American services and supply played a crucial part in the World War II Siegfried Line campaign, which ran from the end of the pursuit of the German armies...
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The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II, which involved actions near the German defensive Siegfried Line...
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American transportation played a crucial part in the military logistics of the World War II Siegfried Line campaign, which ran from the end of the expulsion...
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supported the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group operations in the World War II Siegfried Line campaign, which ran from the end of the pursuit of the German...
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Battle of Hürtgen Forest (redirect from Battle of the Hurtgen Forest)
remembered. The overall cost of the Siegfried Line Campaign in American personnel was close to 140,000. By mid-September 1944, the Allied pursuit of the German...
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The Hindenburg Line (German: Siegfriedstellung, Siegfried Position) was a German defensive position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western...
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In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were effectively out of men and equipment, and the survivors retreated to the Siegfried Line...
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John F. R. Seitz (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army))
supply the Allies were to experience during the campaign on the continent." MacDonald, Charles B. The Siegfried Line Campaign. Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback...
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Western Front (World War II) (redirect from West European Campaign (1944-1945))
of the Ardennes, American forces fought from September until mid-December to push the Germans out of Lorraine and from behind the Siegfried Line. The crossing...
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Courtney Hodges (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States))
effort to breach the Siegfried Line and advance through Germany to the Roer River. Hodges led First Army to liberate most of Luxembourg in three days, from...
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Walton Walker (category American military personnel killed in the Korean War)
a defensible line on the Nakdong River. They took advantage of shortened supply routes and a relatively good road network to exploit the advantages of...
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ADSEC (category Military units and formations of the United States Army in World War II)
American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign "1945 Ciafalo and Helstrom WWII Pictorial Map of Europe: Advanced Supply Unit". Geographicus Rare...
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Battle of France (redirect from French and Low Countries campaign)
thin and undermanned Siegfried Line. On 17 September, Gamelin gave the order to withdraw French troops to their starting positions; the last of them left...
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Navy Personnel in World War II: Service and Casualty Statistics [dead link] References in the article http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do...
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used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe. The operations were carried out by the First Canadian Army, with assistance from Polish and British units...
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15th Engineer Battalion (United States) (category Engineer battalions of the United States Army)
France Campaign. In September, the Battalion earned the Presidential Unit Citation for its actions on the Siegfried Line. In December 1944, the Battalion...
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the Siegfried Line. With about 610,000 men committed and some 89,000 casualties, including 19,000 killed, the Battle of the Bulge was the largest and...
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442nd Infantry Regiment (United States) (redirect from Navy of American Samoa)
through the Rhone Valley and stopped at Kleinblittersdorf on the east bank of the Saar River. The 522nd aided the 63rd Division on the Siegfried Line defenses...
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Operation Dragoon (redirect from Southern France Campaign (1944))
allowing the Allies to solve their supply problems quickly. The British disagreed with the American assessment due to the weak political impact and lack of...
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IKEA (redirect from The IKEA International Group)
designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services. Started in 1943...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (redirect from Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 presidential campaign)
military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Eisenhower was born in Denison...
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Operation Market Garden (category Western European Campaign (1944–1945))
of the Arnhem Drop, Allan Wingate, ISBN 978-0855230074 MacDonald, Charles B. (1963), The Siegfried Line Campaign (PDF), Washington, DC: Office of the Chief...
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Battle of Madagascar (redirect from Madagascar Campaign)
subsequent campaign to secure the entire island, Operations Stream, Line and Jane, was opened on 10 September. The Allies broke into the interior, linking...
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off with heavy loss for the Germans. Other wolfpacks Rossbach, Schlieffen and Siegfried were formed and kept the new campaign going but could achieve...
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Battle of Dunkirk (category Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
"Plan D" and British and French troops entered Belgium to engage the Germans in the Netherlands. French planning for war relied on the Maginot Line fortifications...
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South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern...
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The Second Battle of the Alps (French: deuxième bataille des Alpes; Italian: seconda battaglia delle Alpi) was a military campaign fought between combined...
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Gerd von Rundstedt (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
stand be made on the West Wall (known to the Allies as the Siegfried Line), a defensive system built along Germany's western frontiers in 1938–40, but partly...
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Frederick E. Morgan (category Foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States))
victories on paper and the map with the aid of greaseproof pencils and a typewriter. In the course of this very campaign, if one may dignify the disaster thus...
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church services, while younger ones attended English services (in Lutheran, Evangelical and Catholic churches). In German parochial schools, the children...
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