Scenario Overview Three scenarios cover the operations of the 35th Infantry Division and Combat Command B of the 4th Armored Division operating in the 35th Infantry Division’s zone during the opening of the XII...
By September 1944, the Third Army had liberated most of Brittany, participated in the encirclement of the German Seventh Army in the Argentan-Falaise area, reached the Seine River, and by crossing the Marne and...
As the Great War was coming to an end, the US Army had the First and Second Armies in the field in France. The Third Army was not activated until 15 November 1918, four days after the Armistice was signed. ...
This posting continues with additional recommended reading on the Lorraine Campaign. Most include very helpful maps and orders of battle. Unit Histories and Battles within the Lorraine Campaign Don M. Fox’s...
Future postings will list some books and studies that provided information on and analysis of the Lorraine campaign. I’ll share my what I’ve learned from my study of this campaign, especially with regard...
In the early days of this blog, I posted a series of articles using the Normandy campaign as a case study on how to use reading, map study, miniature wargaming, and battlefield visits to study military operations in the...
The terrain feature of Normandy that had the greatest impact on military operations was the dense area of hedgerows that dominated the American sector and the western part of the British Sector, an area known as the...
So after years of reading about Normandy, and maybe some wargaming, you’re looking forward to your first or a repeat trip to visit Normandy and its battlefields. After nine trips there, we feel at home in Normandy...
Blog 7 Theme — Normandy Case Study: Map Reading Maps are an essential aid to good reading, miniature gaming, and battlefield visits. It’s simply is impossible to study a battle without having a good...
The campaigns of greatest interest to me in the European Theater of Operations are Normandy, Lorraine, the West Wall, and the Ardennes. This reveals my partiality toward the US Army and how its operational...