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XVIII Corps (Airborne), Operation the Elbe…to the Baltic, 27 April, 1945 to 3 May, 1945.
No full textXVIII Corps (Airborne) completed reduction of its sector of the Ruhr Pocket on 18 April 1945, and proceeded with organization of the approximate 4,000 square miles of territory for police and military government, under command of First U. S. Army. 8th and 97th Infantry Divisions and 13th Armored Division comprised the Corps for this mission
Japanese ground and air forces, Military Intelligence Service, information bulletin no. 14.
No full textThis bulletin has been prepared in response to requests from units in the field. The photographs are for the purpose of enabling members of the U.S. armed forces to identify the Japanese soldier and his equipment and to grasp his capabilities. When an officer just returned from service in Bataan and Malaya was shown this bulletin, he said that it should carry this comment: 'A careful reading of this bulletin may save your life.
Handbook for unit commanders (Germany), revised edition.
No full textThe purpose of this handbook is to furnish information which will be of assistance to Unit Commanders in their relations with the inhabitants during the period of the occupation of Germany
Destruction of the German armies in Western Europe, June 6th 1944 – May 9th 1945.
No full textThe following report is not intended to represent a complete study on the campaign resulting in the "Destruction of the German Armies in Western Europe". However, it does represent the last report prepared by the Intelligence Branch, G-2 Section, 12th Army Group, on enemy operations. In it an attempt is made to trace the broad outline of events leading to the ultimate unconditional surrender of Germany. Contents: invasion- the battle of Normandy; St. Lo- the breakthrough in Normandy; encirclement at Argentan; battle of northern France; the fall campaign; the November offensive; the Ardennes offensive; offensive to the Rhine- 9 February - 7 March 1945; the crossing of the Rhine; the battle of the Ruhr; and divisions encountered on the western front from 6 June 1944 to 9 May 1945
"Eclipse" memorandum no. 1.
No full textThe instrument of surrender- the Supreme Commander's special orders to the German High Command to supplement the instrument: sanctions in the event of delinquency
Joint air-ground action, Ground Liaison Officer School, part 2.
No full textContents include: forward control of air action; ground air recognition and identification; message writing; division, corps, army, army group, air ground liaison sections; types of bombs and fuzes; photographic reconnaissance- definitions, terms and techniques; employment of types aircraft in the close cooperation mission; the tactical reconnaissance mission; photographic calculations; target requirements for specific bomb types; types of naval vessels- the Navy Task Force; briefing and interrogation; oblique photos and mosaics; photo mission planning and distribution (photo planning and distribution); army air support photos and air-naval-ground support charts; transition from navy air support to army joint air ground operations; recognition- U.S. Army and Navy A/C; recognition- Japanese aircraft; air supply and pamphlet by combat aircraft (air supply and pamphlet dropping); artillery adjustment by high performance aircraft; and target selection (the integrated fire plan)
Field order no. 30, 37th Infantry Division.
No full text37th Infantry Division (Reinf) continues the attack upon the city of Manila. The document details Signal orders, preparation for assault on Intramuros, map of Port Area, Manila, and a map of Intramuros, Manila
Flak attrition analysis, monograph: comparative analysis of attrition to flak experienced during the attacks on Vienna of 7 and 8 February 1945.
No full textOn two consecutive days, 7 and 8 February 1945, the Fifteenth Air Force attacked in strength very heavily defended targets in the Vienna Area. Targets attacked on 7 February were the oil refineries of Moosbierbaum, Florisdorf, Lobau, Schwechat, and the airdrome at Zwolfaxing. On 8 February, when almost all bombing was accomplished by non-visual methods, the target attacked was the vast rail communications and storage complex situated in the southern portion of Vienna. The PFF aiming point for the attack was the marshalling yard situated at the northwest corner of the Vienna South Ordnance Depot. On 7 February 1945, 25 bombers were lost or rendered missing to flak and unknown causes. No bombers were lost or rendered missing to flak or unknown causes on 8 February. Because the targets attacked in the course of the two days operations were situated in the same flak-defended area, and because the attrition to flak experienced on the two days was at wide variance, an analysis was made of the two operations in an attempt to ascertain what factors determined the efficiency of the ground fire delivered by the enemy on these two occasions. Every effort has been made to consider all factors which affect the vulnerability of a formation to flak, but in any such survey one or two major and many minor factors will remain unknown
After action report, 593rd Joint Assault Signal Company: action against enemy (20 October - 10 November 1944).
No full textThe 593rd Joint Assault Signal Company is an amphibious organization consisting of air liaison, naval gunfire, and assault signal teams, and participated in the initial amphibious assault on Leyte Island, P.I. on October 20, 1944
Airborne operations in Holland, September – November, 1944. (Market)
No full textThe initial operation carried through by the First Allied Airborne Army took place in Holland. Its code name was Market. It was not planned long in advance and specifically trained for. Table of contents: organization and training of participating units; intention, plan and preparation; the airborne operation; operation on the ground; commendations; and appendixes (statistical summary of Operation Market, charts of paradrops and glider releases, and roster of officers of major units, commanders and staffs)