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Arness served with the 3rd Infantry Division during World War II and was severely wounded on the frontline of Anzio, leading to a lifelong if slight limp. James Chichester-Clark , a newly commissioned officer serving in the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards of 24th Guards Brigade of British 1st Infantry Division , who was later the fifth Prime ...
Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-50985-5. Phillips, N.C. (1957). Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45. Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007
Schwerer Gustav (English: Heavy Gustav) was a German 80-centimetre (31.5 in) railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line , the strongest fortifications in existence at the time.
Gustav Line at Cassino, early 1944. The first of the FEC troops at the front was the 2nd Moroccan Division with the 4th GTM attached, in January the 3rd Algerian Division joined the Moroccans. It was positioned in the high mountains at the extreme right of the U.S. Fifth Army.
3d Division World War II: Medal of Honor William R. Schmidt: Major General 3d Division World War II: 3d ID commander George J. Schultz Private First Class 30th Infantry: World War II: Distinguished Service Cross Donald K. Schwab: First Lieutenant 3rd Division World War II: Medal of Honor Paul Ray Smith: Sergeant First Class 11th Engineer: GWOT ...
The I Cavalry Corps (German: I. Kavalleriekorps), initially known simply as the Cavalry Corps (German: Kavalleriekorps), [1] or alternatively as Cavalry Corps Harteneck (German: Kavalleriekorps "Harteneck") after its commander, [2] was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was formed in 1944 and existed until 1945.
Gustav Hundt (27 September 1894 – MIA 21 April 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. [1] Hundt disappeared near Opava, Czechoslovakia on 21 April 1945. He was officially declared dead on 7 June 1950 with the date of ...
III Panzer Corps was formed in June 1942 from III Army Corps and attached to Army Group A, the formation tasked with capturing the Caucasus as a part of Fall Blau.. In mid-1943, following the loss of the 6th Army at the Battle of Stalingrad, III Panzer Corps took part in the battles around Kharkov as part of Army Group Don.