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	Army Group Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa.
		The German advance to the Caucasus and the Volga culminated in the carnage of the Battle of Stalingrad.
		The Soviets outnumbered the Germans on average by 9:1 in troops, 9 or 10:1 in artillery and 10:1 in tanks and self-propelled artillery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_Group_Centre (2342 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/German 206th Infantry Division
		Infanterie-Division by its German designation, was a military unit that served during World War II.
		Like most German infantry units it had no motorization, and relied on leg and horse mobility.
		The 206th Infantry served during the Polish September Campaign in 1939 as a reserve division for Army Group North.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/German_206th_Infantry_Division (85 words)

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		German jitteriness on this score was not calmed by a report at about this time from agents in England that the ratio of Allied seagoing landing ships to landing craft for Channel use was ten times as great as the Doenitz staff had previously estimated.
		German division artillery was thus roughly equal to that of a U.S. division.
		The two-regiment infantry division therefore did not operate in T/O form in the invasion area, and for the German Army as a whole it may be regarded as experimental and eccentric, designed further to conserve manpower but not accepted as a generally satisfactory solution.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/wwii/D-Day/Green.Book/chap_7.txt (16152 words)

	Stories From the Men 2
		Actually, the 3rd Battalion, 259th Infantry, with Co "A", 748th Tank Battalion and elements of the 808th Tank Destroyer Battalion attached, was to move through the town from north to south, simultaneously with an advance by the 260th Infantry through the north portion of the Division zone.
		The 260th and 261st Infantry were to cross the river abreast, the 260th on the left flank of the Division, the 261st on the right.
		The Division occupied the area around Regensburg from its capture on April 28 until May 1 when it was once more ordered to advance to the southeast in a zone the left flank of which was the south bank of the Danube.
	www.808th.com /stories2.htm (3045 words)

	Lone Sentry: Right to be Proud, 65th Infantry Division's March Across Germany, WWII Unit History
		The Division CP was set-up in the tiny hamlet of Ennery.
		The 65th Division was to smash through the Siegfried Line in a wedge-shaped area between the southeastwardly advancing 26th Division to the north, and the northeasternly advancing 70th Division to the south.
		The Division was assigned to the VIII Corps at 1030, on April 4.
	www.lonesentry.com /65thbook (8069 words)

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		On 24-25 September, the 7th Armored Division was relieved by the 5th Infantry Division and assembled in the vicinity of SPONVILLE, preparatory to a long march to Belgium and Holland.
		The 23rd Armored Infantry Bn., reinforced by two battalions from the 5th Infantry Division forced a bridgehead across the river in the vicinity of DORNOT an 8 September in the face of heavy artillery and mortar fire from steel S-E-C-R-E-T -7- S-E-C-R-E-T and concrete fortifications and concealed earth-works.
		The Division was to be prepared to cross the MOSELLE RIVER on Corps order, passing through 5th Infantry Division bridgehead, and to attack vigorously east and north to encircle the city of METZ and seize objectives to facilitate crossings of the 90th Infantry Division to the north of the city.
	home.comcast.net /~johnstonww/N-7AD-AAR-44-09.doc (5429 words)

	Axis History Factbook: 102. Infanterie-Division
		The Division was subordinate to the XX Korps/ 11th Army until March 1941, went to the Army reserve in April and joined the II Korps/ 11th Army in May until the start of the Russian campaign.
		The Division had 4 infantry regiments until the 235th regiment of the division was disbanded on July 20th 1942.
		Early 1944 - the division (XX Korps) absorbed the remains of the 216th Infantry Division (destroyed during Kursk and autumn battles of 1943).
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=2195 (1000 words)

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		Division in the center, at Gela; and the 3rd Division on the left, near Licata.
		In 1990, he was assigned to the 24th Infantry Division during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm and served as a G3 Training Officer, Assistant S3 and Company C Commander in 2nd Battalion 7th Infantry.
		The 18th Infantry receives its share of coverage, but, of course, the emphasis is upon the 30th Division that bore the brunt of this fierce German offensive.
	www.18inf.org /newsletter0703.htm (3357 words)

	Introduction
		Pirrung and the activities of the 206th Engineer Combat Battalion, and citations for the Bronze and Silver Stars awarded to him for his heroic leadership in the Moselle and Saar River crossings operations, respectively.
		Ted was severely wounded, captured by the Germans, and confined to a German hospital in Reims, France until he was liberated by elements of the 4th Armored Division.
		The "History, 206th Engineer Combat Battalion" is available on CD and one copy is free to veterans or to an immediate family member of a veteran.
	the_206th_engineer_combat_battalion.home.att.net /introduction.htm (1022 words)

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		The telephone journal attached to the 5th Division C-3 journal and the unit histories published by the 5th Infantry Division, the 2d Infantry, and 11th Infantry add considerably to the journals maintained by the 5th Division.
		The records of the 95th Division and ioth Armored Division leave something to be desired since both of these units were new to combat.
		General Eddy had requested that the 6th Armored Division be given running rights on the road at the boundary between the XII and XX Corps.
	www.army.mil /cmh/books/wwii/lorraine/ch8endnotes.htm (2715 words)

	The Story of the Invasion of Japan
		Many of these Japanese troops were the elite of the Japanese Army, and they were swollen with a fanatical fighting spirit that convinced them that they could defeat these American invaders that had come to defile their homeland.
		Coming ashore, the American Eastern amphibious assault forces at Miyazaki would face the Japanese 154th Division, which straddled the city, the Japanese 211th Division on the coast immediately to the north, and the 156 Division on the coast immediately to the south.
		Along the invasion beaches would be the 146th, 206th and 303 Japanese Divisions, along with the 6th Tank brigade, the 125 Mixed Inmfactry Brigade and the 4th Artillery Command.
	home.att.net /~sallyann4/invasion3.html (3522 words)

	Untitled Document
		To the north of this abortive operation, the 4th Infantry Division in mid-September effected a penetration of the West Wall along the Schnee Eifel.
		On 15 December the main body of the 21st Panzer Division was relieved and sent to the endangered left flank of Army Group G. 52 Although the combat strength of the 95th Division declined, its fighting spirit continued strong.
		54 Accurate figures on the 95th Division losses for the period 1-18 December are difficult to determine since the reports by the XX Corps, the 95th Division, and the regimental headquarters are considerably at variance.
	www.army.mil /cmh/books/wwii/lorraine/ch13endnotes.htm (2698 words)

	ForValor.com - Colonel Kozirev
		At the start of the German attack in June 1941, they were sent to the Front, and saw their first combat in August.
		The Division barely escaped total destruction in the battle (in fact, one book of mine lists them as 'Destroyed' at Karkhov!) and was sent to the reserves to be re-enforced and re-equipped.
		After the surrender of the Germans at Stalingrad, the unit was given the honorary title of Guards and was made the '271st Guards Rifle Regiment, 88th Guards Rifle Division' for their valor displayed in the bloody fighting.
	www.forvalor.com /s34.htm (1471 words)

	Overview Map - Saving Pvt. Sheridan
		My father, Alfred D. Sheridan, was drafted at the age of 18 on August 3rd, 1943 and went on to serve in L Company, Third Battalion, 358th Infantry of the 90th Division.
		The 90th Division slowly made it's way across France towards the border with Germany crossing the Moselle River in November 1944.
		His division then made preparations to be transferred to the Pacific to fight the Japanese, but the war ended in August 1945 and my father eventually returned home to the Bronx in December 1945.
	www.savingprivatesheridan.com /map.html (361 words)

	Manzanar NHS: Historic Resource Study/Special History Study (Chapter 14) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 100th arrived in Oran, North Africa, on September 2, 1943, and was attached to the 34th Infantry.
		The main body of the RCT arrived in Naples, Italy, on June 2, and on June 10 it was joined with the 100th Battalion in attachment to the 34th Infantry.
		Attached to the 92nd Division, the RCT broke through the supposedly impregnable "Gothic Line" on April 5, less than one month before the war ended in Italy on May 2.
	www.nps.gov /manz/hrs/hrs14a.htm (2236 words)

	WWII In Color :: View topic - List of Germans divisions in WW2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This unit was originally in the Luftwaffe as the 14th Luftwaffe Field Division.
		After being reorganized as the 26th Panzer Division, some of the 23rd Infantry Division's original components were used to create a new 23rd Infantry Division.
		In 1944 he transferred to the 116th Panzer Division on the Western Front and was awarded the Knight's Cross for his actions during the Ardennes Offensive.
	www.ww2incolor.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=574 (1402 words)

	Hawaii War Records Depository - AJA Timeline
		AJAs in the 298th and 299th were disarmed, shipped to the Mainland and reorganized as the 100th Infantry Battalion.
		Upon arrival at Oakland, Calif., the 100th Infantry Battalion was assigned to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, for further training.
		They arrived in Oran, Algeria, and were attached to the 34th Division, known as the "Red Bull" Division.
	libweb.hawaii.edu /digicoll/hwrd/HWRD_html/HWRD-TL.htm (772 words)

	Georg von Kuechler
		During the First World War he commanded an artillery battery on the Western Front and took part in the major offensives at the Somme and Verdun.
		In 1916 he became staff officer of the 206th Infantry Division.
		In May 1941 General Wilhelm Keitel signed the Commissar Order which instructed German field commanders to execute Communist Party officials immediately they were captured.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERkuechler.htm (475 words)

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