An article called"Three Years Over Europe"was added to the site. This article appeared in the September 1945 issue of 'Air Force' magazine, the official service journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces, and discusses in great detail the role played by American airpower in the WW2 European thea...
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US Public Law 58-81 changed Henry Arnold's rank of General of the Army to General of the Air Force, making him the only man to hold five-star rank in two separate US military branches. [Henry Arnold | CPC]7 May 1951 USS Croaker was recommissioned into service as a training vessel....
The US 8th Army Air Force journeyed all the way to Berlin, Germany for the first time. In all 474 bombers, including those with 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh, and their Mustang escort fighters flew to the German capital, facing a barrage of heavy flak and many Luftwaffe fight...
Under Soviet rule, the Lithuanian Army was not disbanded, but rather reformed, first into the short-lived Lithuanian People’s Army and later into the 29th Rifle Corps. The Landsverks also found their place in this new force. No. 7 and 8 of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment went to the reconnaissa...
Their resilience and dedication persisted through hazardous conditions, often operating under the cover of darkness during the advances of the 8th Army.[7] The tasks of the NZ Port Detachments were highly complex. Amid vast quantities of cargo, they faced the daunting challenge of locating ...
S, Johnson, of 26, Glebe Street, Loughborough, received official intimation that their eldest son, Private Leslie Ralph Johnson, of the Army Air Corps, has been killed in action in North West Europe during September. Private Johnson, who was a well-known and popular boy in Loughborough, ...
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Meanwhile another force landed in December 1944 at Ormoc. The 6th Army, well supported by the Filipino guerrillas, took Mindoro, a prelude to the great final offensive on Luzon, the great northern island, including the industrial centers of Manila and the bulk of the Japanese forces. The ...
German submarine U-682, a Type VII-C submarine, was destroyed in an air raid by bombers of US 8th Air Force at 0115 hours at the Howaldswerke Yard in Hamburg, Germany. [Hamburg | HM] H. C. Stülcken Sohn shipyard in Hamburg, Germany was heavily damaged by Allied bombing. [Bombing...