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Category : Holocaust, Josef Mengele
Tags: 1280th Combat Engineer Battalion, 12th Army Group, 17th CIC Detachment, 21st Army Group, 302nd Fld Arty Bn, 385th Infantry Regiment, 400th Armd Fld Arty Bn, 430th CIC Detachment, 51st Civilian Internment Enclosure-CIE, 66th CIC Detachment, 673rd Field Artillery Battalion., 76th Infantry Division, 970th CIC Detachment, 9th Armored Division, Alfonse M. D'Amato, Angel of Death, Assistant Chief of Staff, Attorney General, Auschwitz, Auschwitz State Museum, Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Berlin Document Center, Brazil, Bundesarchiv, Bunte Magazine, Burda Verlag, Burgau, Camp One, Capt Claudius J. Walker, Capt William Haney, Col Sherman Watts, Colmar, CROWCASS, Czech Border, Czechoslovakia, David G. Marwell, Denmark, Department of Defense, Department of Army, Department of State, Deutsche Dienststelle, Dr Fritz Ulmann, Dr Otto-Hans Kahler, Dr von Verschuer, Dr. Kahler, Dr. Ulmann, Earl F. Ziemke, East Germany, Embu, Erzgebirge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Field Hospital 2/591, Fort George G. Meade, France, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, French Foreign Ministry, French II Corps, Gen Dwight Do Eisenhower, Gen Omar N. Bradley, Gene Bokor, Genoa, Gera, German Army, German Federal Republic, German POWs, Gestapo, Guenzburg, Guenzburqer Zeitung, Hans Sedlmeier, Helmbrechts, Hermann Abmayr, Hof, Holocaust, Idar-Oberstein, Ingolstadt, Innsbruck, Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes, Irene Hackenjos, Israel, Italy, Jerusalem, John Hall, Josef Memling, Josef Mengele, Karlsbad, Klaus Barbie, Koblenz, Konkret Magazine, Kriegslazarett, Kriegslazarett 2/591, KriegslazarettAbteilung 59, Landkreis Naila, Lee Kaufman, Library of Congress, Lt Cleveland Kirk, Lt Kenneth Austin, Lt Victor Simone, Luebeck, Luxembourg, Mark M Richard, Martha Mengele, Maryland, Michael Wolf, Millers, Muenchberg, Munich, National Archives, Nazi Germany, Netherlands, Neumuenster, New York Senator, OSI, Oswiecim, Paris, Paul M. O'Bryan, Philip L. Sunshine, Polish Government, POW Camps, Provost Marshal, Public Records Office, Richard A. Schwarz, Rolf Mengele, Rosenheim, Saaz, Saxony, Schauenstein, SD, Seventh Army, Sgt Eugene Greenstein, Sofia Notz, South America, Soviet Army, Soviet Army forces, Soviet Zone, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer, Staatsanwaltschaft, State of Israel, State Prosecutor, Stuttgart, Sudetenland, Supreme Headquarters, Sweden, Thomas Berchthold, Thomas W. Riley, United States, United States Marshals Service, US Department of Justice, US Intelligence-CIC, US Zone, Vienna, Waldenfels, Walter Kempthorne, Washington National Records Center, XXIII Corps, Yad Vashem, Zahlmeister
In February 1985, responding to suggestions that Josef Mengele had a relationship with US personnel and institutions, during the period immediately following World War II, and being eager to assist in locating and bringing him to justice, the Attorney General ordered OSI to conduct an investigation.
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Category : Army Air Forces, Strategic Bombing
Tags: Admiral Doenitz, Albert Speer, Allied Strategic Plan, Ardennes Counter Offensive, Army Air Force, Austria, Baranov, Battle of Britain, Belgium, Casablanca, Cologne, Combined Bomber Offensive, Czechoslovakia, D-Day, Daimler-Benz, Danube River, Dortmund Canal, Eder Dam, Edmund Geilenberg, Eighth Air Force, Ems Canal, Essen, Fifteenth Air Force, Focke-Wulf, Focke-Wulf 190, Ford Cologne, France, General Jeschonnek, German Navy, Goering, Hamburg, Hexogen, Holy Ghost Plaza, Huels Rubber Plant, Hungarian Oil Fields, Hydrogen, Jaegerstab, Kassel V1 Plant, Keitel, Kesselring, Leuna, Lorraine, Low Countries, Luftwaffe, Luxembourg, ME-262, Messerschmitt, Methanol, Mittelland Canal, Mohne Dam, Moscow, Ninth Air Force, Nitrogen, North African Invasion, Norway France, Opel Brandenburg, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, Panzer Divisions, Pearl Harbor, Peenemunde, Ploesti Oil Fields, Poland, Reichsbahn, Rhine River, Rouen, Royal Air Force, Ruhr, Ruhr District, Rumania, Russia, Schkopau, Schweinfurt, Sotteville, St Lô, Sweden, Synthetic Rubber, TNT, Twelfth Air Force, V-1, V-2, V-Weapons, Vistula, Wehrmacht
US STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEYS
EUROPA AND PACIFIC THEATER
WORLD WAR TWO
THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY
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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Category : War Conferences
Tags: Annexation, Austria, Axis Powers, Belgium, China, conferences, Crete, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Fascism, Fascist Regime, Foreign Secretaries, France, French Territories, Great-Britain, Greece, Hitlerite Aggression, Italian Government, Italy, January 1942, Joint Four Nation Declaration, Luxembourg, March 15 1938, Moscow, Nazi Brutalities, Netherlands, Norway, Premier Stalin., President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, Soviet Union, United Nations, USA, World War Two, Yugoslavia
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.
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Category : Airborne Operations, Archives Movies, Fallschirmjäger, German Airborne
Tags: (Operation Seeloewe), 1. Armee, 22 Luftland Division, 27-BCA, 28 Alpine Infantry Division, 3. Imperial Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, 352. Infanterie Division, 5. Gebirgsjäger Division, 601 GIA, 602 GIA, 7-BCA, 7. Fallschirmjäger Division, Ahnhem, Airborne Panzer Korps, Airborne Training Center, Algeria, Alikaneos, Allied Airborne Operations, Alsace, Ardenne Offensive, Ardennes 1944, Ardennes Forest, Army Group B, Arnemuisen Isthmus, Avignon-Pujaut, Aviorex 120, Aviorex 130, BA112, Balkans, Baraki, Bavaria 6. Infanterie Division, Bavarian 3. Armee Korps, Bavarian Staff College, Berlin, Blue Division, Boys AT Rifles, BR 7 squadron, Brigade Schmalz, British Expeditionary Force, British Prime Minister, British SAS, Calais, Carbine Berthier Mle1892 M16, Catania, Caucasus, Claus Von Stauffenberg, Compagnie d’Infanterie de l’Air, Corinth, Corinth 1941, Corinth Canal, Crete, Crete 1941, Crown Prince, Czechoslovakia, Dachau, Dnepr, Dora Radio Set, Durance River, East Prussia, Emil, England, Equipe, Erma-Vollmer, Fallschirmtruppe, Farman 224, Fifth Column, Flessingue Airbase, Fliegerfuehrer, Flossenbürg, FM 24/29 LMG, Fort Eben Emael, France, Fred Geille, French Air Force, French Maquis, French Paratroopers, Friedrich Radio Set, Gela, Gen Haller, General Conrath, General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl, General der Flakartillerie August Schmidt, General der Infanterie Guenther Blumentritt, General der Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal, General Erich von Manstein, General Franz Halder, General Gerd von Rundstedt, General Ludwig Beck, General Max Halder, General Walther von Brauchitsch, General Walther von Reichenau, General Wilhelm Keitel, General Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, Generalleutant Max Pemsel, Generalleutant Werner Ehrig, Generalmajor Hellmuth Reinhardt, Generaloberst Kurt Student, German Second Air Force, German Stosstruppen, Gestapo, Greek Island Leros, Groupe Franc, Groupement Franc, Groupes de l’Infanterie de l’Air, Haguenau, Hermann Goering Panzer Division, Holland, Hotchkiss Mle1914, Infanterie de l’Air, Isthmus of Corinth, Italy, Kastelli Hill, Khania, Kremenchug, Lebanon, Lembach, Leningrad, Lentini, LeO 213, Leros 1943, Low Countries, Luftgau VI, Luftwaffe, Maleme Airfield, Malta, Marshal Tukhachevski, MAS-38 SMG, MG-34, Montélimar, Munich, Munich Agreement, Munster, Narvik, Neville Chamberlain, Niederbronn, Nijmegen, North-Africa, OB Southwest, OB WEST, Oberkommando des Heeres, Oberquartiermeister, Oberst Albert Emmerich, Oberst Freiherr August Friedrich von der Heydte, Oberst Fritz Ziegelmann, OKW, Operation Barbarossa, Paleochora, Peloponnesus, Poland, Potez 650, Prague, Primosole, Reichswehr War Ministry Training Branch, Reims, Reinhard Heydrich, Romania, Royal Bavarian Army, Section d’Eclaireurs Skieurs, Sicily, Simeto, Sizaine, Sollbruchstellen, Soviet Union, Sudetenland, Suomi M-31, Syria, Tarnopol, Trentaine, Ukraine, Vassieux, VB Launcher, Von Richthofen Corps, Wehrkreis Kdo VI, Wehrkreis VI, Wehrmacht, Westphalia, Wurzburg, XVIII Korps, Zossen Conspiracy
Section 8
Reflection on the Absence of Russian Air Landings
It is surprising that during World War II the USSR did not attempt any large-scale airborne operations. Although Soviet Russia was the first country in the world which during peacetime had experimented with landing troops by air and had organized special units for this purpose*, its wartime operations were confined to the commitment of small units which were dropped back of the German front for the purpose of supporting partisan activities and which had no direct tactical or strategic effect. The reasons can only be surmised and might have been any or all of the following :
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Category : Fallschirmjäger
Tags: (Operation Seeloewe), 1. Armee, 22 Luftland Division, 3. Imperial Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, 352. Infanterie Division, 5. Gebirgsjäger Division, 7. Fallschirmjäger Division, Ahnhem, Airborne Panzer Korps, Alikaneos, Allied Airborne Operations, Ardenne Offensive, Ardennes 1944, Ardennes Forest, Army Group B, Balkans, Bavaria 6. Infanterie Division, Bavarian 3. Armee Korps, Bavarian Staff College, Berlin, Brigade Schmalz, British Expeditionary Force, British Prime Minister, Catania, Caucasus, Corinth, Corinth 1941, Corinth Canal, Crete, Crete 1941, Crown Prince, Czechoslovakia, Dachau, East Prussia, Emil, England, Fallschirmtruppe, Fifth Column, Flossenbürg, Fort Eben Emael, France, French Maquis, Gela, General Conrath, General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl, General der Flakartillerie August Schmidt, General der Infanterie Guenther Blumentritt, General der Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal, General Erich von Manstein, General Franz Halder, General Gerd von Rundstedt, General Ludwig Beck, General Max Halder, General Walther von Brauchitsch, General Walther von Reichenau, General Wilhelm Keitel, General Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, Generalleutant Max Pemsel, Generalleutant Werner Ehrig, Generalmajor Hellmuth Reinhardt, Generaloberst Kurt Student, German Second Air Force, Gestapo, Greek Island Leros, Hermann Goering Panzer Division, Holland, Isthmus of Corinth, Italy, Kastelli Hill, Khania, Leningrad, Lentini, Leros 1943, Low Countries, Luftgau VI, Luftwaffe, Maleme Airfield, Malta, Munich, Munich Agreement, Munster, Narvik, Neville Chamberlain, Nijmegen, OB Southwest, OB WEST, Oberkommando des Heeres, Oberquartiermeister, Oberst Albert Emmerich, Oberst Freiherr August Friedrich von der Heydte, Oberst Fritz Ziegelmann, OKW, Operation Barbarossa, Paleochora, Peloponnesus, Poland, Prague, Primosole, Reichswehr War Ministry Training Branch, Reinhard Heydrich, Romania, Sicily, Simeto, Sollbruchstellen, Soviet Union, Sudetenland, Ukraine, Vassieux, Von Richthofen Corps, Wehrkreis Kdo VI, Wehrkreis VI, Wehrmacht, Westphalia, Wurzburg, XVIII Korps, Zossen Conspiracy
Section 4
Air Transported Troops
The original German plan to use Army troops for this purpose and to equip and train them accordingly was abandoned early in the war. The 22. Infanterie Division, which had been selected in peacetime for the purpose, participated in airborne operations only once, in Belgium and in Holland in 1940. It was found that their double equipment-one set for regular ground combat, the other for use in air-landing operations constituted an obstacle; consideration for their special mission limited their employment for ground combat. When a fresh commitment in line with their special mission became a possibility in Crete, it was found impossible to bring them up in time. On the other hand, as early as the Norway campaign, mountain troops were flown for commitment at Narvik without much prior preparation. While in this case non tactical transport by air was involved, the previously mentioned commitment in 1941 of the 5. Gebirgsjaeger Division in the airborne operation against Crete took place after only short preparation and was entirely successful.
On the basis of these experiences the idea of giving individual Army units special equipment for airborne operations was abandoned. The German High Command set about finding ways and means to adapt all Army units for transport by air with a minimum of changes in their equipment. The results were never put into practice because after Crete the Germans did not undertake any other airborne operations on a large scale. Crete, however, proved that the German mountain troops, because of their equipment and the training which they had received, as well as their combat methods, were particularly suited for missions of this nature. In the future the goal must be to find a way of committing not only mountain and infantry divisions but panzer and motorized formations in airborne operations. Their equipment and organization for this purpose will depend upon the evaluation of technical possibilities which cannot be discussed in detail here. The chief demand which the military must make upon the technical experts is that the changes required for such commitment be kept to a minimum. A way must be found to determine the best method for such a change so that the troops can undertake it promptly at any time.
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Category : Fallschirmjäger
Tags: (Operation Seeloewe), 1. Armee, 22 Luftland Division, 3. Imperial Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, 352. Infanterie Division, 5. Gebirgsjäger Division, 7. Fallschirmjäger Division, Ahnhem, Airborne Panzer Korps, Alikaneos, Ardenne Offensive, Ardennes Forest, Balkans, Bavaria 6. Infanterie Division, Bavarian 3. Armee Korps, Bavarian Staff College, Berlin, British Prime Minister, Caucasus, Corinth, Crete, Crown Prince, Czechoslovakia, Dachau, East Prussia, Emil, England, Fallschirmtruppe, Fifth Column, Flossenbürg, Fort Eben Emael, France, French Maquis, General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl, General der Flakartillerie August Schmidt, General der Infanterie Guenther Blumentritt, General der Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal, General Erich von Manstein, General Franz Halder, General Gerd von Rundstedt, General Ludwig Beck, General Max Halder, General Walther von Brauchitsch, General Walther von Reichenau, General Wilhelm Keitel, General Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, Generalleutant Max Pemsel, Generalleutant Werner Ehrig, Generalmajor Hellmuth Reinhardt, Generaloberst Kurt Student, German Second Air Force, Gestapo, Greek Island Leros, Holland, Italy, Khania, Leningrad, Low Countries, Luftgau VI, Luftwaffe, Maleme Airfield, Malta, Munich, Munich Agreement, Munster, Neville Chamberlain, Nijmegen, OB Southwest, OB WEST, Oberkommando des Heeres, Oberquartiermeister, Oberst Albert Emmerich, Oberst Freiherr August Friedrich von der Heydte, Oberst Fritz Ziegelmann, OKW, Operation Barbarossa, Poland, Prague, Reichswehr War Ministry Training Branch, Reinhard Heydrich, Romania, Sicily, Sollbruchstellen, Soviet Union, Sudetenland, Ukraine, Vassieux, Von Richthofen Corps, Wehrkreis Kdo VI, Wehrmacht, Westphalia, Wurzburg, XVIII Korps, Zossen Conspiracy
This study was written for the Historical Division, EUCOM, by a committee of former German officers. It follows an outline prepared by the Office of the Chief of Military History, Special Staff, United States Army, which is given below :
1-A) A review of German airborne experience in World War II
1-B) An appraisal of German successes and failures
1-C) Reasons for the apparent abandonment of large-scale German airborne operations after the Crete operation
2-A) German experience in opposing Allied and Russian airborne operations
2-B) An appraisal of the effectiveness of these operations
3-A) The probable future of airborne operations.
It is believed that the contributors to this study represent a valid cross-section of expert German opinion on airborne operations. Since the contributors include Luftwaffe and Army officers at various levels of command, some divergences of opinion are inevitable; these have been listed and, wherever possible, evaluated by the principal German author. However, the opinions of Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring are given separately and without comment wherever they occur in the course of the presentation. The reader is reminded that publications of the German Report Series were written by Germans and from the German point of view. Organization, equipment, and procedures of the German Army and Luftwaffe differ considerably from those of the United States armed forces.
This study is concerned only with the landing of airborne fighting forces in an area occupied or controlled by an enemy and with the subsequent tactical commitment of those forces in conventional ground combat. The employment of airborne units in commando operations, or in the supply and reinforcement of partisans and insurgents, is not included in this study, nor is the shifting of forces by troop-carrier aircraft in the rear of the combat zone. Such movements, which attained large size and great strategic importance during World War II, should not be confused with tactical airborne operations.
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Category : Killing R. Heydrich, OSS & SOE
Tags: Abwehr, Admiral Canaris, Anton Kral, Aryan Origin, Balkans, Baron von Neurath, Berlin Gestapo, Brandt, Brave Norwegians, Brave Poles, Brezary, Canned Goods, Capt Anderle, Cholmondly, Col Rostock, Croix de Guerre, Czechoslovakia, Czechs, Dachau Concentration Camp, Deputy Reichsprotektor Karl Hermann Frank, Eduard Benes, Einsatzgruppen, Emanuel Moravec, Ernst von Rath, France, French Maquis, Gebhardt, Gen Frantisek Moravec, General Ingr, Gleiwitz, Gregor Strasser, Hradcany Palace, Jan Kubis, Jews, Josef Gabcik, Kladno, Lezaky, Lidice, London, Lt Col Stragmueller, Lt Opalka, MI-6, Minister of Defense, Morell, Moscow, Nazi Party, Operation Salmon, Paris, Polish Attack, Prague, Radio Prague, Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, Reichsprotektorat, Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Reinhard Heydrich, Reslova Street, Royal Air Force, RSHA, Scandinavia, Sicherheitsdienst, SIPO, Slovakia, Southern Moravia, SS General Kurt Daluege, SS Main Security Office, SS Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich, St Bartholomeus Orthodox Church, Sudeten, Terezin Ghetto, USSR, Yugoslav Partisans
A tyrant’s death at patriots’ hands revealed as Operation Salmon of Czech Intelligence in exile.
ASSASSINATION REINHARD HEYDRICH (R. C. Jaggers)
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Category : 002nd Infantry Division
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Members of the 2nd Infantry Division has been the wearers of the famed Indian Head Patch in five different wars around the planet. This insignia had its origin during World War One as the identifying insignia on the vehicles of the Division Supply Trains. The Commanding Officer of the trains held a contest in March, 1918, to select a distinctive identifying symbol for use upon the vehicles after he had seen the vehicles of adjacent French units decorated in this manner. Through his adjutant he sent out a memorandum authorizing prizes for the best designs submitted, with a first prize of forty francs. The winning insignia, which obtained the final approval of Division Headquarters for use upon supply train vehicles in April, 1918, was the striking red and blue Indian head, super imposed upon a white star. The head covered the reentrant angles of the star and exposed only the points. Maj Gen Omar Bundy, the Division Commander, and his Chief of Staff, Col Preston Brown, later Maj Gen Preston Brown, were riding in a command car one day in April when Gen Bundy’s eye was caught by the insignia emblazoned on a truck. According to a letter from Maj Gen Brown written some time later, Gen Bundy stopped the driver, asked the meaning of the device, and was told by the driver that it enabled him to find his vehicle in the dark. The letter does not bring out that the insignia had been authorized and was probably coming into use on all the vehicles of the trains but at that time and at any rate, the Gen and his Chief of Staff promptly sent their cars to the area to have the insignia painted upon them. In this manner the Indian Head became associated with the 2nd Infantry Division as its identifying insignia some time before it became the standard shoulder patch so proudly worn by men of the Division.
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Category : Archives Movies, Patton's 3d Army
Tags: 2nd Division, 32nd Division, 37-VIIC-HQs-Rolandsdeck, 3A-HQs-Mayen, 3A-III-C-HQs-Polch, 3A-IVC-HQs-Cochen, 42nd Division, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Altenkirchen, Austria, Berlin, Chaumont, Coblenz, Cochem., Czechoslovakia, Engers, France, Gen John J. Pershing, General Order-198, Hachenburg, Limburg, Lt Gen Courtney Hodges, Lt Gen George S. Patton Jr, Lt Gen Hunter Liggett, Lt Gen Walter Krueger, Maj Gen Charles Muir, Maj Gen John L. Hines, Maj Gen Joseph T. Dickman, Maj Gen William G. Hahn, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Mauthausen, Mayen, Neuwied, November 7 1918, Overlord, Remagen, Rhens, Stadtkreis Trier, Third Army, Third Army III Corps, Third Army IV Corps, Third Army VII Corps, Treaty of Versailles, Trier Regierungsbezirk, Weimar, Westerburg, World War One
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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Category : Army Air Forces
Tags: 164th Liaison, 165th Liaison, 166th Liaison, 1st Air Commando Group, 1st Combat Cargo Group, 1st Day Bombardment Group, 1st Mapping Group, 1st Photographic Charting Group, 1st Photographic Group, 1st Pursuit Group, 1st Sea-Search Attack Group, 1st Sea-Search Attack Unit, 1st Search Attack Group, 2nd Air Commando Group, 319th Troop Carrier, 512th Troop Carrier Group, 5th Fighter, 6th Fighter, 94th Pursuit Squadron, Ace of Aces, Anzio, Arzeu Beach, Asansol, Austria, Aversa, Balloon Buster, Billy, Breguet, Bulgaria, Burma, Camp Kilmer, Capt Dixon M Jordan, China, Chindwin Valley, Col Clinton B Gaty, Col J H Snyder, Col Philip G Cochran, Col Robert W Hall, Czechoslovakia, DeHavilland, DH-4, Drew Field, France, Germany, Greece, Gurka Paratroopers, Hailakandi, Hat-in-the-Ring, Hungary, Imphal, India, Irrawaddy River, Italy, Kalaikunda, Ledo, Lt Col Robert J Rentz, Lt Col Walter P Briggs, Lt Edward V Rickenbacker, Lt Frank Luke Jr, Maj Maurice D Watson, Maj Samuel B Ward, Maj Wilbur B Sprague, MB-3, Medal of Honor, Murvaux, Nieuport-28, P-16, P-26, P-35, P-36, P-38, P-41, P-43, P-6, P-I, Pantelleria, Ploesti, PT-3, PW-8, Rangoon, Rumania, Salerno, SE-5, Sopwith Camel, Spad, Thailand, Tunisia, Wingate’s Raiders, Yugoslavia
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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Category : 004th Armd Div, Order of Battle US
Tags: #1 California Maneuvers, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 126th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion, 12th Armored Division, 144th Armored Signal Company, 1st Constabulary Brigade, 1st Corps Tennessee Maneuvers, 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Armored Engineer Battalion, 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 26th Infantry Division, 35th Tank Battalion, 37th Tank Battalion, 46th Medical Battalion Armored, 489th AAA-Auto-Wpns Battalion, 51st Armored Infantry Battalion, 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 5th Infantry Division, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Armored Division, 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 80th Infantry Division, 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 8th Tank Battalion, Arlon, Arracourt, Assenois, Avranches, Bad Kreuznach, Baerendorf, Bastogne, Battle of Bining, Bigonville, Bitburg, Boston POE, Bourcy, Brittany Peninsula, California, Camp Bowie, Camp Forrest, Camp Myles Standish, Camp Young, CCA/4AD, CCB/4AD, CCR/4AD, Chambrey, Chaumont, Coincourt, Commercy, Coutances, Creuzburg, Crevic, Czechoslovakia, Darmstadt, Desert Training Center, Dieulouard Bridgehead, Dieuze, England, Erdorf, Fliessen, Fonteny, France, Freyung Passe, Geichlingen, German Ardenne Counteroffensive, Germany, Gotha, Grossauheim, Hanau, Henamenil, Hill 318, Hosdorf, HQs & HQs Battery Div Arty, HQs & HQs Co 4/AD, Jena, Juvelize, Kyll River, Lorey, Lorient, Luneville, Lutrebois, Luxembourg, Main River, Maixe, Marne-Rhine Canal, Martelange, Massachusetts, Mecz, Meuse River, Moncourt, Moselle Bridgehead, Moselle River, Mulde, Nahe River, Nantes, New York, Nims River, Noville, Oberweiss, Orleans, Our River, Pille Camp, Pisek, Pont-sur-Meuse, Pruem River, Regen Passe, Rhine River, Rittersdorf, Rodalbe, Romelfing, Saale River, Saare River, Saare-Union, Sée River, Sinspelt, Tennessee, Texas, Treis, Utah Beach, Vannes, Vic-sur-Veille, Werra River, Wolfskirchen, Wolkenburg, Worms, Xanrey
The 4th Armored Division was activated on Apr 15 1941 at Pille Camp, New York and moved to Camp Forrest, Tennessee Oct 2 1942 for the 1st Corps Tennessee Maneuvers. On Nov 17 1942, the unit arrived at Camp Young, California, where it participated in the Desert Training Center, #1 California Maneuvers. The Division was then transferred to Camp Bowie, Texas Jun 13 1943, staged at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts Dec 20 1943 until departed Boston Port of Embarkation 9 days later and arrived in England on Jan 11 1944. The 4th Armored Division landed in France Jul 13 1944, crossed into Luxembourg Feb 9 1945 and entered Germany Mar 9 1945 where it was re-designated 1st Constabulary Brigade on May 1 1946.
4th Armored Division Casualties
KIA : 1143 – WIA : 4551 – DOW : 213
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Category : Cavalry Troops
Tags: 100th Armrd Recon Bn, 104th Infantry Division, 10th Armored Division, 11th Cavalry Group, 15th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 15th Cavalry, 16th Armored Division, 16th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 17th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 18th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 19th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 1st Infantry Division, 1st Sq 2nd Cav (Mecz), 20th Armored Division, 23rd Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 24th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 25th Cav recon Sq (Mecz), 28th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 2nd Armored Division, 2nd Armored Regiment, 2nd Cav Gp, 2nd Cav Recon Sq, 2nd Cav Recon Sq Mez, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Horse), 316th Provisional Cavalry Brigade, 32d Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 36th Cav Recon Sq (Mecz), 3rd Armored Division, 3rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Cav Recon Sq Mecz, 3rd Cavalry Division, 3rd Cavalry Group, 42nd Infantry Division (US), 4th Armored Division, 4th Cav Recon Sq Mecz, 4th Cavalry Group (US), 4th Infantry Division, 6th Cav Recon Sq Mecz, 6th Cavalry Group, 82nd Airborne Division (US), 84th Armd Recon Bn, 84th Infantry Division (US), 84th Recon Battalion, 89th Infantry Division, 8th Armored Division, 90th Infantry Division, 90th Motorized Division, 96th Armd Recon Bn, 99th Infantry Division (US), 9th Infantry Division, Austria, Bardenburg, Basse, Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, Bayreuth, Belgium, Bonn, Canal Zone, Carlsbrunn, Cherbourg, Cotentin Peninsula, Czechoslovakia, D-Day, Danube River, Eisenbach, Elbe River, England, France, Fulda, Fulda River, Fürth, Giessen, Gotha, Harz Mountains, Hergern, Holland, Hürtgen Forest, Ingolstadt, Inn River, Irsch, Kaiserslautern, Kassel, Kelheim, Kontz, Kyll River, Lahn River, Landshut, Le Havre, Loire River, Lorraine, Losheimer Gap, Luneville, Luxembourg, Mainz, Metz, Meuse River, Mortain, Moselle River, Munich, Munster, Nancy, Normandy, Nürnberg, Omaha Beach, Operation Cobra, Our River, Paderborn, Panama, Parroy Forest, Remagen, Rhine River, Roer River, Ruhr Pocket, Saar River, Salzburg, Siegen, Siegfried Line, St Malo, St Nazaire, Thionville, Trier, Utah Beach, Villedieu, Volklingen, Waldrach, West Wall, Wittenburg, XII Corps
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.
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