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	European Campaigns
		Some of the most difficult operations of the war in western Europe occurred during the Rhineland Campaign as battles were fought in the Arnhem area, the Schelde estuary, the Huertgen Forest, the Aachen sector, the Metz and Saar regions, and the Belfort and Saverne Gaps.
		On 15 December the efforts of the Allies in the Rhineland were interrupted when the enemy broke through the lines in the Ardennes, causing a shift of troops to Ardennes to reinforce the lines there.
		When the Rhineland Campaign ended the Allied Expeditionary Force numbered over 4,000,000 men and organized into a well-balanced military machine, with combat elements ready to strike the final blow against the disintegrating enemy forces.
	www.planetkc.com /joeroettgen/WWII/WWII_European_Campaigns.html (2430 words)

	U.S. campaigns in WWII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The names below are as used by the US Army, although they were Allied campaigns.
		Southern France Campaign (One month after the invasion, command was passed to SHAEF and the European Theater of Operations)
		The Operational Command was joint Allied South East Asia Command in the South-East Asian Theater The American General Joseph Stilwell commanded the operational Northern Combat Area Command and used his other positions to communicate directly with Joint Chiefs of Staff about some operational matters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._campaigns_in_WWII (267 words)

	Devil's Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This incident was the basis for the 1968 motion picture titled "The Devil's Brigade." During the mountain campaign the Force suffered 77% casualties.
		During Operation Shingle at Anzio, Italy, 1944, the Special Force were brought ashore on February 1st, after the decimation of the U.S. Rangers, to hold and raid from the right-hand flank of the beachhead marked by the Mussolini Canal/Pontine Marshes, which they did quite effectively.
		On September 7, it moved to the Franco-Italian border in what is called the "Rhineland Campaign." Members of the brigade, usually traveling by foot at night, made their way behind enemy lines to provide intelligence on German positions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devil's_Brigade (1100 words)

	World War II
		In reprisal for the bombing of Lubeck in 1942, Hermann Goering launched the Baedeker Blitz, a campaign of morale-destroying bombings aimed at many beautiful English cities of little military importance such as Exeter, Bath and Norwich.
		The German army, which had not expected such a prolonged campaign, suffered great loss of life as the harsh weather and lack of planning took their toll.
		Germany's power was broken by the disastrous Russian campaign, while the ultimately successful invasion of France from the Normandy beachheads by the Western allies on June 6, 1944 opened up a third front.
	faculty.ucc.edu /egh-damerow/world_war_ii.htm (2935 words)

	Insignia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fleurs-de-lis symbolizes the Normandy and the Campaigns of Northern France.
		The chevron in point embowed recalls the Battle of the Bulge during the Ardennes-Alsace campaign.
		Symbolic of the successes of this campaign, it allegorically represents the “Key to Victory” in Europe.
	www.knox.army.mil /school/1atb/281/insignia.htm (903 words)

	rhine.html
		On 6th March, the armoured divisions of General Bradley's two armies smashed their way through the northern Rhineland to the Rhine and Moselle rivers.
		So rapid was their advance that the Germans did not have time to blow up the railroad bridge over the Rhine at Remagen before it was seized on 7th March by the American 9th Armoured Division.
		In their two weeks of slashing assaults through the Rhineland the three American armies had captured about 250,000 prisoners and had killled or wounded 60-100,000 Germans.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/5433/rhine.html (787 words)

	The Rhineland Campaign - Veterans Affairs Canada
		In February 1945 the Allies launched the great offensive which was designed to drive the enemy back over the Rhine and bring about his final defeat.
		The first phase of the campaign began in the north where Field-Marshal Montgomery had under his command the Ninth U.S. Army as well as his British and Canadian forces.
		The First Canadian Army would advance from the Nijmegen salient south-eastwards to clear the corridor between the Rhine and the Maas, while the Ninth U.S. Army would drive north-eastwards and converge with the Canadians on the Rhine opposite Wesel.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/canada2/rhine (478 words)

	Rhineland
		The following essay is one of a series of campaign studies highlighting those struggles that, with their accompanying suggestions for further reading, are designed to introduce you to one of the Army's significant military feats from that war.
		Instead of a quick dash into the heart of Germany, what awaited General Eisenhower's armies was an exhausting campaign in horrid weather against a foe whose determination was steeled by the belief that he was fighting for the very survival of his homeland.
		The Rhineland Campaign, although costly for the Allies, had clearly been ruinous for the Germans.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/rhineland/rhineland.htm (10267 words)

	BU Army ROTC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This included the battle of the Hurtgen Forest, the breeching of the Siegfried Defense line, and the Battle of the Bulge (otherwise known as the Ardennes campaign).
		The 78th Division also participated in the Rhineland campaign, which included the crossing of the Rhine River, where it was the first infantry division across the Remagen bridge.
		The Division's final involvement during WWII in Europe was the Central Europe campaign.
	www.bu.edu /armyrotc/alumni/halloffame/h-h.html (701 words)

	Military.com Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Campaign in the West (4 June - 12 June 1940)
		Campaign in the West (13 - 25 June 1940)
		Campaign in Northwest Africa (11 - 17 November 1942)
	www.military.com /Resources/ResourceFileView?file=worldwarii_europe_maps.htm (630 words)

	Latinos & WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In one particular battle during the Rhineland Campaign, Pfc.
		Davalos was struck by shrapnel from gunfire on Feb. 8, 1945.
		Davalos was decorated with a number of citations, including the Bronze Star Metal, one of the honors given in the military to soldiers who exhibit courage in the line of fire.
	www.utexas.edu /projects/latinoarchives/narratives/07Davalos_Fred.html (914 words)

	Seeking Information about Lee W. Allen (Thrash), WW II Veteran
		The Rhineland Campaign was highlighted by Operation Varsity, which took place from January 26 through February 10, 1945.
		The day after the Battle of the Bulge ended, the 17th Airborne's zone of operation was shifted south, to the country of Luxembourg.
		This was the beginning of the Rhineland Campaign.
	www.skylighters.org /memorial_pages/thrash?M=D (958 words)

	George Takei News
		They faced the fierce resistance of the Nazis in the Rhineland campaign in France and went "for broke." Their "Go for broke" determination helped crack the Gothic Line in the mountains of Apennines.
		Because of their incredible gallantry, their immigrant parents could, for the first time, become naturalized American citizens; their sons and daughters today are able to rise as far as their abilities could take them; live wherever they could afford to live and participate fully in the life of America.
		What they did on the battlefields of World War II gave substance to the campaign to win redress for Japanese Americans for their incarceration during that war.
	www.georgetakei.com /news-2001-july.asp (1203 words)

	8th Infantry World War 2 Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Unit served in the European Theater adding campaign streamers Rhineland and Central Europe.
		In February of 1942 the Regiment furnished the initial cadre of officers and enlisted men to activate and organize the 795th Tank Destroyer Battalion, under the command of Lt. Col.
		Campaign decorations included the North Apennines and the Po Valley Foreign Italian Cross for Merit of War.
	www.8thinfantry.org /ww2.html (266 words)

	Chapter XII: The Rhineland Campaign, 1945
		Normally, the half of the Rhineland south of the Mosel imported a half million tons of food every day, equivalent to one fifty-car trainload ; but no trains were running, nor was there enough transportation to ensure the movement of local produce.
		The two largest DP assembly centers established during the Rhineland campaign were at Brand, outside Aachen, and at Trier.
		The field survey also found a deficiency in political guidance which it predicted could have "calamitous results in the not too distant future." All military government activities had political implications, lout the guidance from the top was so meager that policy development-such as it was-was being left to the detachments in the field.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/other/us-army_germany_1944-46_ch12.htm (11578 words)

	World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was wounded the second time in the knee on April 17 during the Rhineland campaign.
		He had served in all five European campaigns; Normandy, Northern France, the Ardennes, Central Europe and the Rhineland.
		Among his medals and citations are five Bronze Campaign Stars, two Purple Hearts, The European Theatre Medal, the Good Conduct Ribbon and two Bronze Star Medals.
	www.springfield-il.com /ww2Memorial/article.php?articleID=18 (261 words)

	World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Aden H. Clump, Veteran of The Huertgen Forest and the Rhineland Campaign
		I was responsible for laying the guns and operating the radio/telephone.
		I saw action in the Rhineland campaign and took part in the battle of the Huertgen Forest which began in September 1944.
	www.springfield-il.com /ww2Memorial/article.php?articleID=22 (379 words)

	Body (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Private Tottle on leave in Paris, France, 1945, after the Battle of the Bulge, and before the Rhineland Campaign in Germany.
		He served in three campaigns: the Ardennes Campaign ("the Battle of the Bulge"), the Rhineland Campaign, and the Central Germany campaign of World War II.
		After the war, in May 1945, the Army chose the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (the "Red Devils Regiment", Sergeant Tottle's regiment), as the Honor Guard for the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) in Frankfort Am Main, Germany.
	home.att.net /~tottle/tottle-1940s.htm (458 words)

	Crest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The gold of the shield is the color for armor.
		The key (occurring frequently in the civic arms of the towns of the Rheinprovinz) symbolizes the Rhineland Campaign; symbolic of the successes of this campaign, it allegorically represents the "Key to Victory" in Europe.
		The battle-axe, a favorite Teutonic weapon, signifies the Central Europe Campaign.
	www.knox.army.mil /school/1atb/381/crest.htm (79 words)

	OMEMS Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Group served with distinction in World War II and was awarded battle credits for participation in the Central Europe Campaign and the Rhineland Campaign.
		The 59th Ordnance Brigade combined two missions, the ordnance and the artillery, and performed a mission that was the backbone of the NATO alliance.
		Two units hit the beach in Sicily and one was a participant in the D-Day landings in Normandy.
	omems.redstone.army.mil /default.aspx?site_id=75&page_id=339 (530 words)

	15th Combat Engineer Battalion
		Landing at Utah beach on 10 June 1944, the Battalion drove on to Cherbourg and later took part in the St. Lo breakthrough.
		In March 1945, B company earned the Presidential Unit Citation for its part in seizing the Ludendorf Bridge, crossing the Rhine, and extending the Remagen Bridgehead.
		After the Rhineland Campaign, the Division advanced eastward, fighting through the remnants of Hitler's army to earn a battle streamer for the Central European Campaign.
	www.oldreliable.org /15th_eng.html (692 words)

	NewStandard: 5/23/98
		He was a World War II Army veteran having served in northern France, Rhineland and the Ardennes Forest.
		He was honored by the French government as a "hero" and was awarded the Verdun Medal by the mayor of that city.
		He was a World War II Army veteran having served in the European Theatre of Operations, Rhineland Campaign, as a rifleman with Company K, 142nd Infantry Regiment.
	www.s-t.com /daily/05-98/05-23-98/zzzddobi.htm (1838 words)

	Presenting the 35th Infantry Division in WWII - Chapter 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rhineland Campaign, 15 September 44 - 21 March 45
		A loud speaker system was employed to deliver messages to the Germans and their lines were flooded with safe-conduct passes.
		On the last day of the campaign, Company K of the 137th decided not to rely on psychology, but went out and captured a Nazi prisoner by force.
	www.coulthart.com /134/35chapter_7.htm (7383 words)

	Battalion History
		On 25 March 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Wesley B. Hamilton assumed command of the 86th and successfully guided its destinies through the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central European campaigns.
		When the Remagen Bridgehead was established, two companies, A and B, were attached to the Seventh Corps to assist in holding and expanding the bridgehead while preparations for the final breakthrough were being made.
		As we moved across the Rhineland, Battalion Headquarters was set up in Kalterherber, Munstereifel, and Ahrweiler.
	home.cinci.rr.com /chemvets/history.html (1995 words)

	DOBB: July 1998
		This book was a very satisfying read for at least one African-American who was born in 1925, who served in the Rhineland Campaign in France in a fl regiment in the U.S. Army commanded by racist white officers over a period which was exactly congruent with that in which Baker served in Italy.
		As a matter of fact, as we read Baker's account, we were checking it against that of the movements of our own 1325th Engineer General Service Regiment as it followed the advance of the combat units in France and Belgium in December 1944 through May 1945.
		Those of us who lived in Milton Galamison's Bedford-Stuyvesant parish in the 1960s, and remember well this urbane, articulate, and quick-witted activist, believe that he is an eminent exemplar of an early civil rights leader in the north whose work needs to be studied in that context.
	www.queenhyte.com /dobb/dobb_archives/dobb_98/jul98.htm (1606 words)

	SAMUEL J. BIFANO
		Within the infantry division there were three light artillery battalions each armed with twelve x 105mm field howitzers M2A1, which had replaced the 75mm M1897A4 as the standard field artillery piece during the war.
		This battle, fought in the difficult, dark, dismal terrain of the Huertgen, was the bloodiest since the hedgerow fighting in Normandy.
		Although the 83rd entered the campaign late, its men experienced the nightmare and hell of that gruelling close quarters struggle.
	members.aol.com /lueandbiff/myhomepage/memorial.html (4384 words)

	Northwest Historical Association (NWHA) - WW2 Reenacting Society
		Pyrotechnics provided by the 6 Fallschirmjaeger were set up in foxholes and on the halftrack.
		'Fritz' the dummy earned another campaign medal (and well-deserved wound badge) when his foxhole was blown by a satchel charge, and the SdKfz 251 popped smoke charges during each display.
		A tactical reenactment was held at Camp Rilea on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon and evening.
	www.nwha.org /news_3Q2001/news_page2.html (1369 words)

	Southern Pacific Bulletins 1946
		Was in the Rhineland campaign, Battle of the Bulge, and invasion of Germany.
		He was in five major campaigns in Europe.
		Alton served with the Army and went through the New Guinea campaign and on into the Philippines, returning home from Manila via San Francisco.
	www.sdrm.org /history/sda/spbulletin/1946.html (2424 words)

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