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	CIAOPS World Guides - WWI Australian Battlefields
		The Australian 5th Division objectives were the Peronne Bridges and Peronne, while the Australian 2nd Divisions was the bridgehead at Halle then Mont St Quentin and finally the Australian 3rd Division was to capture the high ground north east of Clery, then Bouchavesnes spur.
		Australian troops were relieved by troops from the British 8th Division as previously arranged, from Villers-Bretonneux to the flank of the French at Hangard in the south.
		The 9th Brigade of the Australian 3rd Division and the British 18th Division, which were holding the northern sector, are eventually driven back to the outskirts of Villers-Bretonneux.
	www.ciaops.com /guides/battle/page3.htm

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		The first clash between British and Italian forces took place in the Western Desert in the early hours of June 11, before the Italian troops concerned had been told of the declaration of war.
		At the beginning of May 1942, the British war cabinet was pressing for an early offensive in the Western Desert, and General Auchinleck made the necessary plans.
		In Libya the Italian garrison was sandwiched between strong French forces in French North Africa and considerable British forces in Egypt; and Italy's other colonies were surrounded by potential enemies on all sides, although the forces arrayed against her were not very formidable in the early stages of the war.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_8.html

	Wargaming World War II - Megablitz - Italy 1943 - Salerno
		Wargaming World War II- Megablitz - Italy 1943 - Salerno
		The gallant 82nd Airborne Division were eventually overwhelmed, but as the few survivors emerged from the rubble in the town’s main square, the consequences of their sacrifice became apparent.
		British 8th Army was to link up with the beachhead at Salerno and to assist in the capture of Naples and Benevento.
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /~warden/ww2/Battles/salerno.htm

	BATTLE OF HURTGEN FOREST
		North and south of Grosshau were the I and III Battalions of the 1055 Regiment of the 89th Division and the II Battalion of the 1058 Regiment, 344th Volksgrenadier Division, was positioned in the center.
		Ernest Hemingway compared the Hurtgen forest to the British Offensive in Paschendale during World War I. Many of the opposing German generals also compared the battle to those of 1917-18 and von Gersdorf said it was more horrendous than any he experienced on the Russian Front.
		The 5th Armor commander wanted to continue because "it will be better to attack tomorrow than to sit still and take losses." Although not recorded, the 4th Division commander, General Barton, apparently agreed to attempt to get the corps commander to delay the attack.
	www.5ad.org /hurtgen.htm

	The 5th Division , 1914-1918
		The Division was one of the first to land in France, and as part of II Corps, took the brunt of the early fighting at Mons and Le Cateau.
		This Brigade was temporarily under the command of 28th Division between 23 February and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 84th Brigade from that Division.
		The Division remained on the Western Front throughout the war, taking part in most of the major actions, except for some months in late 1917-early 1918 when it reinforced the Italian front.
	www.1914-1918.net /5div.htm

	WWII Page
		who were, or would become, famous who fought in World War II.
		World War II- Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I
		When it was all over, the division's artillery officer reported that 490,021 rounds of 105mm ammunition had been fired between D-Day and VE Day, more than any other division in the European theater.
	www.geocities.com /ResearchTriangle/Facility/3991/ww2history.htm

	British Expeditionary Force
		World War I and British Forces in Europe from 1939 -
		On the outbreak of World War I, the BEF was sent to Belgium under the command of General Sir John French.
		Before the war and at the immediate beginning of the war there was some debate in British military circles as to the best strategy in a war with Germany.
	www.infoslurp.com /information/British_Expeditionary_Force

	Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story, by Wesley Johnston
		Institute for World War II and the Human Experience : This is a university-backed effort to to preserve the experiences of the common soldier, sailor, marine who went to war.
		World War II Troop Ship Crossings : I began this work, which is now being beautifully enhanced and maintained by Shayne Wallesch.
		Australia in World War Two : This is not an official site, but it has useful historical information.
	members.aol.com /dadswar

	World War II Plus 55 - August 30th-September 5th, 1942
		British troops have defended positions with extraordinary stubbornness, and British armour of 10th and 7th Armoured divisions are assembling for counterattack.
		During the night, 21st Panzer Division's CO, Gen. von Bismarck, is killed when his motorcycle and sidecar hit a British mine.
		87th Division is down to 180 men, 112th has 150, and 99th Tank Brigade has 120 men and now tanks.
	www.usswashington.com /dl30au42.htm

	Second World War Books: History Page
		As 5th Division was required for the defense of India (and in fact had been en route there prior to the Madagascar diversion), 13th Brigade was withdrawn on 20 May and 17th Brigade on 10 June 1942.
		The 29th and 22nd Brigades conducted another amphibious landing at Majunga on 10 September 1942, with the latter taking the lead in advancing toward Tananarive and then Ambalavao before the island finally surrendered on 6 November 1942.
		On 5 May 1942 British Force 121 conducted Operation Ironclad, an amphibious invasion of the Vichy French colony of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/history/madagascar.shtml

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Paths of Armor: The 5th Armored Division in World War II.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Battles with Panzers: Monty's Tank Battalions, 1 RTR and 2 RTR at War.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml

	CNN.com Specials
		He is the first Coast Guardsman killed in action since the Vietnam War.
		Died on September 19, 2004, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained when a grenade exploded as he was clearing a house in Falluja, Iraq, on February 16, 2004.
		The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have been notified of their deaths by each country's government.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties

	Encyclopedia: British Divisions in WWII
		This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War II.
		List of Canadian divisions in the First World War
		List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWII
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-Divisions-in-WWII (164 words)

	William Bernard Whitmore - British 5th Division - Divisional Diary 1916-1918
		This page describes the engagements that the 5th Division of the British Army were engaged in during William's tour of duty.
		William Bernard Whitmore - British 5th Division - Divisional Diary 1916-1918
		Taken from The British Army in the Great War, and The Regimental Warpath.
	www.birminghampals.co.uk /engagements.htm (209 words)

	Army Lineage Series: Infantry Part I: Regular Army
		Infantry regiments and machine gun battalions together totaled 462 in World War I, a figure which is dwarfed by the 1,700-plus infantry units that served in the Civil War.
		As explained in the Preface, Infantry is now to appear in two parts, this one with Regular Army and the one to come with Army National Guard and Army Reserve lineages and heraldic data; the historical narrative on the branch is to be included in both.
		Cavalry was eliminated, and eight infantry regiments and one rifle regiment arose from the ruins of the forty-six and four in existence.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Lineage/in/infantry.htm (21315 words)

	Allied_invasion_of_Italy
		The British 5th Infantry Division would land in the north of the 'toe' while 1st Canadian Infantry Division would land in the south.
		The British 1st Airborne Division would be landed by sea near the port of Taranto in the 'heel' of Italy (Operation Slapstick).
		Approximately eight German divisions were positioned to cover possible landing sites, including the Hermann Goering, the 26th and 16th Panzer, the 15th and 29th Panzergrenadier and the 1st and 2nd Parachute.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Allied_invasion_of_Italy (1174 words)

	Vimy_Ridge
		However, in a war in which, battle after battle, thousands died for gains measured in yards, it had tremendous tactical importance, both in relieving the city of Arras from immediate threat of attack, as well as proving that the war could be made to move once again, after years of stalemate.
		The 85th Nova Scotia Highlanders, who had been intended to be in a supply and construction role, were sent into the battle and the division captured the hill by the end of the day.
		After less than two hours, three of the four Canadian divisions had taken their objectives; the fourth division, however, was caught by machine gun nests on the highest point of the Ridge known as Hill 145.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Vimy_Ridge (940 words)

	Bibliography
		War Diary of 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (51st Highland Division) ref. WO95/2866, National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England
		War Diary of the 1st Canadian Division, April 1915 ref. WO 95/3716 and 3717, National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England
		War Diary of the 5th Army Corps, DA and QMG for the month of April 1915 dated 30/4/15, ref. WO 95/4048, National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England
	www.greatwar.co.uk /westfront/bibliog.htm (940 words)

	Australian Army - Enpsychlopedia
		As fears of war with Japan mounted, most of the 8th Division was sent to Singapore, to strengthen the British garrison; the remaining battalions were deployed in the islands to Australia's north, at Rabaul, Ambon and Timor.
		The first Australian division to see action on the Western Front was the 5th Division which was thrown unprepared into the futile Battle of Fromelles, a "diversion" to the Battle of the Somme that cost the division 5,500 casualties for no gain.
		Australian soldiers have been involved in a number of minor and major conflicts throughout its history, but only in World War II did Australian territory come under direct attack.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Australian_Army (940 words)

	After Action Reports
		The division had won praise for its conduct earlier in the war while part of the French Third Army.
		Unfortunately for the 54 Reserve Division the British managed to slip the 2nd battalion Worcesteshire Regt in before they could take the woods although that too was eventually blown away by artillery fire finally allowing the 54th Division reservists to take their objective.
		The units of II Cavalry Korps and 8th Divn are virtually destroyed in their assaults on the British center as judicious manouvering of the batteries of the Royal Artillery and the rapid rifle fire of the British 3rd Division defeat every assault.
	pages.zdnet.com /sfclarke/id19.html (6770 words)

	British 5th Division (World War I) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 5th Division was a permanently established Regular Army division that was amongst the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the First World War.
		In December 1915 the brigade moved to the 32nd Division, being replaced by the 95th Brigade.
		A number of the battalions returned to the division with the 95th Brigade.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_5th_Division_(World_War_I) (303 words)

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	arc4403.htm
		Elements of the Japanese 33rd Division continue to infiltrate behind the line of retreat of the Indian 17th Division, establishing a series of roadblocks that must be cleared before the British withdrawal can continue.
		As the British concentrate on Imphal and Dimapur in the west, Stilwell's Chinese-American forces continue their attacks toward Mytinkina.
		This was to be the last major raid by British terror bombers during the war.
	www.bartcop.com /arc4403.htm (2415 words)

	Second World War Books: Review
		The 88th Infantry Division would mobilize, organize, train, and fight without unduly militarizing the soldiers from which it was made—a genuinely American response to the crisis of war.
		Early in the war, however, considerable question remained about the ability of the new draftee divisions to move from civilian life, undergo assembly-line training methods, and emerge as combat-effective units capable of defeating battle-hardened German and Japanese opponents.
		It was the events of May and June, however, that were particularly held by the nation's leadership, the War Department, the newspapers, and the draftees themselves to have proved the mettle of the draftee division.
	stonebooks.com /archives/980825.shtml (1966 words)

	Combat Chronicle- 1st Infantry Division
		The Division broke out of the bridgehead, took part in the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket, captured Paderborn, pushed through the Harz Mountains, and was in Czechoslovakia, at Kinsperk, Sangerberg, and Mnichov, when the war in Europe ended.
		On 6 November 1943, for example, the 1st Infantry Division was assigned to the VII Corps which was itself assigned to First Army; on 1 August 1944, the 12th Army.
		In these tabulations, the army and higher headquarters to which the division* is assigned or attached is not repeated when the division is assigned or attached to a different corps in the same army.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/lineage/cc/001id.htm (660 words)

	Units & Organizations: British, Canadian, Polish
		It was primarily consisted of the 3rd Carpthian Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Carpthian Division and the 4th Wolyn Infantry Brigade of the 5th Frontier Infantry Division.
		Towards the end of the war, the British converted to a system similar to the Americans that trained all replacments and assigned them to units as needed.
		Unlike the US divisions, the British Reigment was identified only by its name-- not a number-- and the battalions of a regiment did not serve in the same division.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/BritishOrg.htm (2095 words)

	Society of the First Infantry Division - The Big Red One - History
		Eighteen of the Divisions soldiers were killed in the war.
		As the rest of the Division arrived, it was separated into five base areas: Division Headquarters and the Support Command were at Di An; the 1st Brigade, at Phuoc Vinh; the 2nd Brigade at Bien Hoa; the 3rd Brigade at Lai Khe; and Division Artillery at Phu Loi.
		The First Expeditionary Division was constituted in May 1917 from Army units then in service on the Mexican border and at various Army posts throughout the United States.
	www.bigredone.org /history/index.cfm (5774 words)

	Martin Edward Meakin Herford -- Herford 325 (7364): 601 Data Supplement - Longer version -- BMJ
		He then went on to organise medical services in the infamous camp at Belsen and was shortly afterwards promoted to colonel assistant director medical services 5th British Infantry Division.
		Of his service during the war he said, "I did not mind being in the front line as long as I did not have to shoot."
		He negotiated to establish a British military hospital in an old barracks near Arnhem, which made an enormous difference to the treatment of the wounded.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/325/7364/601/a/DC1 (671 words)

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