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Tactical air operations in Europe: a report on employment of fighter-bomber, reconnaissance and night fighter aircraft by XIX Tactical Air Command, Ninth Air Force, in connection with the Third US Army campaign from 1 August 1944 to VE Day, 9 May 1945.
No full textA report on employment of fighter-bomber, reconnaissance and night fighter aircraft by XIX Tactical Air Command, Ninth Air Force, in connection with the Third US Army campaign from 1 August 1944 to VE Day, 9 May 1945. During the nine months and eight days which began with the drive into Brittany on 1 August 1944, and ended with the unconditional surrender of all German forces on 9 May 1945, the XIX Tactical Air Command and Third US Army operated under widely varying conditions which required corresponding changes in the manner of employment of our aircraft. The highly mobile warfare of the campaign across France in August and the first half of September was followed by the relatively static buildup before Metz, which presented wholly different problems. The offensive of 8 November, which reduced Metz and entered the Siegfried Line defenses in the Saar Valley of Germany, was interrupted by the German breakthrough into the Ardennes sector of the First Army front, with the result that Third Army and XIX TAC were suddenly thrust into an emergency counter-attack role. The bitter winter battle of the "Bastogne Bulge", and the penetration of the powerful pillbox and river defenses along the German border, were in marked contrast to the subsequent dash through the Eifel to the Rhine, the springing of the Saar-Moselle-Rhine trap, in which two German armies were virtually destroyed, the swift surprise crossing of the Rhine, the eastward drive which disemboweled and bisected Germany, and the final thrust to the southeast through Bavaria into Austria and Czechoslovakia. Between the long clear days of August and the foggy, cloudy days of the wettest fall and most severe winter seen in this part of Europe for many years, an equally sharp contrast existed, adding to the range of experience on which are based the comments and conclusions contained in this report
Monthly statistical summary: Army Air Forces, Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, June 1945.
No full textTable of contents: situation in brief; organization; personnel; aircraft, supply and maintenance; services, supply and maintenance; personal affairs; and glossary of terms
Disposal of enemy war material and war structures.
No full textIn order to expedite the action required and to bring the attention of all concerned to the latest policies in regard to the disposal of enemy war material and war structures in the liberated countries and Germany, the following revises and supersedes instructions previously issued in Administrative Memorandum Number 5, dated 28 April 1944, this headquarters, and Annexes A through C attached thereto. Henceforth all action required regarding the disposal of the types of enemy war material specified herein and war structures will be governed by this Memorandum during the period of responsibility of the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force
Notes on service troops, based on experiences in armies of 12th Army Group during Continental operations, 6 June 1944 to 9 May 1945.
No full textParagraph 17, FM 101-5, states that G-4 is responsible for the "assignment and movement of supply, medical, technical, and labor troops not employed as combat troops". Within Headquarters 12th Army Group, the following units were specified as G-4 responsibility: Quartermaster, ordnance, medical, chemical, Signal, engineer, and Transportation Corps
G-3 Reports, XXIV Corps, nos. 51-76.
No full textProvides information on the front lines, location of troops, information of adjacent units and supporting troops, weather and visibility, operations for the period, and combat efficiency
Field order no.1 "Neptune", Force "B", 29th Infantry Division.
No full textField order no.1 "Neptune", Force "B", 29th Infantry Division
Japanese military buildings. Photographic Intelligence Center - report 2.
No full textThis study is designed primarily to provide interpreters with the essential data needed to identify Japanese special function military construction. Secondarily, it is intended that the plans, sections, elevations, and structural information included will be an aid to target analysis and damage assessment groups. Emphasis is placed on structural forms known to be standard in plan and contruction
Memorandums #1-178, 1 January – 23 October 1944, Services Of Supply, United States Army Forces, China-Burma-India.
No full textMemorandums include topics: recording of immunization in service records; counter intelligence corps; staff responsibility for real estate; training films; class of travel for US military personnel; construction and maintenance policy and procedure for U.S. troops in China; medical reports; distribution of publications; cargo loading for C-B-I theater; and air evacuations of casualties, etc.
Note: Memorandum #101, 73, 62, 61, 59, and 5 are missing from document
Operational high-lights of the 33d Infantry Division, May 15, 1945.
No full textThis is a thumbnail sketch of the 33d Division's operations in the Luzon Campaign from 13 February to 13 May, 1945. From the moment the Division went into the line in Northern Luzon it was apparent to all that the objective was Baguio. But there were to be many hard-bought battles before the Philippines Summer Capital was captured. For three months the Division was engaged in bitter mountain fighting over the most rugged terrain of all Luzon. The battles were sharp and severe against the enemy who fought and died on his hill top positions
Report of liaison activities.
No full textThe Chief of Combined Operations discussed phases of the different operations, how, and where each individual liaison officer should witness them