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	German Fifth Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In August of 1914 the command of Fifth Army was assigned to Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, heir to the Hohenzollern throne, with General Schmidt von Knobelsdorf serving as his Chief of Staff, and would remain thus until late 1916.
		In February of 1916 the Crown Prince’s Fifth Army would launch Operation Gericht, the German offensive that kicked off the Battle of Verdun, one of the bloodiest and longest battles in history.
		The Fifth Army was activated on August 25, 1939 with General Kurt Liebmann in command.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_Fifth_Army (389 words)

	German Fifth Panzer Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fifth Panzer Army was created on 8 December 1942 as a command formation for armoured units forming to defend Tunisia against Allied attacks which threatened after the success of the Allied Operation Torch landings in Algeria and Morocco.
		The army was reformed on 24 January 1944 as Panzer Group West, the armoured reserve for OB West.
		The Fifth Panzer Army was encircled and trapped in the Ruhr Pocket, and surrendered on 17 April 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifth_Panzer_Army (671 words)

	Battle of Verdun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The French army's ability to resist was increased by the frequent rotation of units, a practice introduced by Pétain, and by the removal of ineffective commanders.
		The German launched a major assault with the aim of capturing the forts of Souville and Tavannes, on the heights of the River Meuse.
		German strength at Verdun was also affected by their manpower need at the Battle of the Somme and other operations during this period.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/verdun.htm (867 words)

	TUNISIA AND KASSERINE PASS
		German Army units reached Toulon, on the Mediterranean coast, by 27 November.
		To counter the Allied advance into Tunisia, the German garrison in there was massively reinforced and reorganized, as XC Corps (90th Corps) under the command of General Walther Nehring, the former commander of the Afrika Korps.
		The German buildup went unopposed by the French in Tunisia, whose government under General Henri Giraud was in political chaos, leaving airfields and ports open to German use.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1943tunisia.php (1594 words)

	Lone Sentry: 5th Army Antiaircraft, Salerno to Florence, 9 September 1943 - 8 September 1944, WWII Unit History
		5th Army Antiaircraft, Salerno to Florence, 9 September 1943 - 8 September 1944 is a short 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.
		In the single year from the landings of the Fifth Army at Salerno, 9 September 1943, the feathers have been plucked one by one from the wings of the proud Luftwaffe until today, its striking power greatly weakened, it seems practically grounded.
		Participating to an important degree in this major victory were the Fifth Army antiaircraft artillery units, who inched, pushed, and finally raced their way up the Italian peninsula with the infantry, the armor and the field artillery.
	www.lonesentry.com /fiftharmyaa/index.html (3613 words)

	History for 1st US Army Support Battalion
		The U.S. Fifth Army, under General Mark W. Clark, staged a landing near Salerno on September 9; and by October 12, the British and Americans had a fairly solid line across the peninsula from the Volturno River, north of Naples, to Termoli on the Adriatic coast.
		German Preparations for Overlord Hitler expected an invasion of northwestern Europe in the spring of 1944, and he welcomed it as a chance to win the war.
		The German armies shattered in the breakout were being rebuilt, and Hitler sent as commander Field Marshal Walter Model, who had earned a reputation as the so-called lion of the defense on the eastern front.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,107549\|802110,00.html (14465 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of the Ardennes, 1914
		General Pierre Ruffey's Third Army and, further north, General Fernand de Langle de Cary's Fourth Army, fought the German Fourth and Fifth Armies: the former led by Duke Albrecht, the latter by Crown Prince Wilhelm.
		The aim of the advancing French forces was straightforward: to attack the German centre in the flank as it passed through the woods of the Ardennes.
		In contrast to the Germans' willingness to settle and dig trenches, the French forces began a disorderly retreat on the late afternoon of 23 August, the Third Army withdrawing to Verdun chased by the German Fifth Army (where Ruffey was subsequently removed by Joffre), and Fourth Army retreating near Sedan and Stenay.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/ardennes.htm (622 words)

	Cossee \| Verdun 2000, thebattle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It was fought between the Germans and French from 21 February to 18 December 1916.
		The German Fifth Army, under the command of General Erich von Falkenhayn, attacked the bulge in the French front line at Verdun, which was known as the Verdun salient.
		The Germans wanted the battle to be a long one, with the intention of inflicting as many casualties on the French as possible.
	home.planet.nl /~cosse001/eng/thebattle.html (357 words)

	SECTION IV
		In comparison with the size of the army, there was a deficiency of 750 ambulances, a circumstance which, in conjunction with the large number of casualties, subjected the evacuation service to a severe test which was met only by increased effort and protracted hours of labor on the part of the personnel.
		The army surgeon’s office was insistent that this procedure should not be permitted, and divisional and corps units were directed to be prepared for shock treatment and for the proper care of all cases before they were operated or evacuated.
		The hospitals in the army zone also reported, at first twice daily, and later every four hours, whether patients were or were not coming in rapidly, whether they could or could not care for patients coming in, and whether they would or would not have to be evacuated within the next few hours.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/chapter20.htm (9639 words)

	Fifth Army At The Winter Line: Conclusion
		To the east, the British Eighth Army had crossed the Sangro and Moro rivers and made a thirteen-mile advance, principally in the area near the Adriatic coast.
		On a thirty-five mile front, Fifth Army had forced the enemy back into his Gustav Line and reached the edge of the Liri Valley, main corridor for advance to Rome from the southeast.
		Fifth Army battle losses from 15 November to 15 January were 15,930 men.
	www.army.mil /cmh/books/wwii/winterline/winter-conclusion.htm (515 words)

	Wikinfo \| Fifth column (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A fifth column is a group of people who clandestinely undermines from within a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation.
		As four of his army columns moved on Madrid, the general referred to his militant supporters within the capital as his "fifth column," intent on undermining the Republican government from within.
		The Japanese American internment in the United States was justified on the basis that those of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast would act as a fifth column.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Fifth_column (389 words)

	THE FIFTH ARMY FALLS BACK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The British Army was notably under strength as, for political reasons, the Government was unwilling to release some 400,000 men held in regimental depots in England.
		It was envisaged that this would be the area in which the attacking German forces would be brought to battle and defeated whilst the redoubts in the Forward area would remain bypassed pending relief by counter-attacks, but would, in the meantime prove formidable outposts continually harassing the enemy.
		March hampered the British defenders, for the attacking Germans assisted by a heavy artillery barrage were upon the trenches almost without warning.
	www.1914-18.co.uk /stquentin/fiftharmy.htm (455 words)

	German Gebirgsjaeger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Austria annexation meant their mountain forces' were absorbed into the German Army of the time further building up German strength and providing a great deal of experience in the field of mountain warfare.
		This is the new Assault Rifle for the German Army.
		The German only red dot designed for close range work on the local G36 would be deemed of limited value for these troops, but this all changes when Gebirgsjäger are deployed in the predominantly urban terrain of peace-keeping operations.
	afwweb.orcon.net.nz /gebirgs.html (5903 words)

	Fifth Army At The Winter Line: Phase I-Operation Raincoat
		FIFTH ARMY REDUCED its combat activities during the last two weeks of November while preparations were being made to attack the Winter Line.
		On the right flank of Fifth Army, VI Corps was to harass the enemy by offensive probing of his mountain positions along the entire corps front.
		The German XIV Corps had in reserve between Cassino and the coast two divisions, the Hermann Goering Panzer and the 3d Panzer Grenadier, which could reach this front within twenty-four hours.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/winterline/winter-I-rain.htm (3379 words)

	Propaganda leaflets of World War 2: Italian theatre of operations / German-Italian Army of Liguria
		Twelve days after Fifth Army's D Day the Adige River Line, which our troops, with the Eighth Army, were to develop as the third phase of the basic plan of campaign, no longer existed.
		On 26 April the Fifth Army's position was roughly as follows: The line, or rather the border of the controlled area, ran sharply northwest from a point just north of Ferrara, in the British zone, past Verona on the East, and mostly along the north bank of the Adige.
		It was at this point that the remnants of the German 14th Army, which had been delaying the Eighth along the Po, were frantically attempting to escape through a narrowing gap between Treviso and the sea.
	members.home.nl /ww2propaganda/italy/italych11.htm (2018 words)

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		Once the Allies had secured Paris and crossed the Seine in force, the German Army was in a shambles.
		The Canadian Army had also suffered greatly; in August 1944, 632 officers and 8736 Canadians had become casualties, 2258 of those losing their lives.
		The German Seventh Army had ceased to exist for all practical purposes, as had the German Fifth Panzer Army.
	www.calgaryhighlanders.com /history/sep1944.htm (375 words)

	WWI Battle Of Verdun Introduction
		Seven of the eight German Armies were concentrated toward this end; the Eighth German Army was directed against the Russians in the Eastern Front.
		The German plan, which embodied many of the ideas and characteristics of the Von Schlieffen Plan, was a gigantic double envelopment.
		The plan called for the German Fifth Army to serve as the hub at the Metz-Thionville area with the First to the Fourth Armies to the north moving west and south, in a gigantic pincers movement.
	www.vahs.org /wwi/introduction.htm (651 words)

	John Lucas
		The main objective of the operation was to cut the communication lines of the German 10th Army and force withdrawal from the Gustav Line.
		This enabled General Heinrich Vietinghoff to order the 14th Army to return to the area and contain the 6th Corps on the Anzio bridgehead.
		Despite the switch, in all, of five divisions from Eighth Army to the Fifth Army, German resistance on the main front remained stubborn; and during the early critical days the British and United States divisions at Anzio had to fight unaided for their own salvation.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWlucasJ.htm (943 words)

	Verdun
		The German Fifth Army, under the command of General Erich von Falkenhayn, attacked the bulge in the French front line at Verdun.
		The Germans were prepared for a long-drawn battle in order to inflict heavy French casualties and destroy French morale at the same time.
		So when the French launched a counter-attack on a substantially weakened German Army, the latter began withdrawing and relinquishing positions it had taken from the French earlier.
	www.natick.k12.ma.us /~winston_blackburn/Verdun (514 words)

	Lone Sentry: British Comments on German Use of Tanks (Intelligence Bulletin, January 1944, WWII)
		Translation of an order from the German Fifth Panzer Army on employment of tanks with comments by British GHQ, British Middle East Forces, from the Intelligence Bulletin, January 1944.
		However the action at Medenine, in the Mareth line area, and all action after that showed that we are as well equipped with antitank guns as the Germans are.
		Because of this, the Germans will be compelled to rewrite their No. 3 "commandment" and use their tanks much as our Eighth Army has been doing recently.
	www.lonesentry.com /articles/britishcomments/index.html (601 words)

	The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Offensive)
		The Fifth Panzer Army was not designated as the main force in name, but it actually had the responsibility of hitting the center of the American lines, promptly capturing the highly strategic rail and road center of St. Vith, and driving on to capture Brussels.
		The Seventh Army in the south was to peel off as it moved west and then turn and form a defensive line, in order to form a buffer area to prevent U.S. reinforcements from hitting the Fifth Panzer Army.
		The German plan was to have the panzers bypass Bastogne and let the later echelons of infantry and artillery units clean it out.
	members.aol.com /dadswar/bulge/index.htm (4787 words)

	Amazon.com: Stormtroop Tactics: Innovation in the German Army, 1914-1918: Books: Bruce I. Gudmundsson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It covers the German Infantry's tactical heritage, the squad's evolution as a tactical unit, the use of new weapons for close combat, the role of the elite assault units, and detailed descriptions of offensive battles.
		The Germans were always innovators when it applied to warfare, in WWI with the trench war at a stale mate the Germans formed these elite infantry "Stormtroop" units to infiltrate and breakthrough the lines to make way for their follow on troops.
		The German Army of World War I created some of the most basic principles of what we call today 3rd Generation Warfare, which many armies worldwide are still unable to implement or even understand its essence.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0275954013?v=glance (2121 words)

	Battle of Verdun WWI Battle of Verdun History of World War I Battle of Verdun France
		Battle of Verdun: The German Battle of Verdun and siege of Verdun and its ring of forts, which comprised the longest battle of the First World War, has its roots in a letter sent by the German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, to the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, on Christmas Day 1915.
		Joffre, however, supported Nivelle in dismissing the suggestion, a decision that was fortunately vindicated by a sudden drain upon German resources as a result of a Russian offensive on the Eastern Front, which meant that fifteen German divisions had to be withdrawn from Verdun to aid in the defence on the east.
		By this stage the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, was scathing in his condemnation of Falkenhayn’s lack of success in Verdun, which was proving as costly in terms of manpower to Germany as it was to France.
	beerot.itgo.com (2213 words)

	The Ardennes Campaign, Page 1 - The 35th Infantry Division in World War Two
		Parts of the 9th and 10th U.S. Armored Divisions were in Bastogne and with the 101st Airborne troops were on December 21st completely surrounded by the Panzer Lehr and the 26th Volksgrenadier Division of the German Fifth Army, along with the 2nd Panzer Division.
		Gen. George Patton was ordered to counter attack with units from this Third Army and he quickly transferred the 35th Division to the Third Corps along with the 4th Armored Division and the 26th Division.
		And on the 23rd of December sent these three divisions to attack the German lines South of Bastogne, and along the Arlon Highway with the mission of breaking through to the Bastogne defenders and securing that corridor.
	www.35thinfdivassoc.com /Ardennes/Ardennes-Story-1.shtml (871 words)

	Canadian War Museum - Armoured Warrior Game
		Panzer Army and Seventh Army stranded on the west bank of the Dives River.
		Already, fierce fighting has broken out along the banks of the Dives as the Germans are attempting to break out.
		Army intelligence fears that the SS troops will try to recapture Chambois in an attempt to re-open the gap to let their armies escape.
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/armwar/enhance/game/page01_e.asp (354 words)

	US Army & Marine Corps Unit Histories & Battles
		This book is a pictorial account of US Army GIs in the European Theater of Operations in Northwest Europe from D-Day to the end of the war in Germany in May 1945.
		Army Blue represents more tha twenty years of research in major institutions and private collections throughout the United States, and offers a concise overview of a topic which promises to be a must reading for collectors, modelers, and curators alike.
		The oldest continuously serving division in the U.S. Army, the 1st Infantry Division, called the "Big Red One" because of the red numeral"!" on the uniform shoulder patch, was the first regular army division organized in June 1917 to fight in France with the Allied armies.
	stevenbaffa.tripod.com /bluemaxmilitaria/id30.html (3887 words)

	Venture Chronicles: Christmas in Bastogne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		On December 16, 1944 the German Wehrmacht numbering 200,000 infantry and 1,000 tanks smashed through the Ardennes forest.
		The Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 into January 1945 was one of the fiercest battles of WWII and would see over 70,000 American casualties and 100,000 German casualties in a month of fighting.
		These units, spearheading the last desperate German lunge, were heading straight west for key points when the Eagle Division was hurriedly ordered to stem the advance.
	sapventures.typepad.com /main/2005/12/christmas_in_ba.html (915 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - Georg von der Marwitz on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 1918
		The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, jointly launched by U.S. and French forces on the Western Front in front of the Argonne Forest east of Verdun in late September 1918, comprised one of the key offensives of the war and by the armistice had successfully driven north up the west bank of the Meuse to the Belgian border.
		Reproduced below is the text of an address given by local German commander Georg von der Marwitz.
		"Devil Dogs" was the nickname given to the U.S. Marines by the German Army.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/meuseargonne_marwitz.htm (249 words)

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