The 30th Infantry Division Of The United States Army

Author : Robert W. Baumer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811765718

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Old Hickory by Robert W. Baumer Pdf

The best U.S. division at war, from Normandy to the Bulge and beyond The 30th Infantry Division, drawn from the hill country of Tennessee and the Carolinas, was regarded during World War II as the cream of the crop of U.S. fighting units. The Germans agreed, calling the division “Roosevelt’s SS” for its tenacity and skill. The 30th fought in Normandy, along the Siegfried Line (where it conducted “the perfect infantry attack”), at the Battle of the Bulge, and in the final operations inside Germany. Baumer relies on primary sources to tell the story of this remarkable unit and its men in what is sure to become a classic World War II division history.

Author : Alexander Wasil Benko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:11540176

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The 30th Infantry Division of the United States Army by Alexander Wasil Benko Pdf

Author : Gordon Russell Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015022444585

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The Army Almanac by Gordon Russell Young Pdf

Amerikansk militærhistorie, amerikanske hær's historie. Army Almanac for 1959. Udkom første gang i 1950 (dette ex. er på DEPOT I-1159). KGB har1959-udgaven med ajourførte oplysninger på Læsesalen. En form for grundbog om US Army. Indeholder alle mulige nyttige oplysninger og informationer om den amerikanske hær, organisation, opdeling, enheder, uddannelse, officerskorpset, veteraner, material, våben, uniformer, udrustning, efterretningsvirksomhed, logistikområdet, militærlove, dekorationer og belønninger, oversigt over generaler, hærens relationer til det civile, m.m. samt afsnit om USA's deltagelse i krige og væbnede konflikter fra Uafhængighedskrigene i 1775 til Koreakrigen i 1950, væbnede konflikter, "småkrige", m.m.

Author : Martin King,Michael Collins,David Hilborn
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 161200301X

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The Fighting 30th by Martin King,Michael Collins,David Hilborn Pdf

In World War I the 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American division. In World War II it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit. Recruited mainly from the Carolinas and Georgia and Tennessee, they were one of the hardest-fighting units the U.S. ever fielded in Europe. What was it about these men that made them so indomitable? They were tough and resilient for a start, but this division had something else. They possessed intrinsic zeal to engage the enemy that often left their adversaries in awe. Their U.S. Army nickname was the "Old Hickory" Division. But after encountering them on the battlefield, the Germans themselves came to call them "Roosevelt's SS." This book is a combat chronicle of this illustrious division that takes the reader right to the heart of the fighting through the eyes of those who were actually there. It goes from the hedgerows of Normandy to the 30th's gallant stand against panzers at Mortain, to the brutal slugs around Aachen and the Westwall, and then to the Battle of the Bulge. Each chapter is meticulously researched and assembled with accurate timelines and after-action reports. The last remaining veterans of the 30th Division and attached units who saw the action firsthand relate their remarkable experiences here for the first, and probably the last time. This is precisely what military historians mean when they write about "fighting spirit." There have been only a few books written about the 30th Division and none contained direct interviews with the veterans. This work follows their story from Normandy to the final victory in Germany, packed with previously untold accounts from the survivors. These are the men whose incredible stories epitomize what it was to be a GI in one of the toughest divisions in WWII.

Author : Mitchell A. Yockelson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806155609

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Borrowed Soldiers by Mitchell A. Yockelson Pdf

The combined British Expeditionary Force and American II Corps successfully pierced the Hindenburg Line during the Hundred Days Campaign of World War I, an offensive that hastened the war’s end. Yet despite the importance of this effort, the training and operation of II Corps has received scant attention from historians. Mitchell A. Yockelson delivers a comprehensive study of the first time American and British soldiers fought together as a coalition force—more than twenty years before D-Day. He follows the two divisions that constituted II Corps, the 27th and 30th, from the training camps of South Carolina to the bloody battlefields of Europe. Despite cultural differences, General Pershing’s misgivings, and the contrast between American eagerness and British exhaustion, the untested Yanks benefited from the experience of battle-toughened Tommies. Their combined forces contributed much to the Allied victory. Yockelson plumbs new archival sources, including letters and diaries of American, Australian, and British soldiers to examine how two forces of differing organization and attitude merged command relationships and operations. Emphasizing tactical cooperation and training, he details II Corps’ performance in Flanders during the Ypres-Lys offensive, the assault on the Hindenburg Line, and the decisive battle of the Selle. Featuring thirty-nine evocative photographs and nine maps, this account shows how the British and American military relationship evolved both strategically and politically. A case study of coalition warfare, Borrowed Soldiers adds significantly to our understanding of the Great War.

Author : Lt. Donald G. Taggart
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786258762

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History Of The Third Infantry Division In World War II by Lt. Donald G. Taggart Pdf

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 : Martin King,Michael Collins,David Hilborn
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612003023

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The Fighting 30th Division by Martin King,Michael Collins,David Hilborn Pdf

The full story of the legendary US infantry division and their remarkable service in WWII, told through interviews with surviving servicemen. The 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American division in World War I. In World War II, it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit. Recruited mainly from the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee, they were some of the hardest-fighting soldiers in Europe. They possessed an intrinsic zeal to engage the enemy that often left their adversaries in awe. Their US Army nickname was the “Old Hickory” Division. But after encountering them on the battlefield, the Germans called them “Roosevelt’s SS.” The Fighting 30th Division chronicles the exploits of this illustrious unit through the eyes of those who were actually there. From Normandy to the Westwall and the Battle of the Bulge, each chapter is meticulously researched with accurate timelines and after-action reports. The last remaining veterans of the 30th to see action firsthand relate their experiences here for the first time, including previously untold accounts from survivors.

Author : Robert L. Hewitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258063344

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Work Horse of the Western Front by Robert L. Hewitt Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Infantry
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU15907244

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Infantry by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen L. Harris
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698164949

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Rock of the Marne by Stephen L. Harris Pdf

The stirring account of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in the Second Battle of the Marne—where the tide of World War I was finally turned… The soldiers of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in World War I were outnumbered and inexperienced young men facing hardened veterans, but their actions proved to be a turning point during the last German offensive of World War I. In stopping three German divisions from crossing the Marne River, these heroic American soldiers blocked the road to Paris east of Château-Thierry, helped save the French capital and, in doing so, played a key role in turning the tide of the war. The Allies then began a counteroffensive that drove the enemy back to the Hindenburg Line, and four months later the war was over. Rock of the Marne follows the Third Division’s Sixth Brigade, which took the brunt of the German attack. The officers, many of them West Pointers and elite Ivy Leaguers, fighting side-by-side with enlisted men—city dwellers and country boys, cowboys and coal miners who came from every corner of America along with newly planted immigrants from Europe—answered their country’s call to duty. This is the gripping true account of one of the most important—yet least explored—battles of World War I. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Author : United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : UOM:39015051411117

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United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 by United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History Pdf

Author : United States Historical Division (Army).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019655856

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The United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 by United States Historical Division (Army). Pdf

Author : Robert Ross Smith,Jeffrey J. Clarke
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894155

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United States Army in WWII - Europe - Riviera to the Rhine by Robert Ross Smith,Jeffrey J. Clarke Pdf

[Includes 35 maps and 77 illustrations] Riviera to the Rhine examines a significant portion of the Allied drive across northern Europe and focuses on the vital role played in that drive by the U.S. 6th Army Group, commanded by General Jacob L. Devers, and its two major components, the American Seventh Army, under General Alexander M. Patch, and the French First Army, under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Had these forces not existed, Eisenhower’s two northern army groups, those commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery and General Omar N. Bradley, would have been stretched much thinner, with their offensive and defensive capabilities greatly reduced. In such a case the German offensive of Dec. 1944 might have met with greater success, easily postponing the final Allied drive into Germany with unforeseen military and political consequences. Riviera thus should balance the greater public attention given to the commands of Montgomery and Bradley by concentrating on the accomplishments of those led by Devers, Patch, and de Lattre and, in the process, by highlighting the crucial logistical contributions of the southern French ports to the Allied war effort. Finally Riviera is the study of a combined, Franco-American military effort, one which frequently saw major combat units of each nation commanded by generals of the other on the field of battle. Although outwardly similar, each national component had its own unique style, and a deep appreciation of one another’s strengths and weaknesses was vital to the success of the combined force. National political considerations also played a significant role in the operations of the combined force as did personal conflicts within both chains of command, all of which had to be resolved primarily by the principal commanders in the field.

Author : Infantry School (U.S.)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Infantry drill and tactics
ISBN : 9781428916913

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Infantry in Battle by Infantry School (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Jeffrey J. Clarke,Robert Ross Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UIUC:30112002866819

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Riviera to the Rhine by Jeffrey J. Clarke,Robert Ross Smith Pdf