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	Fourth Battle at Cassino
		The British 8th Army had three objectives--(1) To break through the enemy positions in the Liri Valley in the general direction of Highway no.6 and to reach the area east of Rome, (2) To pursue the enemy in the general direction of Terni-Perugia, and (3) To advance to Ancona and Florence.
		The British XIII Corps' task is to form bridgeheads between the Cassino railway station and Santo Angelo and between Santo Angelo and the Liri and then to move toward the Via Casilina in the vicinity of Piedmonte.
		The British 78th Division captures Piumarola and, to the north, the 4th Division reaches the Via Casilina, thus choking off a vital artery leading to the Cassino front.
	www.battleofmontecassino.com /Monte3.htm (2256 words)

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		The 5th Army is weakened far more in the critical sector than had been anticipated, and can only afford to hold CT and the hex immediately to the West in sufficient strength to have any certainty of still being in possession of them after the next couplet: the other defence lines are lightly held.
		The big danger is that the 5th Army may well strike NW towards Villers-Cotterets, in order to sever the German 3rd Army (containing the the strongest remaining part of the erstwhile Blucher forces) from 19th Army to the north in the Compiegne sector.
		As it was, the German 3rd Army towards the end of June II was fatally unable to sustain a drive on Chalons and hold on to Chateau Thierry.
	grognard.com /reviews/allquiet.txt (6686 words)

	germanfall.html
		The most spectacular advances were made by the American armoured units of the 9th Army, in Montgomery's group, and by the 1st and 3rd armies in Bradley's group.
		British and American troops were already deep in the Russian area, and would have to be withdrawn once the fighting was over.
		Even though the British and Americans were advancing rapidly in the west, the terribly outnumbered German forces along the Oder River fought desperately to stem the Russian advance.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/5433/germanfall.html (1147 words)

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		Elements of the British 2nd Army cross the Dutch border east of Antwerp.
		Elements of the British 8th Army completes the seizure of the Gemmano Rigde with the capture of Zollara and continues to advance toward the Marano River.
		However, one British battalion was able to establish a perimeter on the north side of the Arnhem bridge.
	www.bartcop.com /arc4409.htm (3172 words)

	Military.com Content
		When the British Army was trapped at Dunkirk he was given command of the 2nd Corps.
		Operation ‘Garden’ would be the simultaneous advance of the 30th Army Corps of the 2nd British Army from Belgium across occupied bridges to Arnhem.
		The operation was a failure due to a combination of poor communications, the surprise presence of crack German troops in the vicinity and bad weather which prevented the reinforcement by air of the airborne contingent.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1?file=dday_leaders3 (658 words)

	overlord.html
		His duty was to control and to protect the ships and landing craft that carried the soldiers to Normandy, while his battleships, cruisers, and destroyers hammered the German defences with their big guns.
		As soon as the army had a foothold in northern France, these big aircraft would be sent back to their job of smashing German war industry.
		The British and American tactical air forces, under British Air marshall Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, would continue to provide close air support of the fighting troops.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/5433/overlord.html (878 words)

	Brand new sculptures from Ballantynes of Walkerburn, manufacturers of high quality figurines.
		This is a very modern figurine of a front line soldier of the British Army in either Iraq or Afghanistan. He wears the newly issued Osprey body armour and chest webbing or assault vest.
		The second in the set of three figurines depicting soldiers of the Canadian Army from World War 1 to the present day. This is the Bren Gunner of a Canadian Infantry Battalion during the fight though the 'Bocage' country of Normany, France in 1944.
		The third in the set of three figurines depicting soldiers of the Canadian Army from World War 1 to the present day. This is a Pipe Sergeant of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada piping his comrades forward.
	www.ballantynes-walkerburn.com /acatalog/Whats_New.html (806 words)

	Operation Overlord - Wikimedia Commons
		American troops marching through the streets of a British port town on their way to the docks where they will be loaded into landing craft for the big assault.
		The British 2nd Army: Infantry waiting to move off 'Queen White' Beach, SWORD Area, while under enemy fire, on the morning of 6 June.
		LST-21 unloads British Army tanks and trucks onto a "Rhino" barge during the early hours of the invasion, 6 June 1944.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Operation_Overlord (1491 words)

	History, Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commad
		2nd Army could not be employed in a more active role since it still lacked a commander, one of its corps was engaged in essential training in SCOTLAND, and the organization of the Army was not complete.
		The Army Operations Sections of both nations, with naval assistance, were to report on the feasibility of varying the organization of the assault forces.
		For the maintenance of the fuel supply to the armies in the lodgemont area, special arrangements were evolved by which this was to be effected by means of submarine pipe-lines from shore to shore.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/documents/cossac/Cossac.htm (18570 words)

	Bernard Law Montgomery
		Montgomery remained in the British Army and in 1926 became an instructor at Camberley.
		On 10th July 1943, the 8th Army landed at five points on the south-eastern tip of the island and the US 7th Army at three beaches to the west of the British forces.
		In December 1943, Montgomery was appointed head of the 2nd Army and commander of all ground forces in the proposed invasion of Europe.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Montgomery.html (1728 words)

	They're in the Service, a scrapbook of WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He has been in the Army since October, 1942, and is an assistant crew chief working on C-46 Curtis Commandos, which fly the famed United Nations aerial supply route to China over the Himalaya mountains of North Burma.
		Her brother, PFC Lewis Leib is serving in the South Pacific area, and her sister, Lt. Alice Leib, an Army nurse, is stationed in India.
		Milliken is serving as administrative clerk in a 12th Air force B-25 Mitchel bombardment group which aided the advance of the 5th and 8th Armies by destroying such German-held targets as bridges, airdromes, railroad yards, water transports, harbor installations, beachhead gun positions, ammunition depots, and troop concentrations.
	www.dcnyhistory.org /scrapbook.html (14288 words)

	Palmer Family British Military Careers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		According to the Army List, in 1810 he was 542 of 764, in 1811 he was 392 of 748, in 1812 he was 213 of 759, and finally in 1813 he was 176 out of 755.
		The Caribbean was once an important area of colonial activity for the British with rich sugar islands, but it was a disliked assignment due to the prevalence of illness among the troops sent to the islands.
		Slavery is abolished in the British colonies and the slaves are emancipated.
	mcguinnessfamily.org /palmer-military.htm (7794 words)

	British Army of the Rhine and 21st Army Group [UK]
		NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) formed with BAOR as its main element and C-in-C BAOR always as its C-in-C; BAOR ceased to by an occupation force and became responsible for the northern front from Hamburg to Kassel in the event of a Soviet invasion
		This sign was continued in 1945 when HQ converted to British Army of the Rhine.
		British Army of the Rhine, by Pete Feeney.
	www.regiments.org /formations/uk-cmdarmy/os-baor.htm (540 words)

	The Patton Society Research Library The Third Army in WWII
		On the 2nd of July, the Third Army was deactivated and it's units and personnel were renamed to American Forces Germany.
		It was during Hodges period of command that the Third Army trained the first three Negro divisions in the United States Army; the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions and the 2nd Cavalry Division.
		Third Army's final campaign across the Danube River, into Czechoslovakia and Austria, was halted with the official end of the war in Europe at 0001 hours (one minute after midnight) on May 9th, 1945.
	www.pattonhq.com /textfiles/thirdhst.html (8543 words)

	Military History and Modelling - To further the interest of Military History and Modelling
		For many years, the British 2nd Army(2)in Normandy has come in for criticism as being tactically inept when compared to the Germans, and even their American allies.
		Secondly, the Army Tank Brigades were equipped with the A22/42 Churchill infantry tank, this tank was heavily armoured and ideally suited to its role.
		So as has been seen the debate on British military leadership has been very politically charged as the orthodox historians, of whom some politicians are members, have sought to lay blame at the door of the generals.
	www.freewebs.com /mahross/landwarfare.htm (11559 words)

	501 History
		On 01 September 1957, the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 501st Infantry as an organic element of the 82nd Airborne Division, and activated at Ft. Bragg, NC (concurrently, organic elements constituted and activated at Ft. Bragg).
		The 2nd Battalion, 501st, while attached to the 3rd Brigade, 101st, received a Presidential Unit Citation for heroic actions of all elements of that brigade, in the bloody fight at Hill #937, in the Ashau Valley.
		As part of the post Vietnam reorganization, the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry was inactivated on 31 July 1972, and in the restructuring to the U.S. Army regimental system, the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry was inactivated at Ft. Campbell on 05 June 1984.
	www.thedropzone.org /units/501history.html (2455 words)

	Operation Market Garden
		The British 1st Airborne Division, in the van, fought one of the most gallant actions of the war, and its sturdiness materially assisted the two American divisions behind it, and the supporting ground forces of the Twenty-first Army Group, to take and hold important areas.
		As a result we could not position the Second Army north of the Neder Rijn at Arnem, and thus place it in a suitable position to be able to develop operations against the north face of the Ruhr.
		I should have ordered Second Army and 1st Airborne Corps to arrange that at least one complete Parachute Brigade was dropped quite close to the bridge, so that it could have been captured in a matter of minutes and its defence soundly organised with time to spare.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWmarketgarden.htm (2077 words)

	Re: British 8th Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The British 8th Army was organized in the Middle East in 1941, from the British and Commonweath forces that were sent there in 1939-41.
		By the time of Operation Crusader, in November, 1941, 8th Army consisted of the British XIII and XXX corps, with the following divisions under command: British 7th Armored, South African 1st Infantry, South African 2nd Infantry, British 4th Indian, New Zealand 2nd Infantry, plus elements of the British 1st Armored and 5th Indian divisions.
		There were no US combat units attached to 8th Army, although various liasion and technical missions involving US soldiers were in Egypt at this time.
	www.anarmyatdawn.com /forum/_disc4/0000008a.htm (103 words)

	D-Day 1944 — www.greenwood.com
		Yet by the end of D-Day the Atlantic Wall had been breached and the U.S. Army's V Corps was firmly entrenched on French soil.
		During the late spring and early summer of 1944, the roads and ports of southern England were thronged with the troops, vehicles, and ships of the invasion force.
		The greatest armada the world had ever seen had been assembled to transport U.S. 1st Army and British 2nd Army across the narrow strip of the Channel and open the long-awaited second front against Hitler's Third Reich.
	www.greenwood.com /books/bookdetail.asp?sku=C8266 (395 words)

	The Great War - Western Front - James Mowbray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Battle of the Sambre [River]; French 5th Army is repulsed while attempting to move into the Sambre-Meuse angle by the German 2nd and 3rd Armies; French forced to retreat.
		Foch elevated to command of all Allied armies on all fronts, but in fact was the generalissimo for the Western Front, where the war was clearly to be decided, in the view of most participants and observers.
		The British forces endured 100,000 casualties, but so did the Germans; Ludendorff's carefully trained and prepared "shock troops" were badly depleted and the survivors' morale was shaken.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/mowbray/gw-west.htm (1520 words)

	Important People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bernard L. Montgomery-Commander of the Ground Invasion Forces (British).
		Frederick Morgan-Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (British).
		Miles Dempsey-Commander of the British 2nd Army (British).
	www.angelfire.com /ca3/fuji/dday/people.html (118 words)

	Military History Online - D-Day June 6, 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Fortunately, the German forces in the immediate vicinity, consisting of the battered 352nd Infantry Division and the 30th Mobile Brigade, were in no condition to present a serious threat, and as Allied reinforcements continued to pour into the beachhead the situation steadily improved.
		By the evening of June 11th 1st and 2nd US Divisions had advanced 14 miles, although supply shortages were beginning to be felt.
		It was not until midday on 12th June, urged on by General Richard Dempsey, Commanding 2nd Army, that Bucknell ordered Maj-General Robert Erskine of 7th Armored, too disengage around Tilly and move round Lehr's flank, heading for Villers Bocage.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/dday/foothold.aspx (2613 words)

	2Div Territorial Army
		The Territorial Army (TA) has, as a result of the recent Strategic Defence Review, undergone restructuring.
		It is now in the process of being brought to to the standard required to undertake demanding and operationally vital tasks at short notice.
		To reinforce the Regular Army with individuals, sub-units or units.
	www.army.mod.uk /2div/Careers/Territorial_Army.htm (198 words)

	The Revolution's Black Soldiers
		To bring the Continental Army up to strength, Congress ordered the states in January 1777 to fill their units "by drafts, from their militia, or in any other way." As Virginia was unable to meet her quota of 10,200 men with volunteers, a draft based on the existing militia lists had to be considered.
		The Continental Army wanted long-term soldiers who served wherever needed, an unappealing prospect for Virginians at a time of heightened slave unrest and the threat of wholesale desertion of their fl property to the British.
		Unlike a standing army, militias served primarily as a manpower pool from which soldiers were drawn as needed in emergencies and for expeditions against Indians.
	americanrevolution.org /blk.html (5777 words)

	2nd Afghan War
		The British force under the command of General Burrows decided to fight.
		He was thought to be the sole survivor of some 16,000 strong army and followers from Kabul, which was forced to retreat the 90 miles over snow covered passes to Jellabad during the first Aghan war.
		Remnants of an Army by Lady Butler Depicts Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army arriving at the gates of Jellabad on his exhausted and dying horse.
	www.war-art.com /balaclava.htm (1620 words)

	Links to other WWII related sites
		A British Soldier Remembers (the story of Sergeant Ron Tee of the 56th Recce Regiment, 78th Battleaxe Division).
		Jack Cull, A British 8th Army soldier who fought in Africa, Italy, and Yugoslavia.
		A Forgotten Odyssey (a website related to a film and other information on the deportations of Polish citizens for forced labour in the USSR and subsequent service in Anders Army, the 2nd Polish Corps).
	www.battleofmontecassino.com /link.htm (755 words)

	GMT GAMES: Operational Series: Air Bridge to Victory
		"To capture and hold the crossing over the canals and rivers on the [British] 2nd Army's main axis of advance from about Eindhoven to Arnhem inclusive...
		At 1230 hours on Sunday, September 17, 1944, the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne, along with the British 1st Airborne, launched the greatest military gamble of World War II.
		The strategic prize was to outflank the German Rhine defense.
	www.gmtgames.com /opab/gmtopab0.htm (226 words)

	Loyalists of the American Revolution Genealogy
		Loyalists were British North American colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the American Revolutionary War.
		Butler's Rangers, mustered by Col. John Butler in New York and consisting of Mohawk Indians and men from New York is one of the Regiments featured.
		I also have a son who is a soldier in the Canadian Army -- 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry -- the only Canadian Batallion in history to receive the U.S.A. Presidential Unit Citation (for its role in the battle of Kapyong in Korea).
	olivetreegenealogy.com /loy (827 words)

	Lone Sentry: Photographs, Documents, and Research on World War II
		Fifth Army Antiaircraft, Salerno to Florence - History of the Antiaircraft Artillery of the Fifth Army in the first year of fighting in Italy, from the Salerno landings in September 1943 to the Arno River in September 1944.
		One side contained a map of the division's route through Europe, the other side a text history with illustrations.
		(14th Armored) - History of Seventh Army's defense against the German Operation Nordwind in the Strasbourg region.
	www.lonesentry.com (2032 words)

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