Bombed out bridge along the Rhine River with a pontoon bridge in the background. This was taken near Duisburg, Germany or near the Krupps plant that the 17th guarded after the war ended.
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Unexploded bomb near concentration camp
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Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Tags: 13th Abn Div, 17th Abn Div, 193rd Glider Infantry Regt, 194th Glider Inf Rgt (US), Cecil Dawson, Cindy Cavanagh, France, Germany, Joe Summers, Kenny Cavanah, Le Havre, Marlène Dietrich, Marty Cavanagh, Mickey Rooney, New York, Operation Varsity, USS Thomas Berry
Message #01 : Some of the photos I sent yesterday failed to be delivered. I will try again. Have a good day. Operation Varsity taken by Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. Marty Cavanah
Message #02 : Photos taken by my Dad Kenny Cavanah who was in the 193rd & 194th Glider Infantry of the 17th Airborne. Photo was taken on August 12, 1945 as he was boarding the USS Thomas Berry at La Harve, France. He had been transferred to the 13th Airborne to be sent to Japan. However, the war ended while they were at sea and soon docked in New York. Marty Cavanah
Message #03 : Hello Gunter, photos of my Dad with his best friend Cecil Dawson boxing. My Dad Kenny Cavanah is on the left and Cecil Dawson is on the right. Another photo of Cecil Dawson with a baseball glove. Dad went up to the cemetery after the war ended and found his grave. He paid a girl to put flowers on the grave and took a photo of Cecil Dawson’s grave and the cemetery. After the war he kept in touch with Cecil Dawson’s parents visiting them several times and visiting his grave after his body was transferred back to the US. Cecil Dawson was killed as he stepped out of his glider after landing near Wesel, Germany. Marty Cavanah
Message #04 : Gunter, glad to see the photos put up on your webpage and that you were glad to receive them. I have two more photos taken by Pvt Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. I received these photos from his daughter and was allowed to scan them into the computer in order to have and to share with anyone who may like them. I will send you two more. One photo is of Marlene Deitrich and an unknown soldier in front of a parachute. The second photo is of Mickey Rooney. Joe Summers is the photographer standing next to Mickey Rooney with the camera. I have photos taken by Joe Summers during Operation Varsity. I will send them to you if you would like them. Have a good day and I enjoy your website very much. Marty Cavanah
Message #05 : I tried sending these to you a couple of minutes ago but do not think they came through. Will try again. I believe there is another photo of Marlene Deitrich. I will let you decide. It is taken on a stage in front of a parachute. I will send a few more images taken during Operation Varsity. Some other photos were taken by Howard Oyler who is a good friend of my Dad and was in the 17th Airborne. After the war he went back and took photos of the gliders to document the damage done. Some of these were taken at that time. Some were taken by Joe Summers of German soldiers being captured during Operation Varsity in March 1945. I have many more. Post what you like and may find interesting and let me know if you want anymore sent. I will send them to you 4 at a time.
Answer : Marty and Cindy …. keep sending … keep sending … as I am planing to create your own galerie for all the photos and the maximum is 25.000 photos / galerie 
Well I don’t know what to say. Of course a great great thanks for the Worldwide Historian’s Community as these photos were never published before and these are really interesting photos.
Photos at about Waco CG-4A (T1) Gliders Planes used by the 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry (17th A/B Division) for Operation Varsity (Germany) in 1945. Note that none of these Gliders were using the AGF (Fort Benning) Col Griswold ‘Noose”. Note also the photo done somewhere in Alsace (see the RF Sign : (sic) République Française and traditional Clothes on the girls).
Note also : Corcoran Jump Boots, M-1943 (Reinforced) Field Trouser as well as the out burned Waco’s skeleton …
It was asking for guts to jump out of a flying plane to become a Paratrooper but – hell – what about flying inside this painted Olive Drab Gasket to the LZ ?
Respect
And again Thanks to Cindy and Marty as well as thanks to the boys who made history.
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Someone asked me for these photos from the 732nd ROB. I have just found them inside one 2 Tetras-bytes External Archives Disk and that’s why I am posting them immediately.
These photos were send to my by a World War Two veteran I wish to thanks for this donation.
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Category : 001st ID Photos
Tags: 103d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, 745th Tank Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 90th Chemical Battalion, Aachen, Amarillo, Asselborn, Belgium, Berlin, Bliesheim, Butgenbach, Colleville-sur-Mer, D.C. Cox, El Guettar, Erft River, Eupen, Farriana, France, Frauwullesheim, Furstenberg, Gabes, George Talbert, Germany, Gladbach, Hamich, Hürtgen Forest, Jalhay, Kasserine Pass, Kreuzau, Kufferath, Lendersdorf, Luxembourg, Metternich, Michael Swinkin, Mittelscheid, Murringen, North-Africa, Paul Romanick, Rhine River, Roer River, Scharfenberg, Schneidhausen, Schoppen, Soller, Sourbrodt, Staats Forest, Stockheim, Texas, Tunisia, Weilerwist, Werhdon
SC 167571 – The 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, that cleared the road and fields of mines, marching through the Kasserine Pass and on to Kasserine and Farriana, Tunisia. 26 Feb 1943. Photo : McGray.
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Another message from Rachelle, Oklahoma, USA.
As you all know one of our classmates Lory Poteet-Box, was recently diagnosed with Leukemia, and will be soon starting treatment in St Louis, Missouri, to try and beat this disease. Lory contacted me to see if I could help get her daughter, Devon, home from Germany in order to help Lory, Gary and their four younger children. Devon’s husband is active duty Air Force. I have contacted the Red Cross and they do not deem Lory’s condition a life and death emergency, however, that does not mean I have given up there, that only means I have talked to one person and I have my call list for Wednesday, I have a few contacts and trust me I will use them to the best of my ability. I have also talked to couple of people within the Air Force and will be contacting the Family Emergency Group in Germany, to see if they can help get Devon home in that manner. However, if none of these plans follow thru, we all need to help Lory and her family.
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Category : 106th-ID, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1/424th Inf, 106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 106th Division Artillery, 106th Division Special Troops, 106th Infantry Division, 106th Reconnaissance Troop, 112th Infantry Regiment, 14th Cavalry Group, 2/423rd Infantry, 28th Infantry Division, 32d Cavalry Recon Sq, 331st Medical Battalion, 422d Infantry Regiment, 423d Infantry Regiment, 424th Infantry Regiment, 589th Field Artillery Battalion, 590th Field Artillery Battalion, 592nd Field Artillery Battalion, 634th AAA AW Bn (M), 7-AD, 7th Armored Division, 81st Engineer (C) Battalion, 820th Tank Destroyer Bn, 82nd Infantry Division, After Action Report, Andler, Anthisnes, B-18th Cav Recon Squadron, Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium, Bleialf, Bra sur Lienne, Brig Gen Buechler, Brig Gen Perrin, CCB-7-AD, CCB-9-AD, Col Baker, Col Brook, Col Glatteaver, Col James Reid, Col John Stokes, England, Faiveux, Faymonville, Ferrières, France, Gen Matthew B. Ridgway, General Staff Sections, Germany, Herresbach, Houffalize, Liège, Lt James Willis, Major J. O’Sullivan, Manhay, Our River, Ourthe River, Salm River, Schnee Eiffel, Schoenberg, Siegfried Line, St Vith, Steinebruck, Task Force Rosebaum, Vaux Chavanne, Vielsalm, VII Corps, Wallerode, Weppeler, Werbomont, Wereth, Winterspelt, XVIII Corps (Airborne)
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106TH INFANTRY DIVISION
APO 443 US ARMY
After Action Report
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A : Enclosed are the After Action Reports and Journals of the following units and General Staff Sections of the 106th Division, covering action against the enemy during the month of December 1944 :
- 424th Infantry Regiment Report
- 106th Division Artillery Report
- 81st Engineer (C) Battalion Report
- 331st Medical Battalion Report
- 106th Division Special Troops Report
- G-1 Report
- G-2 Report
- G-3 Report
- G-4 Report
B : The commanding officers and staffs of the 422d Infantry Regiment, 423d Infantry Regiment and the 106th Reconnaissance Troop are missing in action. Their records are presumed to have been destroyed and are not available. The action of these units is covered, but not completely, in the reports and journals of the General Staff Sections. The 14th Cavalry Group was attached to the division from 111900A to 181300A December. Its action, in part, during this period is included in the reports and journals of the general Staff Sections. After 181300A December, it was attached to the 7th Armored Division.
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Category : Duquesne Ring, German Papers
Tags: Adolf Henry August Walischewski, Alfred E. Brokhoff, American Export Lines, American Gas, Arkansas, Austria, Axel Wheeler-Hill, Berlin, Bermuda, Bertram Wolfgang Zenzinger, British Ships, Brooklyn, California, Cape Colony, Carl Reuper, Chrysler Motor Corporation, Civil Aeronautics Authority, Conradin Otto Dold, Danzig, Delaware, Detroit, Dr Gassner, Dr Ignatz T. Griebl, Dr Renken, DuPont Plant, Edmund Carl Heine, Else Weustenfeld, Erich Strunck, Erwin Wilhelm Siegler, Evelyn Clayton, Everett Minster Roeder, FBI Agents, Federal District Court, Felix Jahnke, Ford Motor Company, Franz Stigler, Frederick Joubert Duquesne, George Gottlob Schuh, George V. Leo Waalen, German Secret Service, German Vice Consul, German-American Bund, Germany, Gestapo, Gibraltar, Guenther Gustave Rumrich, Gustav Wilhelm Kaercher, Hamburg, Hamilton, Hans W. Hitter, Harper and Brothers, Harry Sawyer, Hartwig Richard Kleiss, Heinrich Clausing, Heinrich Stade, Herman W. Lang, HMS George V, Hoboken, HSS Tennyson, Italian Airlines, Josef Klein, Leo Waalen, Lisbon, Little Casino Restaurant, Long Island, Los Angeles, Maj Nickolaus Ritter, Managua, Marine Division, Max Blank, Michigan, Mulheim, New Jersey, New York, Newark, Nicaragua, Nickolaus Ritter, Oscar Richard Stabler, Panama Canal, Paul Alfred W. Scholz, Paul Bante, Paul Fehse, Paul Scholtz, Portugal, Rene Emanuel Mezenen, Richard Eichenlaub, Russia, Seamen's Act, South Africa, South America, Spain, SS America, SS Siboney, United States Navy, USS Argentine, USS West Point, Vienna, Washington DC, West Indies, Westinghouse Electric Company, William Sebold, Wilmington, Winston Churchill, Yorkville
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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Category : 23/2nd Inf Div, Germany
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division, 3. Panzerdivision, 8. Regiment, Belgium, Germany, Heavy FLAK unit 33, Iveldingen, Jungschar, Jungvolk, Leipzig, Leuna, Luezendorfer Garrison, Lützendorfer Kaserne, Merseburg, Mulde River, Niederbreisig, Ondenval, Remagen Bridge, Rhine River, Roer River Dams, Rudolf Fisher, Russian Army, Saale River, Schleiden Forest, Schwere Flackersatzabteilung 33, Siegfried Line, St Vith, Trebnitz, Weimar
The following informations received today (21-12-09) from one German World War Two Veteran and another link can be added to the History’s chain.
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Category : Army Air Forces, Strategic Bombing
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Albania, Allied, American, Atomic Bombs, B-29, Belgium, Bengal, Blitzkrieg, Board of Field Marshals, Board of Fleet Admirals, British Commonwealth, Bulgaria, China Bases, Denmark, Dresden, England, European Jews, Far East, Finland, France, Germany, Gilbert Islands, Greece, Hamburg, Hiroshima, Holland, Hungary, Imperial General Headquarters, Indonesia, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Army, Japanese Government, Japanese Inner Zone, Japanese Navy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Kamikaze, Leningrad, Manchuria, Marianas, Munich Conference, Nagasaki, National Intelligence Authority, Netherlands East Indies, Norway, Pacific War, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Poland, Rabaul, Rape of Nanking, Role of Air Power, Rumania, South American, Soviet Union, Supreme War Council, Supreme War Direction Council, United Nations Charter, Warsaw
The foregoing pages tell of the results achieved by air power in each of its several roles in the war in the Pacific, including the effects of the atomic bombs. The Survey has already reported on the results achieved by air power in the European war. It remains to seek out the degree to which the Pacific study modifies, adds to or supports the signposts to the future which were suggested by the European study; to state the extent to which hindsight suggests that air power might have been differently or better employed in the Pacific; to discuss the impact of the existence of atomic bombs on the role of air power; and to state the Survey’s recommendations.
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Category : Army Air Forces, Strategic Bombing
Tags: 393rd Bombardment Squadron, 509th Composite Group, A-bombs, Admiral Suzuki, Admiral Takagi, Aioi Bridge, Air Attack, Alpha, Aomori, Atomic Bombs, Azon Guided Bombs, B-29 Enola Gay, B-29 Great Artiste, Beta, Captain George Marquardt, Captain William Parsons, China, China-Based B-29, Colonel Paul Tibbets, D-Day, Eighth Air Force, Emperor or Japan, Europe, European Theater, Fat Man, Gamma, General Koiso, General Takashima, General Tojo, Germany, H-bombs, Hakkodate, Hakodate, Health, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Honshu, Iwo Jima, Japanese Civilian Population, Japanese Home Islands, Japanese Industrial Activity, Kanmon, Kasper Gutman, Kobe, Kokura, Korea, Kyushu, Little Boy, Lt Morris Jeppson, Major Charles W. Sweeney, Marianas, Marquis Kido, Mitsubishi, Morale, Nagasaki, Nagoya, National Bureau of Standards, Necessary Evil, North Field Airbase, Okinawa, Osake, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Robert Serber, Saipan, Shima Surgical Clinic, Singapore, Soviet Russia, Supreme War Direction Council, The Maltese Falcon, Tinian, Tokyo, Twentieth Air Force, U-235, West Pacific, Winston Churchill, Yamato, Yokohama
The Air Attack Against the Japanese Home Islands
Basic United States strategy contemplated that the final decision in the Japanese war would be obtained by an invasion of the Japanese home islands. The long-range bombing offensive from the Marianas was initiated in November 1944, with that in mind as the primary objective.
As in Europe prior to D-Day, the principal measure of success set for strategic air action was the extent to which it would weaken enemy capability and will to resist our amphibious forces at the time of landings. This led, originally, to somewhat greater emphasis on the selection of targets such as
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Category : Army Air Forces, Strategic Bombing
Tags: Aleutians, Asia, B-29, Burma, Carolines, China, Dutch East Indies, General Yamashita, Germany, Gilberts, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Japanese, Japanese Air Forces, Japanese Fleet, Japanese Ground Forces, Japanese Merchant Fleet, Kamikaze, Kamikaze Technique, Korea, Kyushu, Leyte, Manchuria, Marianas, Marshalls, New Guinea, Okinawa, Ormoc, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Philippine Sea, Philippines, Sibuyan Sea, Solomons, Southwest Pacific
Elimination of Japanese Conventional Air Power
Japanese production of aircraft of all types rose from an average of 642 planes per month during the first 9 months of the war to a peak of 2572 planes per month in September 1944. The rise was particularly great during 1943, after the Japanese had learned the lessons of the 1942 campaigns. Aggregate production during the war was 65.300 planes.
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Category : Army Air Forces, Strategic Bombing
Tags: 1st Flying Brigade, 1st Marines Division, 3rd Flying Division, 5th Flying Division, Admiral Ghormley, Admiral Yamamoto, Aleutians, Attu, Australia, B-17, B-29, BC-1000 TRX, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Bougainville, Buna, Burma, Cape Sansapor, Caroline Islands, Celebes, Central Pacific, Chairman, China, December 7, Doolittle Raid, Dr. Louis R. Thompson, Dutch East Indies, Espiritu Santo, Fiji Islands, Finschafen, Formosa, Fourteenth Air Force, Frank A. McNamee, Franklin D'Olier, Fred Searls, Gen Douglas MacArthur, Gen Miyazaki, Germany, Gilbert Islands, Great-Britain, Guadalcanal, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Harry L. Bowman, Hawaii, Henderson Field, Henry C. Alexander, Hiroshima, HMS Repulse, Hollandia, HSM Prince of Wales, India, Iwo Jima, J. Kenneth Galbraith, Japan, Japanese Fleet, Java, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jr, June, Kamikaze, Korea, Kuriles, Kyushu, Lae, LCI, LST, Luzon, Malaya, Manchuria, Marianas, Marilinan, Marshall Islands., Midway, Milne Bay, Monroe E. Spaght, Morotai, Munda, Nadzab, Nagasaki, Nagoya, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Okinawa, Osaka, Owen Stanley Range, P-40, Pacific, Palaus, Paul H. Nitze, Pearl Harbor, Peleliu Island, Philippines, Philippines Sea, Port Moresby, President Roosevelt, President Truman, Rabaul, Rensis Likert, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Forces, Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Forces, Saipan, Salamaua, Samoa, San Bernardino Straits, Secretary of War, Shoho Carrier, Solomons, Soviet Union, Sumatra, Surigao, Surigao Straits, Theodore P. Wright, Tinian, Tokyo, Truk, US Strategic Bombing Surveys, USMC, USS Lexington, USS Yorktown, USS-Hornet, Wake, Walter Wilds
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Summary Report, Pacific
WASHINGTON DC 1 JULY 1946
FOREWORD
The United States Strategic Bombing Survey was established by the Secretary of War on 3 November 1944, pursuant to a directive from the late President Roosevelt. It was established for the purpose of conducting an impartial and expert study of the effects of our aerial attack on Germany, to be used in connection with air attacks on Japan and to establish a basis for evaluating air power as an instrument of military strategy, for planning the future development of the United States armed forces, and for determining future economic policies with respect to the national defense.
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As you probably noticed it I have changed the theme of my Wordpress and I have lot of images that were used before with the other theme. I was thiking of erasing them then thought that other Military History Bloggers could maybe use them for their Blogs.
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Category : 612th-TDB, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1st US Army, 2nd Lt Brannon, 612th TDB, 99th Infantry Division (US), Battle of the Bulge, Berlin, Brest Airport, Bronsfeld, Bullingen, Burgbrohl, Camp Elsenborn, Chartres, Chateau, Chateauneuf, Dreiborn, Eupen, France, Germany, Harperschied, Heartbreak Crossroads, Höfen, Koln, Landerneau, Lanzerath, Laval, Le Mans, Liège, Losheim, Lt Penton, M-18 Tank, Malmedy Province, Manderfeld, Monschau Forest, Nidrum, Oder River, Paris, Province of Liège, Remagen, Rennes, Rhine River, Roth, S/Sgt Brannon, Schlieden, Siegfried Line, Soumagne, Sourbrodt, St Quentin, St Vith, Steinbruck, Task Force X, Versailles, Verviers, Vielsalm, Waldorf
We left our assembly area near Landerneau, France at one o’clock on the afternoon of September 27 1944, heading for that Western Front. The first two days were uneventful, as we covered around 300 miles, stopping at dusk by pulling off the main road. We slept beside our vehicles, by the side of the road, wrapped up in our blankets.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 38th Inf Regt, 507th PIR Association, Airborne Department, Alexis Smith, Amanda McDaniel, Bachelor of Science, Baton Rouge, Brandon McDaniel, Bronze Star - Oak Leaf Clusters, Bulverde, Caracas, Caribbean Defense Command, Chief Instructor, CO 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, CO 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Combat Infantryman Badge, Corey Mayeux, D-Day, Department of Health, Doug Griffin, Dr. Tannetje` Crocker, Edwin & Jennie Lewis Smith, France, French Croix de Guerre, French Legion d'Honneur, Fresville, Ft. Benning, Ft. Bragg, Ft. Campbell, Ft. Sheridan, Garrett Griffin, Germany, Gordon K Smith, Haley McDaniel, Hq 507th PIR, Human Resources, Illinois, Jessica Mayeux, Jilray & Dominique Launay, Kade Kienzle, Kathy Gault, Keller, Kimberleigh Gratehouse, Korea, Kristopher Kienzle, La Fière, Lindsey Gratehouse, Louisiana, LSU, LTC US Army (Ret), Lukenwald, Margo & Larry Shallcross, Mark & Susie Gazaway Smith, Martha Griffin, Martha LeBleu Smith, Masonic Service, Master Parachutist Badge, Nicole Shallcross, Normandy, Oflag 64 POW Camp, Panama, Payton Gratehouse, Platoon Leader 501st Parachute Battalion, Poland, POW, Purple Heart, Resthaven Gardens of Memory, ROTC, Ryan Griffin, San Antonio, Sandra Rodgers, Shane Crocker, Shellie Kienzle, Spring Branch, Stalag 3, Taylor Smith, Texas, Trenton McDaniel, University of Wisconsin, Venezuelan Parachute Battalion, Waukesha, Wisconsin, XO 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, XO 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. In a message from Kathy Gault, 507th PIR Association we learned that Gordon K Smith, LTC US Army (Ret), Hq 507th PIR, passed away on 21 September 2009. With assistance from the family members I was able to obtain the essential information for this message.
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Category : EUCMH Mails Center
Tags: Forum, Germany, Militaria
Hallo Gunter,
unter der Domain : www.kunst-und-troedel.com findest Du unser neustes Projekt – das Kunst und Trödel Forum. Wie der Name des Forums schon sagt, kannst Du dort alles rund um das Thema Kunst und Trödel einstellen, bewerten oder besprechen lassen.
Wenn Du Fachahnung von einzelnen Themenbereichen besitzt – es sind noch einige Foren mit Moderatoren zu besetzen
Wir würden uns sehr freuen, wenn wir Dich in unserem neuen Forum begrüßen dürften !!!
Gruß
Frank
Very interesting website for those who are working on US POWS during WW-2 in Germany, a great site from Leo Finegold – 30th Infantry Division Old Hickory
Stalag 3A. Two hundred thousand prisoners of war passed through its gates during World War II, beginning in 1939. Those remaining in the camp at the close of the war were liberated by the Russians in April 1945. Approximately 5,000 died from disease, starvation, cold, brutality and neglect.
In April 1945, the Stalag held approximately four thousand American POW’s in a compound separated from other nationalities. Crowded four hundred men to a tent, the day to day routine was an exercise in misery, hunger, cold, and lice. A chief preoccupation involved tediously removing
read on the storry
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Category : 017th-ABD, 193rd-GIR, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 101st Airborne Division, 115th Field Arty Bn, 11th Armored Division, 193rd Combat Team, 193rd Glider Infantry Regt, 224th Med Co, 26th Infantry Division, 2nd French Bn, 382nd Engr Cbt Bn, 392nd Engr Cbt Bn, 502nd Prcht Regt, 507th Prcht Inf Regt, 513th Prcht Inf Regt, 560. Volskgrenadier Div, 5th Infantry Division, 602nd Tank Destroyer, 63rd Infantry Division, 680th Fld Arty Bn, 80th Infantry Division, 9. Panzer Division, A-79-Prunay, Aiglemont, Bastogne, Belgium, Bertogne, Bois des Valet, Boulzicourt, Camp Chiseldon, Camp Membury, Capt Cross, Capt McCrary, CCA-11AD, Chalk Red, Chalk White, Champs, Charleville-Mézières, Col Balish, Col Oswald, Col S. L. A. Marshall, Col Schorr, Compogne, Cowan, Dasburg, Doncherry, Duvall, England, Fallmuhle, Fays, Fazone, FFI, Flamierge, Flamisoul, Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur, France, Frenet, Germany, Givery, Givry, Greenham Commons, Hautbellain-(Mexico), Hemroulle, Huldange Forest-(Desert), Huldange-(Peru), Le Havre, Limerlé, Luxembourg, Mabompré, Meuse, Monthermé, Monty, Mourmelon, Noville, Obereisenbach, Orleans, Our River, Prunay, Rachamps, Renoumont, Rocroi, Rouen, Rouette, Rouvroy, SCR-536, SCR-610, Seine River, Sibret, Siegfried Line, SRC-300, Task Force Bell, Task Force Stubbs, Thilay, Vaux-sur-Sure, Vie, VIII Corps-US, Vissoule, Wattermal, Withimont
Subject : Action Against Enemy Reports, to : Commanding General, 17th Airborne Division, APO 452, c/o Postmaster, New York, NY
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Category : 075th-MED-Bn, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 15th Aid Station, 28th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Ranger Battalion, 46th Infantry Battalion, 47th Medical Detachment, 4th Infantry Division, 5th Armored Division (US), 81st Aid Station, 83rd Infantry Division (US), 85tht Aid Station, 8th Infantry Division US, 9th Army US, Astenet, Baelen/Vesdre, Belgium, CCA-5AD, CCB-5AD, CCR-5AD, Eupen, Germany, Gey, Grosshau, Hahn, Huertgen, Kettenis, Kleinhau, ME 109, Mospert, Mularschutte, Pepinster, Roer, Roetgen, Schevenhutte, T/4 Walter Smolski, V Corps, Venwegen, Vicht, VII Corps, Waimes, Walheim, Zweifall
On Dec 1 1944, Hqs & Hqs Co was located in Waimes, Belgium. On Dec 11, the company marched to Venwegen, Germany a distance of 39-M.
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Category : Germany
Tags: 1. Marine Division, 1. Police Battalion, 1020. Landeschutzen Battalion, 12. Armee, 121st Infantry Regiment, 121st Regimental Combat Team, 191st Russian Infantry Division, 2. Marine Battalion, 21. Armee, 27. Korps Oder, 2nd British Army Distribution Points, 3. Panzer Korps, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 340th Tank Battalion, 4. Armee, 4. SS Panzergrenadier Division, 5. Jaeger Division, 504th PIR, 504th Prcht Inf Regt, 505th Prcht Inf Regt, 5th British Division, 606. Infanterie Division, 606. Infanteriedivision, 6th Airborne Division (UK), 6th British Corps, 8/8th Russian Mechanized Corps, 82nd Airborne Division (US), 8th Infantry Division (US), 8th Infantry Division US, 9. Armee, American Headquarter, Andler, Artillery Brigade Jantzen, Belgium, Berlin, Bevenson, Bleckede, Brig Gen Dr. Conrad, Brig Gen Frans Joseph Grobholz, Brig Gen Kurt Keyser, Brig Gen Rosskoff, Brig Gen von Biedermann, Brig Gen Wagner, Brigade Walters, British, C-87th Cavalry Squadron, CBB/7th Armored Division, Celle, CG-Russian 385th Infantry Division, CG-Russian 5th Guards Cossack Division, Commander British Second Army, Commander Russian 49th Army, Contact Points Schwerinn, Darchau-(11203), Displaced Persons Centers, Doenitz, Dömitz, Elbe River, Eldena, Fallschirmjäger Division, Forst Correnzien, Forst Leussow, France, Gen Dempsey, Gen Grashin, Gen Theodor Petsch, General Firstovich, German 21. Armee, Germany, Grabon-(5526), Hagenow, Hamburg, Herresbach, Himburg, Italians, Kampfgruppe Erick, Kampfgruppe Kleve, Kampfgruppe Klose, Kampfgruppe Kruse, Kampgruppe Ahrens, Koln, Leussow Forest, Lower Elbe, Lt Gen Von Tippelskirch, Lübtheen, Ludwigslust, Ludwigslust-(5132), Luneberg, Maj Gen James M. Gavin, Maj Gen Rudolf Schubert, Nazi Party, Neue St De Canal, Neuhaus-(1325), Prisoner of War Cage, Privelack, Ramm Forest, Reception Depot Le Havre, Regiment Bauer, Regiment Wuschner, Reims, Repptin-(9946), Rheims, Rosien, Rosien-(1527), Russian Headquarter, Satau, Sildescheim, Solingen, SS Division Langemark, SS Kampfgruppe Solar, Stapel, Suckau, Task Force Haskell, Uast Forest, Vehkreis IX Kassel, Wehkreis XVII Vienna, Wehrmacht Ordungstruppen, XVIII Airborne Corps, Zeetze, Zeetze Camps
After Action Report – 82nd Airborne Division – May 1945
1 – Narrative
By nightfall, April 30, 1945, the 82nd Airborne Division had established a small bridgehead east of the Elbe River in the vicinity of Bleckede, Germany. This bridgehead had been established by the 505th Prcht Inf Regt in a splendid example of coordination and river crossing technique by a veteran regiment.
During the night of April 30 – May 1, the plan was to build up sufficient forces from the 504th Parachute Infantry, which was arriving by train approximately five hours from the Elbe River, so as to attack out of the bridgehead with that regiment by daylight. One battalion of this regiment arrived at the bridgehead by 0430-H and with a full appreciation of the value of time it jumped off at 0500-H, the regiment being reinforced during the day by the later arrival of its other battalions. Troops completing the 4 – 6 day train trip from the Koln area were immediately en trucked and taken into the bridgehead. Then, after being briefed and issued ammunition, they were committed to the attack. It was obvious that the German was disintegrating rapidly and it was of the utmost importance that regardless of the physical condition of our troops, the momentum of our drive be maintained until the enemy was completely destroyed or overrun.
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Category : History of the OD, US Ordnance
Tags: 108th Regiment US Colored, Agnes Burdette, Albany, Alexander Parris, Allin Conversion, America's Cannon Factory, American Revolution, AMMRC, ARDC, ARDEC, Armed Forces Explosives Safety Board, Army Air Forces Papers, Army Ground Forces, Army Service Forces, ARRADCOM, Arsenal at Springfield, Arsenal Island, Benet Laboratories, Building #311, Cannon Gates, Capt Thomas J. Rodman, Charles River, Charlestown Arsenal, Chief of Staff, Chief Ordnance Historian, Cincinnati, Civil War, Clarence Burdette, Col Henry Knox, Col Leonard P. Ayres, Col Roswell Lee, Confederate Soldiers, Confederate States Army, Connecticut River, Constance McLaughlin Green, Daniel Shays, Davenport, Department of Defense, Dover Powder Depot, Dr. Albert E. Van Dusen, Dr. Ceorge C. Hale, Dr. Constance McL. Green, Dr. Harry C. Thomson, Edward C. Fiedler, Emergency Militia, Enfield Rifle M-1917, England, Erskine Allin, Federal Armories, Federal Constitution Convention, Federal Union, Fort Armstrong, France, Frankford Arsenal, G-4, Gatling Gun, Gen Douglas MacArthur, Gen George S. Patton, Georgetown University, Germany, Gettysburg Campaign, GOCO, Harpers Ferry Armory, Harry C. Thomson, Harvard University, Helen Jane Larsen, Henry Doland, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Horace Hardy Lester Reactor, Hudson River, Illinois, Industrial Revolution, Iowa, JB2-Rockets, John D. Hicks, John E. Kindred, John E. Larson, John Garand, Josiah Gorgas, Jr, Krag-Jørgensen, Krupp, Lake Denmark, Lake Picatinny, Lewis Spicer, Lida Mayo, Lt Gen Brehon B. Somervell, Lt Gen Levin H. Campbell, M-119 Howitzer, M-198 Howitzer, M-1A1, M-1A1 Abrams, Maj James W. Ripley, Massachusetts, Michael Doland, Middle Forge Tract, Militia, Mississippi River, Mount Holyoke College, Mr George E. Righter, MTL, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Office of the Chief of Military History, Ohio, Ordnance Committee, Ordnance Corps, Ordnance Department, Ordnance Historical Branch, Pennsylvania, Peter C. Roots, Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny Powder Depot, President George Washington, President James Madison, Quincy Market, Research and Development Board, Rock Island, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island Prison Barracks, Rockaway, Rodman Gun, Route 15, Schneider-Creusot, Services of Supply, Smith College, Spanish Mauser M-1893, Spanish-American War, Spicertown, Springfield, Springfield Armory, Springfield M-1903, Tank Liberty Mark-VIII, Theodore E. Whiting, Thomas Blanchard, Thomas L. Livermore, Translation Section, Uel H. Wiggins, Under Secretary of War, Union Army Prison Camp, University of Chicago, Vickers-Armstrong, Virginia, Walter Mondale, War With Germany, Watertown, Watervliet Arsenal, West-Virginia
The US Army fought World War II with matériel much of which was developed in the decade prior to our entry, particularly in the period following the German blitz in Poland. Our efforts to develop munitions to the point where our armies could cope on equal terms with those of potential enemies are covered here in this, the first of three projected volumes on the history of the Ordnance Department in World War II. How well the Ordnance Department succeeded in matching the Germans in quality continues to be a matter of debate both within the Ordnance Department itself, and between the using arms and the Department. That the battle of quantity was won with the help of a superb industrial machine can hardly be denied.
This volume, the result of diligent research by Dr. Constance McL. Green and her associates, should interest not only military men but also scientists, industrialists, and laymen in general. Among other things, it shows the urgent necessity of a directed, continuous, and intensive research program and the danger in failing to recognize and profit by developments abroad. Also shown is the inherent time interval between the drawing board and the production of the end item in quantity.
ORLANDO WARD
Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen., U.S.A.
15 January 1953 Chief of Military History
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Category : 588th Field Arty Bn, 588th Fld Arty Bn, France (North), Germany
Tags: 137th Infantry, 155-MM Gun M-1917, 155-MM Guns SF, 168th Field Artillery, 177th Field Artillery Group, 181st Field Artillery, 182nd Field Artillery Group, 193d Field Artillery Group, 195th Field Artillery Group, 1st Lt Bernard August, 1st Lt William J. Lawless, 2d Lt Herbert M. Shryock, 2d Lt Stanley B. Bowmar, 2nd Armrd Corps, 304th French Truck Company, 33rd Field Artillery Brigade, 35th Infantry Division, 3rd Cavalry Group, 3rd US Army, 404th Field Artillery Group, 40th FA Group, 50th FA Group, 558th FA Battalion, 558th Provisional Group, 5th Field Artillery Group, 689th FA Battalion, 6th Mtz Div, 731st Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Army, 83rd Infantry Division (US), 947th Field Artillery, 94th Infantry Division, 983rd Field Artillery, 983rd Field Artillery Battalion, Allied POW Camps, Ardenne Offensive, Arizona, Artillery School, Bamberg, Baumholder, Billingen, Bittburg, Bloomington, Borg, Briquebec, Browning HMG Cal .50, California, Camp Roberts, Camp San Luis Obispo, Camp Shanks, Campholz Woods, Capt Joseph A. Dupont, Cattenom, CCB-7th Armd Div, CCR-7/AD, Chenoise, Cloyes, Colonel O'Neal-(FR), Dillengen, Douglas, East Garrison, Eisenach, England, Epernay, Evendorf, Field Artillery Reserve Training Center, Field Artillery Scholl, Field Artillery School Executive Course, Field Artillery School Survey Course, Fort Douglas, Fort Driant, Fort Hamilton, Fort Jeanne D’Arc, Fort Julian, Fort Lewis, Fort MacArthur, Fort Plapperville, Fort Sill, Fort St Quentin, Fort Verdun, Fountainebleau, France, Frankfurt, General Orders #33, Germany, Gestapo Headquarters, Gorze, Hammelberg, Hants, Haut Sierck, Headquarters II Armored Corps, Hersbruck, Himeling, Historical Section, Hombourg Bundage, Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, II Armored Corps, Illinois, Infantry Training Center - Metz, Kaisen, Kansas, Koenignmaker, la Forêt de Vendome, La Mans, Labach, LCT 721, Le Feyar, Le Gault, Lebach, Liberal, Liverpool, Loire River, Los Angeles, LST 294, LST 506, Lt Gilbert Hahn, Luxembourg, Lyons, M-12, M-3 Medium Tank, Mainz, Maiziere-les-Metz, Maj Henry F. Thorne, Maj Mark E. Conway, Maj William R. Binkly, Manderen, Marne River, Meiningen, Melun, Merschweiller, Mersey River, Metrich, Metz, Meuse River, Military Department, Moreton Morell, Moselle River, Moselle Valley, Neunkirshen, New York, New York Port of Embarkation, Nürnberg, Oberlueken, Obersuhl, Oklahoma, Oregon, Orleans, Paris, Port Brincon, Presidio of Monterey, Provost Marshal, Ramelfangen, Regensberg, Remich, Rheims, Rhine River, Ritzing, Romsey, Saalfield, Saar River, Saarlautern, Saarwellingen, San Jose, Seille River Valley, Seine River, Siegfried Line, Southhampton, St Hillaire, St Masmes, State of Colorado, State of Utah, TBA 6-56, Tennessee, Thionville, Trier, USAT Edmund B. Alexander 2030, Utah, Utah Beach, Verdun, Verny, Vionville, Warmerville, Warwickshire, Washington, Wies, Wittlich, Ziegenhain
This copy of the History of the 558th FA Battalion was reproduced by the Military Department, State of Colorado. It was copied from the original history as prepared by Lt Gilbert Hahn upon request of the Historical Section of the Artillery School. Their request was predicated on the basis that the original cadre came from a Colorado unit – the 983rd Field Artillery Battalion. It would be amiss if we failed to mention the great contribution by the State of Utah from whence came the bulk of the fine young men that filled the ranks. The States of Tennessee, Washington, Oregon and California each sent sizeable contingents; however, most States were represented by one or two.
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Category : War Politic Papers
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Austria, Bohemia, British Government, Danzig, France, Frenchman, German, German Reich, Germany, Göring, Hess, Italy, Molotov, Moravia, Moscow, National Socialist Party, National-Socialist, Poland, Polish Ambassador, Prussian King, Reichstag, Russia, Russian Foreign Commissar, Saar, Sudetenland, Versailles, Western Powers
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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Category : 102nd Inf Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: #4 Louisiana Maneuvers, 102nd Infantry Division (US), 30th Infantry Division (US), 35th Infantry Division, 3rd Army, 405th Inf Regt, 406th Inf Regt, 407th Inf Regt, 5th Armored Division (US), Barmen, Beeck, Belgium, Berlin, Brachelen, Camp Kilmer, Camp Maxey, Camp Swift, Cherbourg, Düsseldorf, Elbe River, Erkelenz, Flossdorf, Fort Dix, France, Gardelegen, Germany, Hameln, Hannover, Hessich, Himmerich, Holland, Homburg, Katzem, Krefeld, Linnich, Lovenich, Maj Gen Frank A. Keating, Maj Gen John B. Anderson, Munchen-Gladbach, New Jersey, New York, New York Port of Embarkation, Niers Canal, Oberkirchen, Oldendorf, POE, Ralshoven, Randerath, Rheindahlen, Rhine River, Roer River, Roerdorf, Texas, Valognes, Viersen, Waurichen, Welz, Wesel, Weser River, Wesergebirge, Wilsede, Wurm, Wurm River
The 102nd Infantry Division was activated on September 15 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas and moved on September 16 1943 to the 3rd Army #4 Louisiana Maneuvers. It was then transferred to Camp Swift, Texas on November 18 1943, arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, June 23rd 1944, staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, September 6 1944 until departed the New York Port of Embarkation on September 12th 1944.
The 102nd Infantry Division arrived in France on September 23rd 1944, crossed into Belgium on October 31st; crossed into Holland the same day and entered, finally, Germany on November 29th 1944.
When war was over, the 102nd Infantry Division returned to the New York POE on March 11th 1946. It was inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, on March 12th 1946.
Campaigns : Rhineland, Central Europe
August 1945 Location : Gardelegen (Hannover) Germany
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 194th Glider Inf Rgt (US), B Company, Capt Don Pay, Chesterfield, Edina, Essen, Father Joseph Hoi, Father Mike Penn, Germany, Kansas City, Kathleen Ann Hill, Kearney, Life Magazin, Madelyn Schuering, Maj Peter Messer, Maj Richard A. Norton, Margaret Bourke-White, Mayme Lockhart O’Brien, Missouri, Nebraska, Patricia Ann Sainz, Thomas D. O'Brien, Thomas Daniel, University of Missouri, Veterinary School, Villa Hugel
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrades. Through a phone call from the Family to Tony Marincola we learned that Dr. Thomas D. O’Brien, B Company, 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, passed away on 13 June 2009. I was able to contact the Family yesterday to obtain the essential information for this message. Following his service in World War II Dr. O’Brien was trained as a Veterinarian, graduating from the University of Missouri Veterinary School in 1951. Following his graduation he opened up the Edina Feed and Livestock Store. Dr. O’Brien had a passion for small animals (cats and dogs) and he never did retire. He joined our Association in 1972 and remained a Member in good standing until our dissolution. The cause of death was complications from Lymphoma and Diabetes at the age of 84. The Obituary and Guest Book information is available at www.hudsonrimerfh.com
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It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we belatedly learn of the passing of another Distinguished Veteran and a Valued Comrade. Through the Static Line Paper we learned that Michael P. Umhofer, Col USAR (Ret), Co D, 194th GIR, passed away on 21 October 2008.
Unfortunately, I was not able to make contact with a Family Member. The Obituary indicates that he retired from Active Duty in 1971 and took Command of the US Army Reserve’s 401st Civil Affairs Unit in Webster, NY until he retired in 1985. His Civilian life was spent in teaching History and Social Studies in the Rochester City School District. He joined our Association in 1987 and became a life Member in 1990. He was 82 years of age at the time of his passing.
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Category : OSS & SOE
Tags: Abwehr Staff, Admiral William D. Leahy, Allied Control Commission, American Government, American Joint Chiefs of Staff, American Military Mission, Amtorg, Attorney General Biddle, Averell Harriman, Azerbaidzhan, Balkans, Brig Gen Hill, British, British SOE, Bulgaria, Cairo, China, Col Haskell, Col Ossipov, Commissariat for Internal Affairs, Danube River, Diplomatic Intelligence, Economic Intelligence, Erich Vermehren, France, German Embassy, German Intelligence, German Intelligence Hqs Turkey, German Teutonia Club, Germany, Iran, Istanbul, Japan, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Karl Alois Kleczkowski, Kleczkowskis, Lt Gen Fitin, Lt Gen P. M. Fitin, Maj Gen Aleksandr P. Osipov, Maj Gen J. R. Deane, Maj Gen Walter E. Prosser, Marshal Tito, Middle East, Military Intelligence, Moscow, Mr Molotov, MVD, National Intelligence Survey, Naval Intelligence, Nazi Party Turkey, Neubacher, NKVD, NKVD London, Norwegian North Cape, NXVD, Office of Strategic Services, OGPU, OSS, OSS-Soviet, President Roosevelt, Ribbentrop, Rumania, Russia, Russian Embassy, Russians, Sava River, SD (Security Service), Section 12, South Eastern Europe, Soviet External Intelligence Service, Soviet Foreign Office, Soviet Government, Soviet Union, State Department, Subversive Activities in Enemy Countries, Sydney Weinberg, Teheran, Top-Secret, Turkey, Ukrainians, US JANIS, US Military Mission, Von Papen, Western Germany, Willi Hamburger, William J. Donovan
William J. Donovan’s voluminous memoranda to President Roosevelt (1) include half a dozen concerning collaboration between the US and Soviet intelligence services, and these are supplemented by a few addressed to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and one recording a conversation in the NKVD offices in Moscow.
Originally proposed as an exchange of representatives to each other’s headquarters, this liaison was reduced by political considerations to communication between heads of services through Gen J. R. Deane, chief of the US Military Mission in Moscow.
The documents are reproduced below.
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Category : Bad Windsheim, German Photos
Tags: Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Franken-Therme, Freilandmuseum, Germany, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Nuremberg, Unpublished Photos, Uuinidesheim, Weinturm Open Air
Another set of Liberated photos from the collection of an American World War Two Combat Soldier. Published for the first time and available in large size in the Archives Center.
Bad Windsheim is a small historic city in Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the district Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, west of Nuremberg. A document from 741 proofs for the first time the existence of town called ‘Uuinidesheim’. The name changed to ‘Windsheim’ by linguistic development and means something equal to ‘To the home of Winid’.
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