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Relentless Pursuit
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DAVID R. WOODWARD
Published: 02 April 2006
... the casualties suffered by the EEF and provides some excerpt of the soldiers' personal description of this campaign. Allenby Edmund character Dawnay Guy Payan Desert Mounted Corps Egyptian Expeditionary Force EEF divisions 60th London Gaza Third Battle of Hareira Khufieldfe Sheria Tel esh Sheria Turkish...
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Balkan Wars, 1878–1914
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Richard C. Hall
Published: 29 October 2009
...The Balkan Wars resulted in huge military casualties, and in military terms, were the precursor of World War I. Mass mobilization, large turning movements, and trench warfare all occurred during the conflict. New weapons, such as airplanes and rapid-fire artillery, were utilized. However, few...
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The Northern Shoulder
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... firepower northern shoulder civilian casualties ”She cries and cannot understand.” The SS-Obergruppenführer was short, burly, and fat-faced. He looked the stereotypical butcher. In fact, Sepp Dietrich had been one in a previous life. But that was before he had met Adolf Hitler. Dietrich...
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The Siege of Bastogne
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... of this battle and the condition of local residents and the number of civilian casualties. Bastogne 101st Airborne Division 9th Armored Division 10th Armored Division 28th Infantry Division food shortages Champs Hemroulle Mande St Etienne VIII Corps Longchamps medical treatment of civilians...
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Naval Gunfire Support at Iwo Jima: The Perils of Doctrinal Myopia
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Donald K. Mitchener
Published: 22 October 2019
... M Idaho USS Underwater Demolition Teams UDTs Lindberg Charles Fifth U S Marine Division Fourth U S Marine Division Damke Kenyth A atomic bombs Hiroshima Japan Nagasaki Operation Olympic “Summary of Recommendations for Naval Gunfire Support” Hill Schnell Frank E Casualties Doctrine...
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A Faith in Success
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Harry S. Laver
Published: 21 December 2012
... Longstreet James B Resources Casualties “butcher” analytical determination Carl von Clausewitz I believe determination can do a great deal to sustain one. —Ulysses S. Grant The spring of 1865 reached full bloom in late April and early May. During this traditional time of renewal and rebirth...
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Conclusion
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DAVID R. WOODWARD
Published: 02 April 2006
... served in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) were more likely to survive the war than those who served in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). This is because the western front was associated with huge casualties and stalemated trench warfare. artillery British Expeditionary Force BEF Egyptian...
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Closing in on St. Vith
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... the conditions of the local residents at St. Vith and the number of civilian casualties in this so-called Battle of St. Vith. Eastern Front Meuse River Namur St Vith 66th Corps Fifth Panzer Army Sixth Panzer Army Panzer Lehr Division Losheim Gap Schnee Eiffel Schönberg Weckerath 14th Cavalry Group...
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The Southern Shoulder
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... forces. It also discusses the highlights of this engagement and the condition of local residents and the number of civilian casualties. 9th Armored Division Third Army 4th Infantry Division 28th Infantry Division Seventh Army 85th Corps 5th Parachute Division evacuation of civilians by American...
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Epilogue
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
...This chapter discusses the estimated civilian casualties during the Battle of the Bulge. An estimated 2,500 civilians were killed in Belgium as a direct or indirect result of the Battle of the Bulge and about 500 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Ironically, about one-third of the civilians who...
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The Peiper Breakthrough
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... Peiper's strategy and describes the highlights of his offensive. It also highlights the huge number of civilian casualties in the so-called Malmedy massacre in Belgium. Eastern Front Losheim Kampfgruppe Peiper Sixth Panzer Army 3rd Parachute Division 1st SS Panzer Division 12th Volksgrenadier...
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The Race for Bastogne
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... a more experienced American forces. It also discusses the conditions of local residents and refugees and the number of civilian casualties. Bastogne Dasburg Gemünd Namur Oesling Wahlhousen 47th Panzer Corps 2nd Panzer Division Clervaux Clerve River evacuation of civilians by American military...
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The Houffalize Corridor
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... was left open because the American forces concentrated on the areas of St. Vith and Bastogne. This chapter discusses the highlights of this engagement and describes the conditions of the local residents and the number of civilian casualties. Gouvy Rettigny Bas Bellain Haut Bellain Cherain Montleban...
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The Fall of St. Vith
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
..., the American troops had withdrawn from their defenses in front of St. Vith to a more or less stable line behind it. This chapter describes the highlights of this engagement and the number of civilian casualties. Eiterbach Wallerode 18th Volksgrenadier Division arrests of civilians by American military food...
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Counterattack from the South
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... farther west. It describes this engagement which lasted until January 1945 and the conditions of local residents and the number of civilian casualties. Waldbillig Bastogne Eppeldorf Haller Third Army 5th Infantry Division Beaufort Gestapo Napalm Phosphorus American troops against civilian...
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Eliminating the Bulge
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Peter Schrijvers
Published: 08 April 2005
... Steinebrück Weweler Alster Rochefort Battle of the Bulge Allied forces German forces civilian casualties George S. Patton “It was like the end of the world.” The attack that Patton’s troops set in motion from the south on January 9, dragging child-soldier Gaëtan Delecaut along...
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Published: 09 June 2009
...This chapter deals with the steady pounding that the by-then virtually undefended German cities were being subjected to by the American and British air forces. It notes that the civilian casualties from these air raids could not help but be substantial. It cites an article titled “The Morality...
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The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge
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Peter Schrijvers
Published online: 14 September 2011
Published in print: 08 April 2005
...Traditional histories of the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge routinely include detailed lists of the casualties suffered by American, British, and German troops. Conspicuously lacking in most accounts, however, are references to the civilians in Belgium and Luxembourg who lost their lives...