The 84th Infantry Division In The Battle Of Germany, November 1944-May 1945
Publisher: The Viking Press
Published: 1946
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: page; title: Foreword by Major General Bolling vii; title: Note ix; title: The Infantry Division x; title: The Units xv; title: Introduction 1; title: Part One: THE SIEGFRIED LINE; title: I. The Big Picture 9; title: II. Prummem 22; title: III. Geilenkirchen 37; title: IV. Lindem 49; title: V. Goodbye to the Siegfried Line 65; title: Part Two: THE ARDENNES; title: VI. At All Costs 83; title: VII. The Battle of the Bulge 104; title: Part Three: TO THE RHINE; title: VIII. The Battle behind the Battle 131; title: IX. Across the Roer 143; title: X. The Break-through 160; title: XL At the Rhine 174; title: Part Four: TO THE ELBE; title: XII. Across the Rhine 195; title: XIII. Across the Weser 207; title: XIV. Elbe, We Are Here 225; title: XV. Another Journey’s End 240; title: Appendix I; title: Commendations and Citations 49; title: Appendix II; title: Command of the 84th Infantry Division, 1 October 1944 to 8 May 1945 255; title: Attachments and Detachments, 10 November 1944 to 8 May 1945 259; title: Detachments of the Organic Units of the 84th Infantry Division 260; title: Corps and Armies to Which the 84th Infantry Division Was Attached, 12 November 1944 to 8 May 1945 260; title: COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS; title: A GI in the Siegfried Line following page 20; title: Life in the Ardennes 84; title: The Horse-and-Sled Ambulance 84; title: Crossing the Roer 148; title: The Division CP in Krefeld 164; title: The Tank-Infantry Team 212; title: PHOTOGRAPHS AND WASH DRAWINGS; title: Camp Claiborne, Louisiana page xvi, xvii; title: Crossing the Atlantic xviii; title: Part I. The Siegfried Line following page 68; title: “Dragon's teeth" • Mud and foxholes • Rolling country • Light machine gun crew • Covered foxhole • Forward artillery observers • Another type of forward OP • Wire communications • Signal Company pole • Medics • Prisoners • Pillboxes from a distance • German dugout • Typical pillbox • Bad tank country • Mud decides • Geilenkirchen • Traffic jam • German soldier • Lindem • Red Cross clubmobile; title: Part II. The Ardennes following page 116; title: Marche • MPs check traffic • “Verdenne pocket" • Menil • Snow • Machine gun position • Anti-tank gun • Food — foxhole and kitchen • The way to Laroche • The way to Samrae • Riflemen advance • Typical terrain, near Marcourt • Crossroad turning point • Evacuating wounded • Laroche • Drive to Houffalize • Jeep casualty • Recaptured jeep • First and Third Army patrols link; title: Part III. To the Rhine following page 180; title: Aerial view, Roer Valley • Submerged highway bridge • Site of Roer crossing • Line up for the crossing • Artillery preparation • Bridge equipment • Infantry support bridge • Assault boat and footbridge crossing • Cars on treadway bridge • One assault boat • Entering Korrenzig • Prisoners • German ammunition cart • Baal • Granterath • Infantry on tanks • Follow-up units • Captured bicycles • Waldniel • Krefeld • Mors • Two-way traffic • Rhine bridge • Baptism • Red Cross girls; title: Part IV. To the Elbe following page 244; title: Rhine crossing, Wesel • Weser crossing • Aerial view, Weser crossing • Infantry support bridge • Captured cars and busses • Autobahn • Prisoners • Civilians • Liberated PW s • Concentration camp • Hannover • Celebration in Salzwedel • Guards' whips • New quarters • Band concert • Germans at the Elbe • Colonel and "field wife" • Trek to the rear • Link up with the Red Army • Troop review • Russian and American officers • Russian DFs • German hospital ships • U.S.O. show • Generals Gillem and Bolling; title: MAPS; title: 1. The War in Europe, November 16, 1944 - page 12; title: 2. Operation Clipper 14; title: 3. The First Action 19; title: 4. The Siegfried Line - following page 36; title: 5. The Battle of Lindem - page 60; title: 6. The Battle of the Bulge 85; title: 7. The Counter-Reconnaissance Screen 93; title: 8. The Ardennes: Defensive Phase 96; title: 9. The Ardennes: Offensive Phase 107; title: 10. Beho to Gouvy to Omthe 123; title: 11. Operation Grenade 146; title: 12. Waldniel to Sichtela 169; title: 13. Across the Weser 208; title: 14. The Capture of Hannover 221; title: 15. From the Siegfried Line to the Elbe 228; title: 16. To the Elbe - following page 228; title: THE UNITS; title: If there are any leading characters in this story, they are the units of the Division. In the 84th Infantry Division, the cast of characters was:; title: 333rd Infantry Regiment; title: 334th Infantry Regiment; title: 335th Infantry Regiment; title: 84th Division Artillery; title: 325th Field Artillery Battalion; title: 326th Field Artillery Battalion; title: 909th Field Artillery Battalion; title: 309th Engineer Combat Battalion; title: 309th Medical Battalion; title: 84th Reconnaissance Troop; title: 84th Division Headquarters Company; title: 84th Quartermaster Company; title: 84th Signal Company; title: 784th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company; title: 557th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (attached); title: 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached); title: 771st Tank Battalion (attached)