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... website where thay can share their stories, memories and information. One of the posts tells about an army Sergeant named Olyn A. Brockmeyer,he was born June 13, 1921 in Harvel, Illinois, Brockmeyer...
...his states should include a much larger portion of their GPD for military purposes to build the kind of army that can deter Russia from attacking them.
I was surprised to learn how small percent of ...
...tions when it comes to making decisions about war and strategy.
It is for a very good reason that the army is under the command of the president. it is not for no reason that the president is at lea...
...stand much more than we do on issues of war, strategies, combat, anti-terrorism etc.
If they say the army is not prepared for something we listen, if they say a certain policy makes sense we listen...
My Uncle's name was GEORGE P. ROBERTSON
he fought in the Pacific with the U.S.ARMY against the Japanese. he was honored in the news paper and he received a PURPLE HEART. HE HAS SINCE PASED AWAY AND
...ness deals embarrassing grant . jesse grant was tying to get the hides of the cattle slaughterd for the armys food . the order didn't force anybody from their homes . in ww 2 the removal of japanese w...
Does somebody have numbers on how many people fought against their 'own' side ? Any good sources to look it all up ?
...t War' on the History Channel this evening, and the segment was on the desert battle between the Desert Army (later the British 8th Army) and the German Afrika Korps.
The Afrika Korps apparently had...
Yes, they could (and did). The APO/FPO (army post office/fleet post office) system handled millions of pieces of correspondence between the US and overseas, and between overseas servicemen.
I've see
...nce between firepower, mobility and armor protection. It was a rude awakening to the rather smug German army.
However, the Germans eventually produced the Panther. And without doubt the Panther was ...
...inet officers basicly stating that there may be an attack from the Japanese as soon as a few days.
An army Intelligence officer, in service in the Far East during 1941... had gained knowledge of the...
... of the military serve these? I'm guessing the rations would be mainly for those in the Marines and the Army while on patrols or in combat while the Navy ate on their ships and the Air Force ate at th...
I was reading through a report from the CIC department of the US Army stationed in the Middle East in early 1943, and they report on four German paratroopers being captured near Jerusalem, and were be
I'm looking for information on the following units:
1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, U.S. Army 5217th Reconnaissance
...Jackson Shrine, complete with the burial place of Stonewall's arm.
- If you're into the ghoulish, the Army Medical Museum on the grounds of the Walter Reed Hospital in DC is about the most disgustin...
...had been born and raised in Japan mentioned that he had been assigned as a meteorogist for the Japanese army in the Aleutians, but unfortunately I was too stupid to ask him any questions about it)....
I am wondering why the Japanese didn't send ground troops accompanying the fleet to occupy Hawaii right after they launched the surprise air-naval attack on the Pearl Harbor? If they had taken over an
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Looking for any information about Col. Tsuji, who served in the Japanese Army, during WW II. Read one, and only, article on him, on the net and I am wishing to learn more.
Sincerely,
...is to the left the other. Ships from the starboard side had ensigns showing 'reversed' swastikas. In an army parade what you saw would depend on which side of the street you were. How can anybody atta...
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I am interested in finding out more about my father, and what he did during WW2. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps (sorry don't know the regiment right now). I know he trained as a paratrooper, sp...
...ad worse equipment than any other major power. The best parts were the airplanes and the ships, but the army equipment was mostly inferior. The tanks were OK at the beginning of the war, but by late 1...
...ge there is a longing for adventure, be it wanderlust or the (misplaced) romanticism of fighting in the Army. Of course, I think communism was seen as a potential scourge to the human race at that tim...
...attitude. As Hood did at Nashville etc. so did Grant at Cold Harbor etc. Hood to the destruction of his army & Grant to the loss of some 6,000 men in an hour's time. I guess the blame both of these st...
...ad a very clear idea that to become great any political party should be supported by the Church and the Army. This conclusion was achieved when he had lived in Vienna as a vagabond. At the very first ...
anybody have a full list of the Army posts named after Confederate Officers? And anyone have any clue as to why they never named one after Longstreet (other than the tired argument about his 'failures
...after Gettys, Grant was with Meade the commanding general of the AoP. However, always it seems when the army did anything, it was at the order of Gen. Grant. Wasn't Grant's the plan to go to Germana F...
...hickamauga - with no local knowledge and an improvised command structure, his attack routs half the USA army
Chattanooga - at odds with Bragg, he attempts a disastrous night assault at Wauhatchie
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Hi.
My Grandfather just recently passed on, and I know that he was in WWII, his unit was the 13th Armored Division. All I know about his time in WWII is that got to Europe in Jan 45 at Le Harve, Fra
Go to the library and take a look at the Army's official history of the subject, 'Employment of Negro Troops' by U. L. Lee. Your 'impression' that they were 'shielded to some degree from combat' is an
...trying to sort out the title of this rank in some writing I'm doing. I am lead to believe in the German army a 2nd lieutanant was called a 'Leutnant' and a 1st Lieutenant just Lieutenant.
At the sam...
hi everyone,
The American Army had the M1a1 Carbine and the M1 garand semiauto rifles, the Germans had the Gewehr 41(W) and 43 models semi-automatic rifles, and the Russians had the SVT40, and even
I don't know about other Army Posts, but Fort Drum, NY has a small cemetery which contains the bodies of german and Italian POW's who died there - some after the cessation of hostilities. The cemetery
...his romp through western Europe.
Personally I think both Rommel and Patton would make great Corps and army commanders, but never would be suitable for independent command.
I dunno about Sherman as...
...we have a reenactment of the burning of the mile Clumbia- Wrightsville bridge to keep Gen Jubal Early's army from taking Harrisburg or possibly moving on to Philadelphia. Very small potatoes whn compa...
Besides Ft. McPherson at Atlanta is any other Army Post in the former Confederate States named for a Union Civil War general.?
It's hard for me to believe that the German Army was so imcompetent on D-Day. It seems they should have been able to easily repel the Allied invasion.
Why did the Germans perform so miserably? Did t
...ry few if any _decisive_ victories over armies in the field.
Decisive, in the sense that the defeated army was destroyed, or lost over 50% of its strength. In the vast majority of battles, defeated ...
...orrible leader of the Soviet Union, killing off millions of his own citizens. He killed off a legion of army leaders as well as many intelligent capable citizens whom he feared. His handling of the Ge...
Hello all-
I am working on a project, but am having trouble locating a copy of any US Army order from WWII. I am just looking for the general style of the order, so content or theater is not really
...ie so forgive my ignorance. Would someone who knows please tell me the divisions or regiments of the US Army that were involved?
Thank you, Scott Williams...
...tire AOP had he had it. Remember, this is the guy of whom Lincoln said 'If you are not going to use the army, I would like to borrow it.' and once gazing at the AOP in camp with a friend asked him wha...
...ssians (Finland 1940), the highest ranking American killed was Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. . . . So much for allies.
2. The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin...
Union armies were often named after bodies of water, i.e., Army of the Ohio, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of the Tennessee. Southern armies were often named after geographical
...earch regarding B-24 operations over Europe and have come across the rank of 'Flight Officer' in the US Army Air Forces. The two Flight Officers about whom I've read were both Liberator bombardiers.
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...t deserves a different take.
Let us make two assumptions, neither of which involve ASBs.
First, the Army of Northern Virginia is still divided into three infantry in OTL. Lee had believed for some...
> notion that the German Army stood head and shoulders above > every other Army perpetuated by Gudmundsson in particular.
So the fact that Germany controlled most of Euope by the end of 1941 was an
...ong the Dnepr and finally to build a third 'strategic' echelon on the approaches to Moscow. The Western Army under Pavlov was stripped of its artillery, engineers, modern tanks and modern air support,...
...d couriers rode over to get the messages from A to B or perhaps the main supply line from a town to the army?
Thanks in advance, greetings...
... Mtd Engineer Companies 3 Mtd Engineer Platoons
NB: Royal Guard formations are organised like Regular army formations. Royal Guard were more intensively trained than Regular Army formations and rece...
...hat I've been unable to answer from my books: what were the reasons for the appointments of the various Army of the Potomac commanders? McClellan is easy...
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