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Kampene i Nordvesteuropa 1944-1945.
Author : Marc F. Griesbach
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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
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Kampene i Nordvesteuropa 1944-1945.
Author : United States. Army. Infantry Division, 8th
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : Gregory A. Daddis
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 2002-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807127575
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Author : United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 13th (1812-1815)
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Page : 118 pages
File Size : 26,78 MB
Release : 1946
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Author : United States. Army. Division, 8th
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
Release : 1946
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : United States. Army. Infantry Division, 8th
Publisher :
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 1946
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : John Sloan Brown
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 38,40 MB
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0813185882
The involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of tiny professional cadres. Much to his surprise and delight, Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall found that the 88th Infantry Division, his first draftee division, "fought like wildcats" and readily outclassed its German adversaries while measuring up to the best Regular Army divisions. Draftee Division is at once a history of the 88th Division, an analysis of American unit mobilization during World War II, and an insight into the savage Italian Campaign. After an introduction placing the division in historical context, separate chapters address personnel, training, logistics, and overseas deployment. Another chapter focuses upon preliminary adjustments to the realities of combat, after which two chapters trace the 88th's climactic drive through the Gustav Line into Rome itself. A final chapter takes the veteran 88th to final victory. Of particular interest are observations concerning differences connected with mobilization between the 88th and less successful divisions and discussions of the contemporary relevance of the 88th's experiences. Draftee Division is especially rich in its sources. John Sloan Brown, with close ties to the division, has secured extensive and candid contributions from veterans. To these he has added a full array of archival and secondary sources. The result is a definitive study of American cadremen creating a division out of raw draftees and leading them on to creditable victories. Its findings will be important for military and social historians and for students of defense policy
Author : Martin King
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 25,89 MB
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1612004008
A century of valor among one of the finest infantry divisions ever to serve, vividly chronicled through extensive research and interviews with veterans. From the Great War to the War on Terror, the US 4th Infantry Division has always been there. To War with the 4th recounts a hundred years of combat, beginning with their first battle on September 14th, 1918. The men of the “Ivy” Division faced German artillery, fell in the hundreds, yet won the day. On D-Day of World War II, the 4th Division landed at Utah Beach and kept fighting across Europe until Germany surrendered. From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge, no other American division suffered more casualties in the European theater, and no other division accomplished as much. In Vietnam, they executed dangerous “search and destroy” missions and fought major engagements, including thirty-three consecutive days of close-quarters combat during the Battle of Dak To. In May 2009, they fought in Iraq at the height of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Afghanistan for a year-long combat mission in the birthplace of the Taliban. Through firsthand interviews with veterans across the decades, and the expert analysis of the authors, the role of one of America’s mainstay divisions is illuminated in these pages.
Author : Lt. Donald G. Taggart
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 42,85 MB
Release : 2016-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1786258765
Few units in the U.S. Army can boast as proud a unit history as the Third Infantry Division; it fought on all of the Europe and North African fronts that American soldiers were engaged against the Axis forces during World War II. The 3rd Infantry Division saw combat in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and Austria for 531 consecutive days. In this official division history written by the officers who served with the unit at the time serves as a fascinating memorial and a detailed history of the “Marne Division” during World War II. The 3rd Inf. Division made landfall in Fedala on the 8th November 1942 as part of Operation Torch during the Allied invasion of North Africa and was engaged in heavy fighting before the German and Italian troops were finally levered out of the continent. The division was back in the thick of the fighting in Sicily under the command of such famous leaders as Generals Lucien Truscott, Omar Bradley and George S. Patton. As part of General Mark Clark’s U.S. Fifth army it engaged in some of the bloodiest engagements of the Italian campaign at Salerno beaches, Volturno river, Monte Cassino and Anzio. Under their old division commander General Truscott they formed part of the force that landed in Southern France and battled into the heart of Germany before the eventual capitulation of the Nazi High command in 1945. Richly illustrated with maps and pictures throughout.
Author : United States. War Department
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Page : 136 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 1947
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