempt to bring some order out of the confused interplay between Hitler, Jodl, Rundstedt, and Model.
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Jul
18
2009
Category : War Politic Papers
For months we have been suffering under the torture of a problem which the Versailles Diktat created – a problem which has deteriorated until it becomes intolerable for us. Danzig was and is a German city. The Corridor was and is German. Both these territories owe their cultural development exclusively to the German people. Danzig was separated from us, the Corridor was annexed by Poland. As in other German territories of the East, all German minorities living there have been ill-treated in the most distressing manner. More than 1.000.000 people of German blood had in the years 1919-1920 to leave their homeland.
As always, I attempted to bring about, by the peaceful method of making proposals for revision, an alteration of this intolerable position. It is a lie when the outside world says that we only tried to carry through our revisions by pressure. Fifteen years before the National Socialist Party came to power there was the opportunity of carrying out these revisions by peaceful settlements and understanding. On my own initiative I have, not once but several times, made proposals for the revision of intolerable conditions. All these proposals, as you know, have been rejected – proposals for limitation of armaments and even, if necessary, disarmament, proposals for limitation of war making, proposals for the elimination of certain methods of modern warfare.
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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.
Jun
09
2009
Category : Anzio Beach Head, Italy
Combat Group Pfeiffer
Consists of nine infantry battalions of the 65 Infanterie Division and the 4 Fallschirmjäger Division. Its objective in the attack was to penetrate toward the south and link up with the main group. In addition to the artillery assigned to coastal defense, the group will have 9 light field howitzers (10-MM).
Combat Group Graser
Located in the sector previously held by the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division. This group will be employed for the main effort. On the right flank of the main effort are the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division and the 29th Panzer Division, the latter supported by the 1st Battalion of the 4th Panzer Regiment. On the left flank will be the 715th Infantry Division, making a total of 17 infantry battalions. This unit will have 11 long-range artillery guns (170-MM), assault artillery, 29 heavy field howitzers (150-MM), 34 light field howitzers (105-MM), 8 guns (100-MM), 36 rocket launchers (each with five 210-MM), and 8 rocket launchers (each with ten 150-MM tubes).
Combat Group Konrad
This group is composed of elements of the Panzer Division Herman Goering and elements of the 114th Infantry Division, giving it a total of four infantry battalions. Its mission is to penetrate to the Astura Creek from the area west of Cisterna. It will be furnished with 32 heavy field howitzers (150-MM), 42 light field howitzers (105-MM) and 3 guns (100-MM).
Corps Reserves
Located in the region south of Albano, it will consist of elements of the 71st Infantry Division and the 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division, with a total of six infantry battalions. The following antiaircraft artillery is to be employed in ground action and air defense at the discretion of the divisional staff.
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May
03
2009
Adolf Hitler : Mein Kampf
Bitte beachten : DIE UNIVERSALITÄT DER MENSCHENRECHTE, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Internationaler Pakt über bürgerliche und politische Rechte. Band 256, 19. Dezember 1966 (Seite
308) Artikel 19 der Menschenrechte : Jedermann hat das Recht auf Freiheit der Meinung und der Meinungsäußerung; dieses Recht umfaßt die unbehinderte Meinungsfreiheit und die Freiheit, ohne Rücksicht auf Staatsgrenzen Informationen und Gedankengut durch Mittel jeder Art sich zu beschaffen, zu empfangen und weiterzugeben.
Zuwiderhandlung ist ein “Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit”.
Entschuldigungen man habe ja nur Verordnungen und Befehle ausgeführt,
gelten seit den Nürnberger IMT-Verfahren 1945/46 nicht mehr.
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May
02
2009
Comme je viens à l’instant de l’écrire dans la première partie des dossiers Hitler, j’ai pris la décision d’enlever les textes que j’avais déjà mis en page pour les remplacer par la totalité du dossier – Mein Kampf – par un fichier Adobe.
Pour dire la vérité, je dirais que si Hitler avait été un sombre idiot ou un type complètement taré, je pense que j’aurais poursuivis ce travail jusqu’à la fin. Hélas, lors de l’écriture de ce livre, Hitler est en prison, il est un individu particulièrement intelligent, il est observateur et fait preuve d’une grande méfiance à l’égard de ce qu’il ne connait pas. Il n’est donc pas question ici du Hitler Nazi du 3em Reich, mais de Hitler, artiste peintre qui n’éprouve aucune difficulté à appliquer sur la toile – et de très belle manière – ce qu’il a devant les yeux. Il s’agit aussi d’un individu qui se trouve dans une des mégapoles du continent à l’époque.
La lecture du chapitre 2 et du début du 3em vous permettra de vous rendre compte que si vous enlevez la date et remplacez Adolf Hitler par Albert Martin, vous aurez presque immédiatement l’impression que l’auteur de ce livre habite à l’étage au dessus du vôtre et qu’il décrit ce que vous pouvez voir vous même par la fenêtre.
En fait, lire Mein Kampf en le mettant en page m’a fait peur et je me suis dit que nous sommes mûres pour remettre le couvert, ce qui ne m’enchante pas du tout.
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Apr
14
2009
The US 10th Armored Division was activated on July 15 1942 at Fort Benning Georgia and moved on June 24 1943 to the Second Army #2 Tennessee Maneuvres.
On September 5 1943, the 10-AD moved to Camp Gordon, Georgia, the staged at Camp Shanks, New York, on, September 1 1944, until departed the New York Port of Embarkation.
The division landed in France on September 23 1944, crossed into the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on December 17 1944 and was sent back to France on December 27 1944.
The 10th Armd entered Germany on February 22 1945 and when combat ceased, was sent back to the USA, arrived Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on October 13 1945 and was deactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia a day later.
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Apr
06
2009
The Third United States Army was first activated as a formation during the First World War on November 7 1918, at Chaumont, France, when the GHQ-AEF issued General Order # 198 organizing the Third Army and announcing its headquarters staff. On the 15th, Maj Gen Joseph T. Dickman assumed command and issued Third Army General Order # 1 The third Army consisted of three corps (III, Maj Gen John L. Hines; IV, Maj Gen Charles Muir; and VII, Maj Gen William G. Hahn) and seven divisions.
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Mar
22
2009
A Short History of the Parachute and
the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
(Chip Cifone USA & Gunter G. Gillot Jr BE)
Parachute and Umbrellas :
It seems that the first draw of a parachute look like things was made in China some 2000 years before JC. As the story told us, Shun, the Emperor itself trapped in his burning palace used some large umbrella (not sponsored by Coca Cola) to jump out of a window and landed relatively safely on the ground.
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Mar
14
2009
Category : Army Air Forces
This is the second part of this study on the United States Army Air Force in World War Two. This part contains the list of the Air Force Groups.
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Mar
04
2009
Stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington and known as the 3rd Division it moved to Fort Ord, California Jan 22 1940 then returned to Fort Lewis, May 19 1940. It moved again to Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, California May 25 1941 for IX Corps California Maneuvers. The 3rd returned to Fort Lewis again on Jul 1 1941 and participated in the Fourth Army Maneuvers Aug 15 to Aug 30 1941. The 3rd was then transferred to Fort Ord, California on May 1 1942 and was re-designated 3rd Infantry Division on Aug 1 1942. Sent to Camp Pickett, Virginia on Sep 22 1942, it staged at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia on Oct 27 1942 and departed Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on the same date. The 3rd Inf Div assaulted Fedala North Africa on Nov 8 1942, assaulted Sicily Jul 10 1943 and arrived Italy Sep 18 1943. On Jan 22 1944, the 3rd assaulted Anzio then southern France on Aug 15 1944. The division entered into Germany on Mar 13 1945, arrived New York POE Sep 4 1946 and then Camp Campbell Kentucky Sep 8 1946.
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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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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
20
2009
Category : Kristallnacht, Shoah & Holocaust
The term Kristallnacht [Night of Broken Glass] refers to the organized anti-Jewish riots in Germany and Austria, on Nov 9 – Nov 10, 1938. These riots marked a major transition in Nazi policy, and were, in many ways, a harbinger of the Final Solution.
Nazi antisemitic policy began with the systematic legal, economic, and social disenfranchisement of the Jews. This was accomplished in various stages (e.g. The Nuremberg Laws of 1935, which, among other things, stripped German Jews of their citizenship). One of these steps involved the deportation of Polish Jews who were residing in Germany (est. 56.500).
On the night of Oct 27, 1938, 18000 Polish Jews were deported, but were initially refused entry into Poland by the Polish authorities. Caught in between, the Jews were forced to camp out in makeshift shelters. Upon hearing that his family was so trapped, 17 year-old Herschel Grynszpan, a student in Paris, shot the third secretary of the German Embassy, Ernst vom Rath, whom he mistook for the ambassador. This assassination served as a welcome pretext for the German initiation of Kristallnacht. Reinhard Heydrich (the head of the Reich Main Security Office which oversaw the Gestapo, police and SD operations) sent a secret telegram at 0120-H, Nov 10, 1938 to all headquarters and stations of the State Police; all districts and sub-districts of the SD. He gave instructions for the immediate coordination of police and political activities in inciting the riots throughout Germany and Austria.
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Feb
13
2009
Category : Cavalry Troops
I have found some interesting informations about Cavalry Troops during World War Two. I know that these informations are not really dig in but at least they give interesting Location and good start points to dig deeper.
Feb
07
2009
Category : 12. SS Pzr Div, Waffen SS
The idea of a Waffen-SS division composed of Hitlerjugend members was first proposed by SS-Gruppenführer Gottlob Berger in Jan 1943. Berger approached Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler with the proposition, and Himmler soon became an enthusiastic advocate. The plan for a combat division made up of all HJ members born in 1926 was passed on to Adolf Hitler for his approval. Hitler was also enthusiastic about the idea, and on Feb 10 1943, the official order for the creation of an HJ division was issued. Berger nominated himself as the divisional commander, but Himmler instead chose 1 SS Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) veteran, SS-Oberführer Fritz Witt.
A competition was held to design insignia for the new unit. The winning design, picked from thousands of entries, depicted the Hitlerjugend sigrune crossing a key from the 1 SS-Panzergrenadier-Division LSSAH’s insignia.
