Wicker would share the same fate as his predecessor, as American troops of the 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, US 45th Infantry Division, commanded by Colonel Felix Sparks, would enter Dachau Concentrat
Each of these had a Tank Battalion, an Armored Infantry Battalion, and an Armored Field Artillery Battalion and each one was commanded by a Colonel. Commands A and B were the primary combat force of the Division and R was the reserve. The Battalions could be swapped around between A, B,...
Harry Schwarz joins the South African Air Force during the war as a Observer (navigator and bomb aimer) – part of 15 Squadron “Aegean Pirates” fighting in North Africa and Italy. Harry Schwarz is a co-founding member of The Torch Commando after the war and takes a key role in Torch ...
He saw service as member of 2nd Transvaal Scottish and when war broke out he attested with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Durban Light Infantry in 1940, having had attained the rank of Lance Corporal. He is in North Africa fighting for his unit when he is captured during the Battle of ...
Marcone commanded the Army’s 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In the opening days of the conflict against Baghdad, the regiment served as the "point of the spear" for the 3rd Infantry Division and … [Read more...] Filed Under: A Look Back, Rochester ...
The Mk IX Troop Carrier tank was a British armoured fighting vehicle and possibly the world’s first specialised armoured personnel carrier (APC). During the first actions with tanks it became clear that often infantry could not keep up with the tanks; not because soldiers were too slow – ...
All the H35 equipped units took part in the fighting of May-June 1940, but performed poorly as a result of of their limited speed, endurance and the low-velocity main gun. However, the German infantry, largely equipped with the PaK 36 37 mm (1.46 in) gun, was baffled to see how ...
There was also a contingency of Russians fighting with Armenia (the 366thMotor Rifle Regiment) at Khojaly. I did a bit of checking on the foundation who created the Azerbaijan.az website, theHeydar Aliyev Foundation. Heydar Aliyevwas the 3rdPresident of modern Azerbaijan and is known as the ...
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gether with another 24 Slovenians, to the 544th Motorized Infantry Division, atthe front near Reichshof (Rzeszow) in Poland. While there, Rozman gained hisfirst experience of the front, as a machine gunner. After the defensive battles atDebica, Poland, Rozman’s unit was withdrawn to the rear...