An edition of The 84th Infantry Division In The Battle Of Germany, November 1944-May 1945
(1946)
The 84th Infantry Division In The Battle Of Germany, November 1944-May 1945
by Theodore Draper
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The 84th Infantry Division In The Battle Of Germany, November 1944-May 1945
1946, The Viking Press
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
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Foreword by Major General Bolling vii
Note ix
The Infantry Division x
The Units xv
Introduction 1
Part One: THE SIEGFRIED LINE
I. The Big Picture 9
II. Prummem 22
III. Geilenkirchen 37
IV. Lindem 49
V. Goodbye to the Siegfried Line 65
Part Two: THE ARDENNES
VI. At All Costs 83
VII. The Battle of the Bulge 104
Part Three: TO THE RHINE
VIII. The Battle behind the Battle 131
IX. Across the Roer 143
X. The Break-through 160
XL At the Rhine 174
Part Four: TO THE ELBE
XII. Across the Rhine 195
XIII. Across the Weser 207
XIV. Elbe, We Are Here 225
XV. Another Journey’s End 240
Appendix I
Commendations and Citations 49
Appendix II
Command of the 84th Infantry Division, 1 October 1944 to 8 May 1945 255
Attachments and Detachments, 10 November 1944 to 8 May 1945 259
Detachments of the Organic Units of the 84th Infantry Division 260
Corps and Armies to Which the 84th Infantry Division Was Attached, 12 November 1944 to 8 May 1945 260
COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS
A GI in the Siegfried Line following page 20
Life in the Ardennes 84
The Horse-and-Sled Ambulance 84
Crossing the Roer 148
The Division CP in Krefeld 164
The Tank-Infantry Team 212
PHOTOGRAPHS AND WASH DRAWINGS
Camp Claiborne, Louisiana page xvi, xvii
Crossing the Atlantic xviii
Part I. The Siegfried Line following page 68
“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
Part II. The Ardennes following page 116
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
Part III. To the Rhine following page 180
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
Part IV. To the Elbe following page 244
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
MAPS
1. The War in Europe, November 16, 1944 - page 12
2. Operation Clipper 14
3. The First Action 19
4. The Siegfried Line - following page 36
5. The Battle of Lindem - page 60
6. The Battle of the Bulge 85
7. The Counter-Reconnaissance Screen 93
8. The Ardennes: Defensive Phase 96
9. The Ardennes: Offensive Phase 107
10. Beho to Gouvy to Omthe 123
11. Operation Grenade 146
12. Waldniel to Sichtela 169
13. Across the Weser 208
14. The Capture of Hannover 221
15. From the Siegfried Line to the Elbe 228
16. To the Elbe - following page 228
THE UNITS
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:
333rd Infantry Regiment
334th Infantry Regiment
335th Infantry Regiment
84th Division Artillery
325th Field Artillery Battalion
326th Field Artillery Battalion
909th Field Artillery Battalion
309th Engineer Combat Battalion
309th Medical Battalion
84th Reconnaissance Troop
84th Division Headquarters Company
84th Quartermaster Company
84th Signal Company
784th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
557th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (attached)
638th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached)
771st Tank Battalion (attached)
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