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A brief history of American Forces in the Normandy Invasion, 6 June–24 July 1944

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A great invasion force stood off the Normandy coast of France as dawn broke on 6 June 1944: 9 battleships, 23 cruisers, 104 destroyers, and 71 large landing craft of various descriptions as well as troop transports, mine sweepers, and merchantmen—in all, nearly 5,000 ships of every type, the...read more

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The Organizational History of U.S. Army Field Artillery in World War II by Janice E. McKenney

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Developments during the interwar years had resulted in significant advances in field artillery weapons, communications, fire direction echniques, mobility, and organization. These advances complemented the reorganization of the large unwieldy square division of World War I into smaller harder-...read more

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Ardennes-Alsace (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945)

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In his political testament Mein Kampf ("My Struggle") Adolf Hitler wrote, "Strength lies not in defense but in attack." Throughout World War II, attempts to gain or regain the initiative had characterized Hitler's influence on military operations. Thus, when the military situation in late 1944...read more

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Cuidado - Take Care, Bushmasters!

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WWII, Bicol Campaign, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 3-4 April 1945. Cries of "Banzai" rang through the jungles - the staccato of enemy machine guns, mortars and rifles broke through the jungle silence. The bayonet charges were suicidal, but the 158th Regimental Combat Team, the "Bushmasters",...read more

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North Apennines (10 September 1944–4 April 1945)

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By the end of the first week of August 1944 members of the British Eighth Army stood on the Ponte Vecchio, bridging the Arno River in recently liberated Florence, Italy. The Eighth Army had just completed a campaign, in conjunction with the U.S. Fifth Army, that had kept Axis forces in Italy in...read more

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A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II

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World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars
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