US Army in World War II

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besilarius

http://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/usaww2.html

This may already be known to many, but just now it was found by me.
Almost all of the Army's history on the Second Wordl War is now available as downloads.
http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/anziobeach/anzio-fm.htm    Here is a link to the Anzio operation.

For those interested in WWII, or the US Army's operations, this is a goldmine.  Not written by staff officers with an agenda, but by professional historians, mostly finished by 1950.  It's free, and probably has some things that have been reevaluated over time.  But what a great resource.  Very highly recommended.
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bob48

That is an absolute gem of a find, bes. I can see I'll be spending a lot of time on there. Thanks for posting that.
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Martok

Thanks for the link, besilarius.  Very cool. 

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Jack Nastyface

FYI...The USAF library is located here... http://www.afhra.af.mil/index.asp

You have to dig to find some of the interesting stuff, like the Studies link, but lots of good stuff.

The USN library is here...also good, but I don't see a .pdf section for downloads, only an online reading section...http://www.history.navy.mil/library/index.htm
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Gusington

Thank you Bes, that is fantastic.


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ArizonaTank

You can buy all this stuff on one DVD for $11 from the US Govt. Printing Office. 

Link is here:

http://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00550-6
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Gusington

Wow 11.00! That is unbelievably inexpensive.


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GDS_Starfury

someone should sticky this thread.
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#8
EDIT: er, I mean: why yes, yes they should.
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The idea of Star wanting anything made sticky is kinda gross.  But we'll do what we can.
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He makes everything sticky. Then says it is paint drying.
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BanzaiCat

Maybe this is a good place to ask...I've been trying to track down a resource that can tell me what the disposition of the U.S. Army was in Germany in July 1945 at the time of the Trinity test.

I cannot locate an OOB out there anywhere and everyone I've e-mailed writes me back saying they'll look into it, then disappear for months and I never hear from them again.

I know a lot of things were in flux at the time, but I need to get my facts right. It's for a book I'm writing.

bayonetbrant

send me an email, and I'll see if I can find you a source
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"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

it's Brits, but it's still cool

The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

Martok

Cool pic indeed.  Some nice blending/editing there.  Thanks for sharing, chief. 

"Like we need an excuse to drink to anything..." - Banzai_Cat
"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

"At our ages, they all look like jailbait." - mirth

"If we had lines here that would have crossed all of them. For the 1,077,986th time." - Gusington

"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces