Western Europe 1943 - 1945 All Ground Combat between the Western Allies and the Axis Powers in Northwest Europe and Scandanavia between 1943 & December 1945. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:22:10 +0000 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:22:10 +0000 WWII Forums http://ww2f.com/forums/western-europe-1943-1945.68/ 141 Royal Armoured Corps (The Buffs) Churchill Crocodiles Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:42:10 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/141-royal-armoured-corps-the-buffs-churchill-crocodiles.20061/ http://ww2f.com/threads/141-royal-armoured-corps-the-buffs-churchill-crocodiles.20061/ invalid@example.com (grahame555) grahame555 He had been a regular before the war serving in India in an Armoured Car Company. When war broke out he was utilised as an tank driving instructor. Landing on Juno beach in Normandy on 22nd June 1944, he was 33 years of age.

There was never an "Official"...

141 Royal Armoured Corps (The Buffs) Churchill Crocodiles]]> 110 The War Diaries of the 29th Canadian Armoured Reclonnaissance Regiment (South Alberta Regiment) Aug Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:49:24 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-war-diaries-of-the-29th-canadian-armoured-reclonnaissance-regiment-south-alberta-regiment-aug.32721/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-war-diaries-of-the-29th-canadian-armoured-reclonnaissance-regiment-south-alberta-regiment-aug.32721/ invalid@example.com (ArcticWolf) ArcticWolf
On August 16, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division set out to take Falaise. The following day, its ruins finally fell. Meanwhile, the 4th Canadian and the 1st Polish Armoured Divisions hurried to block the German line of retreat just east of the town. As American and Free French forces sped from the south toward...

The War Diaries of the 29th Canadian Armoured Reclonnaissance Regiment (South Alberta Regiment) Aug ]]> 16 Hatten and Rittershoffen January 1945 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:33:19 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/hatten-and-rittershoffen-january-1945.3962/ http://ww2f.com/threads/hatten-and-rittershoffen-january-1945.3962/ invalid@example.com (Kai-Petri) Kai-Petri
We´ll see the facts that available:

Suddenly, with the commitment of the 21st Panzer and 25th Panzer Grenadier Divisions in the north, the entire American defensive effort appeared to be in grave danger. Nevertheless, for a time the Americans were able to hang on. In the center of the Lauterbourg salient, the...

Hatten and Rittershoffen January 1945]]> 199 Battle of Cherbourg - 313th Infantry Regiment Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:31:34 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/battle-of-cherbourg-313th-infantry-regiment.40928/ http://ww2f.com/threads/battle-of-cherbourg-313th-infantry-regiment.40928/ invalid@example.com (J5man) J5man I posted this in another thread but wanted to start one specifically for this.

I am taking my father to Normandy in a couple of weeks to visit his brother's gravesite. I am trying to piece together bits of information to follow his journey and visit the vicinties while there. His name was Virgil Ray Eadens (went by Ray). He joined the 313th Infantry Regiment out of Detroit Michigan. He was in the 157th Infantry Brigade, He was also in the 79th Infantry Division. A picture of him...​
Battle of Cherbourg - 313th Infantry Regiment]]> 4 82nd Airborne 504th at Nijmegen Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:40:46 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/82nd-airborne-504th-at-nijmegen.78395/ http://ww2f.com/threads/82nd-airborne-504th-at-nijmegen.78395/ invalid@example.com (Bart52) Bart52 John served in Tunesia, Sicily, Anzio and Nijmegen as member of the 504th. The citation for his Silverstar concerns Nijmegen, where he crossed the Waal river and got wounded on the north side of the river around 21st of September 1944. The children want to visit Nijmegen in 2026 and would like to retrace the footsteps of their father. Most important question, What was his...

82nd Airborne 504th at Nijmegen]]> 1 82nd Airborne 504th at Nijmegen Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:55:27 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/82nd-airborne-504th-at-nijmegen.78394/ http://ww2f.com/threads/82nd-airborne-504th-at-nijmegen.78394/ invalid@example.com (Bart52) Bart52 John served in Tunesia, Sicily, Anzio and Nijmegen as member of the 504th. The citation for his Silverstar concerns Nijmegen, where he crossed the Waal river and got wounded on the north side of the river around 21st of September 1944. The children want to visit Nijmegen in 2026 and would like to retrace the footsteps of their father. Most important question, What was his...

82nd Airborne 504th at Nijmegen]]> You've probably beaten Market Garden to death here Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:55:56 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/youve-probably-beaten-market-garden-to-death-here.54518/ http://ww2f.com/threads/youve-probably-beaten-market-garden-to-death-here.54518/ invalid@example.com (squidly the octopus) squidly the octopus
From my study of the operation I can only conclude that there was no one in the Allied command structure with the wherewithal to say no to Montgomery. Why else undertake such a gamble of an operation, in such a hurry, with scant time for planning, limited and/or shoddy intelligence, all while one enjoys a decided advantage in the field? The operation seems to be suited to a desperate army, not the undertaking of a force...

You've probably beaten Market Garden to death here]]> 124 The 687th Field Artillery Battalion in the ETO. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:00:34 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-687th-field-artillery-battalion-in-the-eto.45529/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-687th-field-artillery-battalion-in-the-eto.45529/ invalid@example.com (SKYLINEDRIVE) SKYLINEDRIVE The 687th Field Artillery Battalion ​

A few months back I came across a grouping with documents and insignias that came from a Captain serving with the 687th Field Artillery Battalion during WWII. As the price was really good and the unit played quite an important part in the early days of the Bulge, fighting in the region my family originally comes from, I didn’t hesitate and bought the grouping! Since then I dug through my library, going through the many...

The 687th Field Artillery Battalion in the ETO.]]> 22 Weather and impacts during Market Garden Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:03:17 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/weather-and-impacts-during-market-garden.77958/ http://ww2f.com/threads/weather-and-impacts-during-market-garden.77958/ invalid@example.com (Joe Chacon) Joe Chacon
Thanks,

JLC]]> 1 D-Day Landing Craft Markings Sun, 17 Dec 2023 19:29:19 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/d-day-landing-craft-markings.77628/ http://ww2f.com/threads/d-day-landing-craft-markings.77628/ invalid@example.com (Michael Akkerman) Michael Akkerman 7 52nd lowland mountain division Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:26:15 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/52nd-lowland-mountain-division.77893/ http://ww2f.com/threads/52nd-lowland-mountain-division.77893/ invalid@example.com (Hobi12) Hobi12 I have previously put pictures and posts up about my grandfather that was in the 52nd lowland mountain division from 1942
I have recently found another picture of his regiment that I thought I would share
Any info would greatly be appreciated
Thank you]]> 3 Maus v. Hellcats near Dusseldorf? Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:57:10 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/maus-v-hellcats-near-dusseldorf.55389/ http://ww2f.com/threads/maus-v-hellcats-near-dusseldorf.55389/ invalid@example.com (George Patton) George Patton
Maus v. Hellcats near Dusseldorf?]]> 38 Elbe Bridge at Schonebeck, Germany April 1945 Sat, 21 Oct 2023 03:32:57 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/elbe-bridge-at-schonebeck-germany-april-1945.77500/ http://ww2f.com/threads/elbe-bridge-at-schonebeck-germany-april-1945.77500/ invalid@example.com (RiverdaleDIY) RiverdaleDIY
Looking for pictures of either the bridge before the shelling, the destroyed bridge...

Elbe Bridge at Schonebeck, Germany April 1945]]> 5 Research on the Battery C of the 7th Field Artillery Bn on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 06:28:11 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/research-on-the-battery-c-of-the-7th-field-artillery-bn-on-omaha-beach-on-june-6-1944.77795/ http://ww2f.com/threads/research-on-the-battery-c-of-the-7th-field-artillery-bn-on-omaha-beach-on-june-6-1944.77795/ invalid@example.com (PirO63) PirO63 I managed to find the complete history of the Battalion throughout the war but it is not very precise on this episode.
Thanks to several testimonies like that of Alfred Alvarez allow me to understand that men landed at the same time as the 16th Infantry Regiment which he was to...

Research on the Battery C of the 7th Field Artillery Bn on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.]]> 5 563rd Signal Air Warning battalion Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:14:16 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/563rd-signal-air-warning-battalion.41086/ http://ww2f.com/threads/563rd-signal-air-warning-battalion.41086/ invalid@example.com (mikebatzel) mikebatzel
Thanks in advance.]]> 71 Engineers on OMAHA Beach Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:18:22 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/engineers-on-omaha-beach.45571/ http://ww2f.com/threads/engineers-on-omaha-beach.45571/ invalid@example.com (Earthican) Earthican
Engineers on OMAHA Beach]]> 6 Western front-interesting bits of information Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:30:41 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/western-front-interesting-bits-of-information.3964/ http://ww2f.com/threads/western-front-interesting-bits-of-information.3964/ invalid@example.com (Kai-Petri) Kai-Petri
The Jagdpanther was considered by many to have been the most potent anti-tank weapon of the war, combining the armoured lines of the Panther tank and the awesome power of the 88mm gun. This was probably first demonstrated during the British advance through the Caumont Gap during "Operation Bluecoat" when the Jagdpanthers of Heavy Tank Battalion 654 engaged the Churchills of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. A squadron of Churchills covering Point 226 suddenly started...

Western front-interesting bits of information]]> 418 Did "unconditional surrender" lengthen the war in Europe? Sat, 18 Mar 2023 06:33:08 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/did-unconditional-surrender-lengthen-the-war-in-europe.77595/ http://ww2f.com/threads/did-unconditional-surrender-lengthen-the-war-in-europe.77595/ invalid@example.com (Bryan Kimmey) Bryan Kimmey
Commerical Compilation from a Chicago April Sunday in 1989 - YouTube]]> 12 American Military Hospitals in the ETO Wed, 25 Jan 2023 23:03:58 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/american-military-hospitals-in-the-eto.15681/ http://ww2f.com/threads/american-military-hospitals-in-the-eto.15681/ invalid@example.com (mikebatzel) mikebatzel European Theater of Operations which was to conduct the US Army’s largest and most complex land campaign of WW2 and complete the destruction of Nazi Germany, had rather modest beginnings! In agreement with its Allies, the United States Government decided to deal with ‘Germany first’ …
The initial objective was to establish Army Forces in the British Isles in order to protect them from a possible enemy invasion; another objective was to relieve a number of British troops for...

American Military Hospitals in the ETO]]> 27 Patton overrated Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:46:47 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/patton-overrated.77526/ http://ww2f.com/threads/patton-overrated.77526/ invalid@example.com (roscoe) roscoe
Point one. Most Generals look good when they have the full Ultra intercepts available to them.

Let me now concentrate on the Myth that Patton saved the the Allies by stopping the 16th December 1944 German offensive through the Ardennes. Better known as the Battle of the Bulge.

The Special Intelligence unit (known as Black Market) had via Ultra became aware of large concentrations of German units in Eifel area opposite the Hodges' US 1st Army. The Germans then went...

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