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The Battle of the Bulge (3)

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Category : Battle of the Bulge, The Bulge (CMH)

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Chapter 3 – Troops and Terrain & The Order of the Battle

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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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Mar

2009

16 Decembre 1944, 0530-H : The Bulge

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Category : 099th-IR(S)(V), Battle of the Bulge

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If the Krauts crack the defenses in the North Shoulder, they won’t surround the 101/AB Division in Bastogne, but the entire 1st Army in Belgium.

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Feb

2009

8th Infantry Division (OOB-WW-2)

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Category : 008th Inf Div, Order of Battle US

Tags: 1st Corps, 28th ID, 3rd Armd Div, 4th ID, 5th Inf Div-UK, 82nd A/B Div, 86th Inf Div, 8th Infantry Division US, 97th Inf Div, Baltic Sea, Binsfeld, Bleckede, Brandenberger Wald, Brest, California, Camp Forrest, Camp Jackson, Camp Kilmer, Camp Young, Carolina Maneuver Area, Crozon Peninsula, Desert Training Maneuvers, Dinard, Düren, Elbe River, England, Erft Canal, Erndetebrück, Eschenbach, Fort Leonard Wood, France, Germany, Gunter G. Gillot Jr, Hampton Roads POE, Hill 80, Huertgen Forest, IX Corps, Kleinhau, Koln, Lenne River, Lessay, Lutzel, Luxembourg, Missouri, Moedrath, New Jersey, New York POE, Obermaubach, Order of Battle US, Périers, Rennes, Rhine River, Rodenkirchen, Roer River, Ruhr River, Schmidt, Schwerin, Seelbach Barracks, Sieg River, Siegen, South Carolina, St Malo, Stockheim, Tennessee, Tennessee Maneuvers, Utah Beach, Vossenack, Wetter

8-inf-div Activated at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, Jul 1 1940, the 8th D was redesignated there as 8th Infantry Division Jul 31 1941.
It moved then to the Carolina Maneuver Area on Sept 25 1941, participated in both Oct and Nov 1941 Carolina Maneuvers; arrived Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Nov 30 where it was redesignated 8th Motorized Division on Apr 9 1942.
The 8th Motorized Division participated then in 1st Corps Tennessee Maneuvers Oct-Nov 1942 and moved to Camp Forrest Tennessee on Nov 7 1942 then was transfered to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Nov 29 1942. It moved then to Camp Young California on Mar 20 1943 for IX Corps Desert Training Maneuvers #2 where redesignated 8th Infantry Division on May 15 1943
The 8th ID returned to Camp Forrest Tennessee on Aug 15 1943 then staged at Camp Kilmer New Jersey on Nov 22 1943 until departed New York POE on Dec 5 1943.

The 8th ID arrived in England on Dec 15 1943 and landed in France on Jul 3 1944. It crossed into Luxembourg Nov 20 1944 and into Germany on same day.
The 8th ID was sent to Hampton Roads POE on Jul 10 1945 and moved back to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on Jul 13 1945 where it was inactivated on Nov 20 1945.
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Feb

2009

St-Vith 7th Armored Division Dec 16-20/44 (1)

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Category : 007th Armored Division

Tags: 104th Infantry Division, 106th Infantry Division, 112/28th Inf Div, 11th Armoured Div-UK, 28th Infantry Division, 3/517th Parachute Infantry, 30th Infantry Division (US), 340 Infanterie Division, 5th Infantry Division, 694/340 Inf Div-DE, 695/340 Inf Div-DE, 696/340 Inf Div-DE, 75th Infantry Division (US), 82nd A/B Div, 84th Infantry Division (US), 87th Cav Recon Sq, 8th Corps-UK, Arnaville, Aywaille-K5310, Basse-Bodeux-P6497, Bastogne-P5558, Beho, Beho-P7581, Born-P8594, Bouvigny-P7082, Brachelen, British Force, Canadian Force, CCA/7th Armored Division, CCB/7th Armored Division, CCB/9th Armored Division, Chartres, Chateau Thierry, Cheram-P6677, Col Dwight A. Rosenbaum, Col John L. Ryan Jr, Deifelt-P7679, Deurne, Dochamps-P4983, Dornot, Dreux, Düren, England, Espeler-P8079, First (1st) Army, France, Geilenkirchen, Gen Bruce C. Clarke, Gen Lindsay Silvester, Gen Robert W. Hasbrouck, Gereonsweiller, Germany, Gouvy-P7278, Grand Halleux-P6993, Grüfflingen-P8282, Gunter G. Gillot Jr, Heerlen, Holdingen-P7775, Houffalize-P6172, Hunningen-P8590, La-Roche-P4678, Liesel, Lindern, Linnich, Maastricht, Maldingen-P7883, Malmedy-K7804, Manhay, Medell-P8892, Meijel, Melun, Metz, Moselle River, Nederweert, Netherlands, Nieder Emmels-P8390, Ninth Army US, Nogent le Rotrou, Ober-Emmels-P8290, Omaha Beach, Operation Market-Garden, Ourthe-P7478, Overloon, Parker Crossroad, Petit-Thier-P7491, Poteau, Poteau-P7791, Recht, Recht-P7994, Reims, Rimburg, Rodt-P8189, Roer River, Roer River Dams, Rogery-P7284, Salm River, Salmchateau-P6987, Samree-P5081, Scheldt Estuary, Schoenberg-P9588, Second Army-UK, Seille River, Seine River, Sillegny, Spa-K6711, St Vith, St Vith-P8588, Stavelot-K7101, Task Force Hawks, Task Force Jones, Task Force Lindsey, Task Force Wanke, Third Army US, Thommen-P8181, Trois-Ponts-P6798, Ubach, Utah Beach, Venlo, Verdun, Vielsalm-P7089, VIII Corps-US, Ville-du-Bois-P7189, Walleröde-P8890, Weert, Wurm River, XIII Corps-US, XVIII Corps A/B-US

After Action Report
7th Armored Division
Period : 1st December 1944 -31st December, 1944
Area : St-Vith & Vicinity
Country : Belgium
Revised & Corrected : Gunter G. Gillot Jr

The 7th AD was activated on March 1 1942, reorganized on Sept 20 1943 and arrived in the United Kingdom in Jun 1944. The division landed on Omaha and Utah Beaches, on Aug 13-14 1944, and was assigned to Third (3rd) US Army.
The 7th AD drove through Nogent le Rotrou in an attack on Chartres which fell Aug 18. From Chartres, the Division advanced to liberate Dreux, then Melun, where they crossed the Seine River, on Aug 24.
The 7th AD then pushed on to bypass Reims and liberate Chateau-Thierry and Verdun, Aug 31, then halted briefly for refueling until Sept 6, when it drove toward to the Moselle and made a crossing near Dornot. This crossing had to be withdrawn in the face of the heavy fortifications around Metz.
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