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	German Panzer Army Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Panzer Group Africa was redesignated as Panzer Army Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika) on January 30 1942.
		Panzer Army Africa was redesignated as German-Italian Panzer Army (Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee) in October 1942 during the long retreat after the defeat at the Second Battle of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign.
		Command of the Army Group was turned over to Hans Jürgen von Arnim in March, and it surrendered on May 13, 1943, ending the Axis presence in Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_Panzer_Army_Afrika (571 words)

	101st airborne division's defense of Bastogne
		The Germans, however, had identified Bastogne as a possible point of major difficulty and had considered the control of the vital crossroads through that town to be absolutely necessary to maintain their rear area lines of communication.
		German general staffs at all echelons also believed that the enemy had no strategic reserves available on the Continent and that there would be little Allied resistance in the Bastogne area.
		German troops, pressed by their commanders for a faster rate of advance, were near exhaustion.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Mitchell/MITCHELL.asp (7431 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		In the first phase the German Army was to engage the Soviet main force as close to the western border of the Soviet Union as possible, cut it up by encircling movements, and destroy it and so prevent the Russians from fighting a delaying action across the vast spaces of their country.
		Hitler instructed the German Army of Norway to be prepared to occupy the Petsamo region and to conduct an offensive from Finland to cut the Murmansk (Kirov) Railroad.
		Army Group South, commanded by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, was to attack from southern Poland and Romania, its flank armies converging on Kiev to trap the Soviet armies in the western Ukraine in a great pocket west of the Dnieper (Dnepr) River.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_6.html (17160 words)

	"Battle of the Bulge"
		Between the two attacking Panzer armies, the 5th and 6th, the Germans mustered eleven divisions, and smashed like a whirlwind into the Ardennes through the Losheim Gap against the four American divisions assigned to protect the area.
		December, 19: The lead divisions of Manteuffel's Fifth Panzer Army arrived at the outskirts of Bastogne, which was the key road junction for his drive from the South to the Meuse River and Antwerp.
		This was to signify the entire American defensive effort during this German offensive, as across the entire front, overmatched American units continually fought hard and slowed the advance with costly effects to the German's strict timetable for this operation.
	www.sanelson.com /82web/Bulge.htm (1218 words)

	Battle of the Bulge
		Three mighty German armies of which two were armored - about 22 divisions - launched their attack on December 16 at 5,30 A.M. under cover of thick fog and darkness.
		The thrust of the Sixth German "Army's" thrust on the South was stopped southwest of Bastogne.
		The First American Army of General Hodges came from the north and the Third American Army of General Patton from the south and made their junction in Houffalize on January 16, 1945, sealing the fate of the Germans.
	www.st.vith.be /Webseiten/english/bulge.htm (932 words)

	25 September 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the British Second Army's I Airborne Corps area, it is decided to withdraw the bridgehead north of the Neder Rijn in the Arnhem sector under cover of darkness, 25/26 September.
		The U.S. 7th Armored Division from the U.S. Third Army and the U.S. 29th Infantry Division from Brest, France, are to be employed by the corps in clearing the new sector.
		In the British Eighth Army's 5 Corps area, the Indian 4th Division is delayed in crossing the Uso River on the left flank of corps by fire from Cornacchiara on the far bank, but the enemy withdraws during the night of 25/26 September.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1944/09/25.htm (1906 words)

	COMBAT AND POST WAR REVIEW 1944-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		General Lesley McNair, Chief of Army Ground Forces, conceived the group concept as an economical and flexible means of organizing corps and higher units to replace the regimental system that existed prior to 1942.(1) The cavalry group consisted of a group headquarters and headquarters troop but no other assigned units.
		Generally it was considered one of the areas least likely for German offensive action due to the general low estimate of the German's military capability, and particularly, due to the rugged forest and mountainous terrain.
		The Germans cut off the northern most troop of the 32d CRS, surrounded it, and forced it to surrender in the early morning darkness.(25) Throughout 17 December the group was on the move, constantly withdrawing to avoid being cut off as German units continually infiltrated around its positions.
	www.combatreform.com /mechanizedcalvary4.htm (10861 words)

	2nd Armored Division
		Under the 10 division redesign from the Secretary of the Army, the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood cased its division colors and was reflagged as the 4th Infantry Division in December 1995.
		The Division fought in eastern Belgium, blunting the German Fifth Panzer Army's penetration of American lines.
		In December 1992 the Fifth Infantry Division was redesignated the Second Armored Division.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/2ad.htm (880 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 (4756 words)

	German Seventh Army - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Army was part of Army Group B during the Battle of Normandy.
		The Fifteenth Army was stationed at the Pas de Calais for an invasion.
		During Operation Market-Garden, the Seventh Army was in the Ardennes on the Belgian-Luxembourg border for Hitler's offensive on the Western Front.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/German_Seventh_Army (288 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	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 (3792 words)

	fred (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On Feb.14,1943 the German fifth panzer army commanded by Gen. Von Arnim and the German Afrika Korp commanded by Gen. Rommel made their attack on allied positions.
		Von Arnim's 10th Panzer Division armed with Mk.IVs and Mk.VI Tiger tanks rolled around the northern edge of Lessouda and through Faid Pass to the south.
		On the 18th they were loaded into German trucks and taken to the city of Sfax where they were fed their first food in 5 days.
	elwood.pionet.net /~dbuske/fred.html (385 words)

	Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory
		Patton's army was moving in the direction of the Saar (on the Southeast border of Luxembourg) when his tanks ran out of gas.
		While Patton's tanks were idle, the German army rushed reinforcements to their weak spot in the Saar district, and moved panzer (tank) divisions to the Ardennes Forest to prepare for the Battle of the Bulge.
		Disaster #2: The gap between Patton and the remaining Allied Armies persisted after Falaise because Paris, celebrating its liberation with vintage wines, was in between Patton's Third Army and the remaining allied forces.
	www.renewamerica.us /analyses/051013hutchison.htm (4196 words)

	Fighting the Breakout: The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap by Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fighting the Breakout: The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap by Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff et al.
		This particular volume is the third one from the German perspective on the fighting in France after the D-day landings.
		Fighting the Breakout records the actions of the German Seventh Army and Fifth Panzer Army from the American breakout at Saint-Lô on 25 July through the encirclement and near destruction of German forces in Normandy at the Falaise Gap, 20–21 August.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/vongersdorff.html (764 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)

	Fighting the Breakout: The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The German army lost 60,000 men, either killed or taken prisoner, and most of their equipment in the Falaise Gap, but about 20,000 escaped the trap to fight again.
		Specifically, their orders to the German commanders in Normandy to spurn retreat and attempt a counterbreakthrough to Avranches—as the Americans fought their way south and then east, and as the British broke out from Caen—significantly contributed to the encirclement of the German forces and to the great losses of men and equipment at Falaise.
		The reports also demonstrate that, although German field commanders in Normandy knew firsthand what was happening, they did little to prevent the coming catastrophe other than complain to their seniors.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/gersdorff.html (751 words)

	World War II: North Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is a classic account of the progress of the 7th Armored Division from the sands of North Africa to the cold of wintery Holland and the mud of a German springtime.
		The German Afrika Korps was an outstanding military organization that witnessed both the heights of glory and the depths of defeat in the Western Desert campaign.
		Combines the evocative and detailed drawings of German war artist Kurt Caesar with a new, gripping narrative that captures the day-to-day life of the German soldier in the desert.
	www.generalstafflibrary.com /page31.html (3299 words)

	Venture Chronicles: Christmas in Bastogne
		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)

	Battle of the Bulge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Despite the failure of his Fifth Panzer Army in the Lorraine campaign against Patton's Third Army, Manteuffel was listed by Hitler for command in the Ardennes.
		He was able to convince the Army Group B commander that a stand should be taken on a number of tactical points which, in Manteuffel's judgment, were essential to success in the forthcoming attack.
		The Fifth Panzer Army commander was bitterly opposed to that part of the plan which called for a tremendous opening barrage at 0800 and a two-hour artillery preparation before the attack jumped off.
	ehistory.osu.edu /wwii/books/bulge2/0173.cfm (446 words)

	Air & Space Power Journal: Fighting the Breakout: The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap
		Fighting the Breakout: The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap by Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff et al., edited by David C. Isby.
		The first, Fighting the Invasion, covers German preparations and reactions to the Allied landings on 6June 1944, and the second, Fighting in Normandy, presents the German perspective on the fighting from D-day to the battle for Villers-Bocage.
		Fighting the Breakout records the actions of the German Seventh Army and Fifth Panzer Army from the American breakout at SaintL6 on 25 July through the encirclement and near destruction of German forces in Normandy at the Falaise Gap, 20-21 August.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NXL/is_2_19/ai_n15397216 (391 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 (601 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle of The Bulge - Dec. 16th, 2002
		On the right and the left, the plan was to protect the flanks of the assault force and prevent American reinforcements from coming to the aid of their comrades in the central axis of the attack.
		The Germans found Ford and most of the other Americans who had left and brought them back to the crossroads where they were herded into a field near the cafe.
		The fury of assaults launched by the 28th Infantry Division led the German Army to bestow the Keystone soldiers with the title "Bloody Bucket" Division.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/807234/posts (9655 words)

	February
		It will in large part cost President Johnson his reelection, and it will breed a generation of bitterness among American veterans who served their nation nobly and honorably, only to be treated like villains by a villainous fringe of American liberals who could not see the difference between opposing the war and honoring the warrior.
		American troops are expecting the attack, an attempt by German military genius Erwin Rommel to unhinge the American-British drive into Tunisia by bloodying the less experienced of the Allied forces.
		Up until now, Rommel and the commander of the German Fifth Panzer Army, General Arnim, have worked uneasily in tandem, but Arnim disagrees with Rommel's plan and the Desert Fox must take the matter up with Arnim's superior, Field Marshal Kesselring.
	www.jamesburnett.com /february.htm (3781 words)

	KnoxNews: Sands Of Time
		4 British 14th Army under Gen. William Slim begins destruction of Japanese forces in Burma; civil war breaks out in Greece; Athens is placed under martial law.
		Omar Bradley, commanding U.S. 12th Army Group, is responsible for all Allied forces to the south.
		26 U.S. 1st and 3rd Armies begin their counterattacks in the Ardennes against the northern and southern German "bulge" into the Ardennes.
	www.knoxnews.com /kns/sands_of_time/article/0,1406,KNS_18696_3410262,00.html (550 words)

	World War II: The Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1943-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Provides an account of operations in Italy from Operation Diadem and the capture of Rome to the negotiations for the surrender of German armies in Italy.
		The 15th Army Group was the senior command for forces in Italy at the end of World War II.
		Originally published in 1956, this is a very detailed account of the operations of the famed 2nd New Zealand division in the first half of the Italian campaign.
	www.generalstafflibrary.com /Mediterranean_1942-1945.html (3150 words)

	History of 2nd Armored
		The Division raced across France in July and August, drove through Belgium and attacked across the Albert Canal 13 September 1944.
		It crossed the German border at Schimmert, 18 September to take up defensive positions near Geilenkirchen.
		On 3 October, the Division launched an attack on the Siegfried Line from Marienberg, broke through, crossed the Wurm River.
	www.2ndarmored.com /historyPart1.htm (1065 words)

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