It was largely based upon an already existing design made for the American Marine Corps, but with several changes proposed by the Army of… Continue reading Marmon-Herrington CTLS-4TA Marmon-Herrington CTMS-ITB1 United States of America/Kingdom of the Netherlands (1941) Light Tank – 194 ...
XSB2C prototype aircraft in flight, United States, late 1940 A column of troops marching at the Mihail Kogălniceanu Plaza in Bucharest, Romania, circa 1941 A German sailor aboard a ship observing another warship in the Black Sea, off Romania, circa 1941 A German soldier aiming with a MG...
Dominion of Canada/United Kingdom (1942) Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Gun – 1 Built A joint venture between Canada and Great Britain, the Tank, Cruiser, Ram, was an expedient means of creating a conventionally turreted tank on the bones of the American Medium Tank M3 Lee/...
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Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss’s 352d Division defended the Omaha Beach area. Kraiss was an experienced combat soldier; he had been a company commander in World War I and had led a division into Russia in 1941. The 352d had been formed at Hanover in November 1943 from veterans of three ...
Yanks call her “Kate Smith” and “Ma”; Poles have named her the “South African Nightingale”; and to Britishers she is the “Soldier’s Sweetheart” and the “Lady in White.” The ship’s Captain “usually stands on the bridge and salute her as the ship glides by. Czechs and ...
When losing a controlled item, a Board of Inquiry was conducted to establish the circumstances of loss and determine who (usually the soldier) should pay for it. The Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS), whose rank could be Sergeant, Staff Sergeant of Warrant Officer Class Two, or, of ...
Divisions form the backbone of the new class system: Infantry, Airborne, Armoured, Mountain, Expeditionary, which roughly equates to soldier, assault, heavy, sniper and ‘that guy with the flaming shotgun.’ While you can use pretty much whatever gear you want, each Division has a series of...
An American Red Cross worker lights a cigarette for a wounded French soldier on the Receiving Ward. Rennes: Most of us will not forget the ride down the Cotentin peninsula to our first setup at Rennes. We were excited, naturally, at the prospect of putting into practice the training we had...
The only American General to land with the initial seaborne assault at Utah Beach was Brigadier GeneralTheodore Roosevelt, Jr, assistant commander of the US 4th Division. At age 57 he was also the oldest soldier to come ashore. Sadly he died in France a month later of a heart attack. ...