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United
States Order of Battle 7 Dec 1941 Army : Army Air Corps : Navy,
Marine Corps & Coast Guard
United
States Army Ground Forces : Tables of Organization and Equipment
: World War II
U.S.
Army Divisions, 1942-1945 : Orders of Battle and Combat Diaries
Japan's
Battle of Okinawa April - June 1945
Crossfire:
A Civil War Anthology
UNITED STATES ORDER OF BATTLE 7 DECEMBER 1941ARMY
- ARMY AIR CORPS - NAVY, MARINE CORPS & COAST GUARD
by Leo Niehorster
This book presents the US Army on 7 December 1941 -- the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, resulting in the United States’’ active participation in World War II. It starts out with the contents, and introduction, a page with terms and abbreviations, and a key of the tactical symbols used through the book. This is followed by a detailed organizational diagram of the War Department including the General Staff. The commands directly subordinate the General Staff, (the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East and the Hawaiian Department including the U.S. Army Air Forces components assigned to them, as well as the nine Corps Areas), are shown in further diagrams broken down into their component parts, using tactical symbols. The second half of the book deals with the General Headquarters, U.S. Army. This was the headquarters charged with commanding the U.S. Army within the Continental USA, Alaska, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean, using further diagrams. The U.S. Army Air Forces are found in the second volume of this book, and are demonstrated in the same way.
This study is a compendium of facts that have never been presented in this combination before. It is based on original sources, most of them unpublished, such as the War Department textual records, (amongst them the General and Special Orders), as well as strength lists, unit activation lists, station plans, authorized strengths, tables of organization, aircraft allocations, individual unit histories, the US Army Station List of 01.11.1941.
In the back of the book are annexes showing US Army units at sea on 7 December 1941, US Army installations worldwide, and a listing of U.S.A.A.F. Aircraft. The book is rounded off by an index and bibliography.
The U.S. Army on 7 December 1941, (the date already being 8 December in the Philippines), although not actively at war, had been preparing for war. The development of the US Army from a small, outdated, and badly equipped force into the mightiest army in the world, is described by Winston Churchill as a "prodigy of organization." It will become evident to the reader of this book that on 7 December 1941 the beginnings of the gigantic organizational development were already underway. The large amount of armories, depots, airfields, training establishments, etc. in operation or under construction, show that the U.S. Army was already gearing up.
The rapid German 1939 Poland Campaign had stimulated President Franklin Delando Roosevelt into declaring a limited national emergence, raising the strength of the Regular Army to 227,000. Further German campaigns in 1940 -- which resulted in the defeat of Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Belgium, and France, the entry of Italy into the war, and the retreat of Britain from the Continent -- had shocked the initially overwhelmingly isolationist American Congress into authorizing huge sums to prepare the US Army for war.
On 16 September 1940 the President signed the Selective Service Act authorizing the strength of the Army to be raised to 1,400,000 men.
The additional authorized sums and manpower enabled the US Chief of Staff to scheduled a fully equipped force of 500,000 men by 1 July 1941, a force of 1,000,000 by January 1942, and a force of 1,500,000 or 2,000,000 by July 1942. Over the next years, the planned numbers of men and equipment were continually revised. The US Army in June 1940 had consisted of some 300,000 men. By 31 December 1940 this had increased to 620,774 and by 30 November 1941 there were 1,644,212 men in the Army. Equipment had increased also, although by no means in equal proportion owing to the Roosevelt’’s policy of initially assisting Great Britain and other effective enemies of Germany at the expense of rearming the American forces. By the end of World War II, the US Army had a well-equipped Army with 8,300,000 men.
In addition to the Regular Army, the United States had another armed force, the National Guard. Although this army was under direct control of the individual states, it supervised by the Regular Army. When the National Guard divisions were inducted into Federal service during 1940/41, they came direct under control of the War Department. National Guard men are included in the above manpower figures.
The Philippines -- designated at the time as a "Commonwealth" -- were by dint of conquest, subject to the US government, but being prepared for independence. It had a fledgling Philippine Army. On 26 July 1941 the American President called this Philippine Army into the service of the United States. General MacArthur was recalled to active duty at the same date and designated Commanding General Forces in the Far East. On that same day, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (U.S.A.F.F.E.) issued Order No. 1, establishing U.S.A.F.F.E., with MacArthur assuming command. This new command encompassed the Philippine Department of the US Army as well as the Philippine Army. Subsequently, on 15.08.41, cadres of the 10 reserve divisions were called into US service. All Philippine Army Air Corps (P.A.A.C.) units were also inducted on that same date. Details the General Staff, Overseas Commands, including the Hawaiian Department, both Army and Army AirCorps. US Army Forces in the Far East. The Phillipine Divisions, and Reserve Force., the far East Air force & Philippine Army Air Corps. The US Army Corps Areas, The Armies, Corps & Divisions, The Armored Force, Alaska Defense Command, Caribbean Defence Command &c &c
295x210mm 88 pages, 160 diagrammatic tables, list of Camps, Forts, Fields etc. Index of names.
ISBN 978-0-85420-971-2 Hardback Edition £29.99
I SBN 978- 0-85420-976-7 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 2 UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS ORDER OF BATTLE 7 DECEMBER 1941
On 20 June 1941 the Army Air Forces was created to unify command under
one office. The AAF was superior to both the Air Corps and the GHQ Air
Force. The Commanding General, AAF was directly responsible to the Army
Chief of Staff. At the same time, the GHQ Air Force was redesignated
as Air Force Combat Command. Nevertheless, direct command of the Army
Airforces combat components were roughly divided between the Chief of
the Army Airforce and the Chief of Staff, GHQ Army. The latter had air
units under its control in the Alaskan Defense Command, the Caribbean
Defense Command, Hawaiian Department, United States Army Forces Far East
(in the Philippines), and the four Atlantic base commands. The nine Corps
Areas still had some Air Corps Detachments, (basically ground service
units running air bases), assigned to stations within their commands
for the Organized Reserves or Airways Duty. In addition, some of these
were assigned to Air Forces and Commands. The reorganization was still
in progress when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, and presents a somewhat
confusing picture at times.
President
Franklin Delando Roosevelt’’s message to the United
States Congress of 12 January 1939, besides increasing the size of the
US Army overall, urged that $300 million be appropriated for the purchase
of aircraft for the Army. The existing strength of the Air Corps at that
time was approximately 1700 tactical and training aircraft, some 1600
Air Corps officers, and 18,000 enlisted men. By mid 1939, the US Congress
had approved purchase of an additional 3251 aircraft, and the expansion
of the Air Corps to some 3200 officers and 45,000 enlisted men. Plans
at that time called for 34 tactical groups to be combat ready by mid
1942. By May 1940, the plan was expanded to 41 groups and President Roosevelt
called for an annual output of 50,000 planes, (36,500 for the AAF and
13,500 for the US Navy.) By the end of the year the plan was expanded
to 54 groups incorporating 4000 tactical planes, 187,000 enlisted men,
15,000 civilian aviation cadets, and 16,800 officers.
During the first eight months of 1941, some $6,500 million was appropriated.
Just before December 1941, the plan was further expanded to 84 groups,
comprising 400,000 men by mid 1942. On 7 Dec 41, the AAF had activated
70 tactical groups, including 14 heavy bombardment, 9 medium bombardment,
5 light bombardment, 25 pursuit, 11 observation, and 6 transport groups.
Many of these groups were at cadre strength, and had only a few suitable
aircraft each. Nevertheless, 19,428 military aircraft were accepted in
1941.
During the years 1939 - 1941, the AAF expended 8,000 million dollars
and procured 37,500 aircraft.
In August 1940 the President called up the National Guard and the Reserves.
Between mid 1939 to mid 1941, the total of Air Corps personnel jumped
from 20,503 to 152,569, and was still continuing to expand on the eve
of Pearl Harbor. In plans at the beginning of called for training of
300 pilots per year; by mid 1941 the total was raised to 30,000, and
plans were being made to increase that to 50,000 pilots per year by mid
1942. Air Corps expansion which did not reach its peak until 1944.
The
Air Corps did not have enough facilities to train all these men. Besides
a vast building
program
of new Air Corps airfields, depots, and
training facilities, private civilian aviation and technical schools
were used. This study is a compendium of facts drawn from original sources
295x210mm 73 pages, 140 order of battle charts, lists of list of Camps,
Forts, Fields etc. Index of names
ISBN 978-0-85420-693-3 Hardback
Edition £29.99
ISBN 978-085420-694-0 Softback
Edition £19.99
Volume 3 : UNITED
STATES NAVY, MARINE CORPS & COAST GUARD ORDER
OF BATTLE 7 DECEMBER 1941
US
Armed Forces Command Structure, Secretary of the Navy, Department of
the Navy, Chief
of Naval Operations.
Guam Island & Samoa Island
Commands. The Asiatic Fleet - Destroyers, Aircraft, Submarines & Service
Train. Pacific Fleet - 2nd Joint Training Force - Battle Force,
Battleships, Aircraft, Cruisers, Destroyers [ Destroyer Squadrons 1 & 2]. -
Scouting Force, Cruisers, Aircraft, Submarines [ Submarine Squadrons
4 & 6 ] - Base Force, Service Squadron 6. Atlantic Fleet
- Amphibious Force, Battleships, Aircraft, Cruisers, Patrol Wings, Destroyers
[ Destroyer Squadrons 3, 4 & 8], Submarines [ Submarine Squadrons
1, 3, 5, 7]. Train [ Service Squadrons 3 & 5]. Naval Districts
[1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
13th 14th 15th Naval 16th]. Commands [ Johnston Island, Wake
Island, Midway Island, Palmyra Island, Potomac River, Servern
River] The Marine Corps, Headquarters, 1 & 2 Divisions, 1 & 2
Air Wings. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Marine Defense Battalions. 1st Marine
Brigade (Provisional), 4th Marines, Marine Forces in Northern China,
Marine Corps Bases Parris Island, Quantico, New River, San Diego, Camp
Elliott, Air Station Ewa, Air Facility St. Thomas. The Coast Guard.
Headquarters, Maritime Service, US Coast Guard Reserve. Districts,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston, Jacksonville, New
Orleans, St. Louis Chicago, Cleveland, San Juan, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Seattle, Ketchikan, Honolulu. Convoys at Sea escorted
by the U.S. Navy. Navy Shore Establishments. Marine Details at US Navy
Shore Establishments & on Navy Vessels. USN, USMC, and USCG
Aircraft. US Army 1st and 3rd Infantry Divisions
295x210mm
103 pages 110 diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-784-8 Hardback
Edition £29.99
ISBN 978-0-85420-789-3 Softback
Edition £19.99
UNITED STATES ARMY GROUND FORCES :TABLES
OF ORGANIZATION AND
EQUIPMENT :
WORLD WAR II
by J J Hays
This series will, for the first time provide a detailed and precise
examination of the organisation of the US Division through out World
War II. Here will be found the Tables of Organisation and the Tables
of Equipment starting with those of 1940 as these were in effect when
American went to war in 1941. These Tables remained in effect until mid
1942 so were in use during the early campaigns in the Pacific and North
Africa.
These
volumes trace the development of the infantry division from 1940 to 1945.
Here will
be found precisely
how the US Army’s principal
fighting formation was organised and, with battle experience, how the
organisation and equipment was varied from the lessons learnt. For example
liaison aircraft and the 2.36" rocket launcher (Bazooka) first made
their appearance in the Infantry Division organisation in July 1943.
The Division’s units strengths altered during the war for example
the Military Police varied from 220 to 106 men. The tables show how the
role of the radio developed from the relatively few sets in 1940 to the
hundreds that were required in 1944. The tables are supported by diagrams
that, with the aid of silhouettes of the weapons, and vehicles, shew
how each unit was organised. The Division organisation went through
a number of alterations until the final wartime organisation in early
1945. Each volume has numerous tables, for instance the Infantry Division
volumes have some 360 tables. In addition there are detailed diagrams
illustrating the organisation of the Division sub units, which detail
the numbers of officers and their ranks, and the numbers of Warrant Officers,
NCOs and enlisted men, their equipment and weapons. The unique drawings
of the weaponry and equipment ensure that the information is easily understood.
Again these tables trace the development of each type of sub unit during
the course of the war
Volume I has been
extensively revised and expanded with 73 additional pages
REVISED! Volume
1 : The Infantry Division: Part I :
The
Division HQ & Special Troops, Signals, Medical, Ordinance, Quartermaster.
The 1939 Infantry Division and the 1940 Square Division are also
included: This revised edition has an additional 26 pages.
295x210mm x
+ 172 + x pages, 110 tables and illustrated diagram
ISBN 978-0-85420-
812-8 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 978-0-85420-813-5 Softback
Edition £19.99
REVISED! Volume
1 : The Infantry Division : Part II :
Engineer
Regiment and Battalion Infantry Regiments, Infantry Brigades, Infantry
Regiment &Battalions. Infantry Rifle, Infantry Cannon, Heavy
Weapon & Anti-Tank Companies, Additional Equipment Tables, Bibliography.
This revised edition has an additional 21 pages.
295x210mm ix
+ 165 + ix pages, 130 tables and illustrated diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-814-2 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN 978-0-85420-815-9 Softback
Edition £19.99
REVISED! Volume
1 : The Infantry Division : Part III :
Reconnaissance
[Cavalry], Field Artillery, Military Police, Counter
Intelligence Corps., Additional Equipment Tables &c &c This
revised edition has an additional 26 pages :
295
x 210mm x
+ 161 + ix pages, 120 tables and illustrated diagrams.
ISBN 978-0-85420-816-6 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN 978-0-85420-817-3 Softback
Edition £19.99
Volume 2: The Armored Division: Part I :
Division HQ, Armored Brigade, Armored Regiment, Light Armored Battalion,
Armored Regiment Medium, Armored Battalion Medium, Armored Reconnaissance
Battalion, Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Quartermaster Supply Battalion,
Military Police Platoon.
295x210mm ix + 224 + xi pages, 200 tables & illustrated
diagrams.
ISBN
978-0-85420-257-7 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-262-1 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 2 : The
Armored Division: Part II :
Armored
Engineer Battalion, Field Artillery Regiment, Armored Division Artillery,
Armored
Field
Artillery Battalion, Armored Infantry Battalion,
Armored Medical Battalion, Ordnance Maintenance Battalion. Armored Signal
Company, Armored Division Train. Staff Organisation, Supply System, Equipment
Notes, Communications Equipment, Engineer Equipment.
295x210mm ix + 250 + xi pages, 220 tables & illustrated
diagrams.
ISBN 978-0-85420-267-6 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN
978- 0-85420-272-0 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 3 : The
Airborne Division : Part 1 :
Division Headquarters,
Airborne Anti-aircraft Battalion, Airborne Engineer Battalion, Division
Artillery, Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Glider
Field Artillery Battalion, Staff Organization, Supply system.
295x210mm ix + 132 + x pages, 120 tables & illustrated
diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-204-1 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-209-6 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 3 : The
Airborne Division : Part II :
Parachute
Infantry Regiment, Glider Infantry Regiment, Airborne Medical, Ordnance,
Quartermaster,
Signal & Parachute Maintenance Companies,
Airborne Reconnaissance & Military Police Platoon, Airborne Special
Troops.
295x210mm ix + 135 + x pages, 125 tables & illustrated
diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-214-0 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-219-5 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 4 : The
Cavalry Division : Part 1 :
Cavalry
Division, Division Headquarters, Division Headquarters Troop, Reconnaissance
Squadron & Troops. Tables of symbols, equipment silhouettes,
abbreviations index, staff organization, supply system, communications & engineer
equipment.
295x210mm x + 128 pages + vi pages. 120 tables & illustrated
diagrams.
ISBN 978-
85420-264-5 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-269-0 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 4 : The Cavalry Division : Part II :
Cavalry
Brigade, Brigade Headquarters Troop, Cavalry Regiment & Troops,
Cavalry Squadron & Troops. Cavalry Regiment(Infantry). Medical Squadron,
Ordinance Troop. Tables of symbols, equipment silhouettes, abbreviations
index, staff organization, supply system, communications & engineer
equipment 295x210mm x +139 + vi pages, 125 tables & illustrated
diagrams.
ISBN 978-0-85420-274-4 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-279-9 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 4 : The Cavalry Division : Part III :
Division
Artillery, Field Artillery Battalions 105mm Howitzer, Field Artillery
Battalions
75mm
Howitzer, Quartermaster Squadron Tables of
symbols, equipment silhouettes, abbreviations index, staff organization,
supply system, communications & engineer equipment.
295x210mm ix
+ 139 + vi Pages. 124 tables and illustrated diagrams.
ISBN 978-0-85420-284-3 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-289-8 Softback Edition £19.99
NEW! Volume 5 :
Mountain Division : Part I :
A
specialised mountain formation was considered in 1940 from the lessons
learnt from the German
successes
in Norway. The 10th Light Division (Pack-Alpine)
was activated in 1942, it was later re-designated the 10th Mountain Division.
Its final approved organization was November 1944. The Division was transferred
to Italy in the autumn of 1944 where it served until the end of the war
in Europe. Division, Division HQ, Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Engineer
Battalion, Field Artillery, Signals, Tank Destroyer, Military Police &c.
295x210mm
viii +102 + x pages 132 diagrams & tables
ISBN 978-0-85420-037-5 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-046-7 Softback Edition £19.99
NEW! Volume 5 :
Mountain Division : Part II
Infantry
Regiment, Infantry Battalion, Medical Ordinance, Quartermaster units &c.
295x210mm
viii + 100 + x pages, 148 diagrams & tables
ISBN 978-0-85420-049-8 Hardback
edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-8542–050-4 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 6 : Mechanized Cavalry
Mechanized
Cavalry Regiments, Field Army and Corps Units of Groups and Squadrons.
Mechanized
Cavalry
was developed from the Cavalry Branch of
the US Army. The first units appeared in the late 1930s in the form of
horse-mechanized cavalry. A fully mechanized cavalry regiment appeared
in 1942, replacing the horse-mechanized regiment as a Corps reconnaissance
unit. In 1943 there was a major reorganization. The Group replaced the
Regiment and commanded between 2 to 4 Battalions/Squadrons. Groups were
attached to Armies which then assigned them to Corps. The Squadrons
were then assigned to Infantry Divisions as they were required for operations.
Their roles included defence, mobile reserve, rear area security and
control, screening the formation’s flanks and covering gaps in
the front. Offensive fighting such as pursuit/exploitation was a relatively
minor role which took up 10% of their activity also reconnaissance amounted
to some 3%..
295x210mm xii + 65 + 23 pages.70 tables & 32
diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-361-1 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN 978-0-85420-366-6 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 7 : Chemical Warfare Service
Field Army and Corps Units of the Chemical Warfare Service: Chemical
Mortar, Regiments, Battalions and Companies, Smoke Generator Battalions
and, Companies, Maintenance, Depot, Impregnating, Base Impregnating,
Laboratory, Base Depot, General Service and Decontamination Companies
295X210mm xiv + 150 + i-xix-pages. Tables, diagrams & silhouettes
ISBN 978-085420-699-5 Hardback
Edition £32.99
ISBN
085420-698-8 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 8 Coast Artillery Corps/Antiaircraft Artillery : Part 1
Mobile
Brigades, Regiments, Groups, Battalions Batteries.
295x210mm x + 162 + ix pages, pages,
145 tables, illustrated diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-352-9
Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-357-4 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 8 Coast Artillery Corps/Antiaircraft Artillery : Part II
Mobile
Brigades, Regiments, Groups, Battalions Batteries.
295x210mm x
+ 152 + x pages, 140 tables, illustrated diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-362-8
Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 978-0-85420-367-3 Softback
Edition £19.99
Volume 8 Coast Artillery Corps/Antiaircraft Artillery : Part III
Separate
Gun, Automatic Weapons, Searchlight, Machinegun, & Barrage
Balloon Battalions & Batteries
295x210mm x
+ 155 + ixx pages, 145 tables, illustrated diagrams
ISBN 978-0-85420-372-7
Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 978-0-85420-377-2
Softback Edition £19.99
Volume 9 Corps of Engineers [in preparation]
Volume 10 Field Artillery [in preparation]
U.S.
ARMY DIVISIONS, 1942-1945 : ORDERS OF BATTLE AND COMBAT DIARIES
by Yves Bellanger
The US Army Divisions
of World War II is a series of volumes on the orders of battle and
combat diaries
of the US Army’s Divisions
of World War II. Each volume also includes chapters on the attachment
and detachment of organic and non organic units of the Divisions Volumes
1 - 6 Infantry Divisions of the European, North African-Italian, and
Pacific Theatres of Operations. Volumes 7 onward Armored and
Airborne Divisions.
Each
of the Division’s Commanding Generals, Assistant Division
Commanders, Senior Staff Officers and Regimental Commanders listed with
their dates of service. There is a table that details the assignment
of the Division with dates to which Corps/Armies it was assigned to.
The organic units such as Regiments, Artillery, Reconnaissance, Engineer,
Medical Battalions &c. of the Division are listed . The Combat Diary
of each Division starts with the Division’s movement overseas and
continues to the end of the war, it includes when the Division was dispatched
overseas, where it was originally sent, its subsequent movements, the
operations in which it took part, the actions fought &c &c.
NEW! Volume 1: The U.S.
Army Infantry Divisions in the European Theater of Operations, Part
I
The infantry
divisions assigned to the European Theater of Operations. Order of
Battle and
Combat Diary:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th,
9th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, and 35th Infantry Divisions. There is a
chapter that details non organic units such as tank battalions,
tank destroyer battalions, antiaircraft artillery units, cavalry reconnaissance
squadrons, field artillery units, engineer units, chemical units, ranger
infantry battalions and separate infantry regiments and battalions that
were temporarily attached to each infantry division in the ETO.
A further chapter lists the organic units detached from the infantry
divisions in the ETO and to which formation they were attached and the
period of their attachment.
295x210mm
vi + 132 pages
ISBN Hardback Edition 978-0-85420-005-4
ISBN
Hardback Edition 978-0-85420-007-8
IN PREPARATION
Volume 2: The U.S. Army Infantry Divisions in the European Theater of
Operations, Part II
Order of Battle and Combat Diary: 36th, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 63rd, 65th,
66th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 75th, 76th, 78th, 79th, 80th, and 83rd Infantry
Divisions. Composition of the Army Corps in the ETO. Composition of the
Armies in the ETO.
Volume 3: The U.S. Army Infantry Divisions in the European Theater of
Operations, Part III
Order
of Battle and Combat Diary: 84th, 86th, 87th, 89th, 90th, 94th, 95th,
97th, 99th,
100th,
102nd, 103rd, 104th, and 106th Infantry Divisions.
Attachments to the infantry divisions in the ETO, listed by divisions,
including separate units, units detached from other divisions, and foreign
units.
Volume 4: The U.S. Army Infantry Divisions in the North African and
Mediterranean Theaters of Operations
The
Infantry Divisions assigned to the North African and Mediterranean Theater
of Operations.
Order
of Battle and Combat Diary: 34th, 85th,
88th, 91st, and 92nd Infantry Divisions. Units attached to the infantry
divisions in the NATO/MTO: tank battalions, tank destroyer battalions,
antiaircraft artillery units, cavalry reconnaissance squadrons, field
artillery units, engineer units, chemical units, infantry units. Composition
of the Army Corps in the NATO/MTO. Composition of the Armies in the NATO/MTO.
This volume comprises also all the appendixes of the series: Campaigns
of the U.S. Army in NATO/MTO. Campaigns of the U.S. Army in ETO.
Lists of units organic of the infantry divisions: infantry regiments,
field artillery battalions, cavalry reconnaissance troops, engineer combat
battalions, quartermaster companies, ordnance light maintenance companies,
signal companies, medical battalions. Data about U.S. Army infantry divisions
during the Second World War: number of days in combat, battle casualties,
individual awards, states of origin of the National Guard infantry divisions.
And key dates about U.S. Army infantry divisions. General data on the
infantry divisions: the infantry division in road march, the infantry
regiment in front line, example of vehicles and artillery equipping the
infantry divisions in PTO. Sources and bibliography for the series.
Volume 5: The U.S. Army Infantry Divisions in the Pacific Theater of
Operations, Part I
Infantry Divisions assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. Order
of Battle and Combat Diary: 6th, 7th, 24th, 25th, 27th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd,
37th, 38th, 40th, 41st, 43rd, and 77th Infantry Divisions. Task Forces
and Landing Forces involving Army units in the PTO. Campaigns of the
U.S.Army in the PTO.
Volume 6: The U.S. Army Infantry Divisions in the Pacific Theater of
Operations, Part II
Order of Battle and Combat Diary: 81st, 93rd, 96th, 98th Infantry Division,
and Americal Division. Organisation of the Armies and Corps during the
Leyte, Luzon, and Okinawa Campaigns and for the invasion and occupation
of Japan. Composition of the Army Corps in the PTO. Composition of the
Armies in the PTO. Weapons and ammunition in the infantry divisions.
U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE DIVISIONS, 1942-1945, ORDER OF BATTLE AND COMBAT DIARY
U.S. ARMY ARMORED DIVISIONS, 1942-1945, ORDER OF BATTLE AND COMBAT DIARY
JAPAN’S BATTLE OF OKINAWA APRIL - JUNE 1945
by Dr T M Huber
The last campaign
of the World War II in the Pacific. This account is based on Japanese
sources and
written from a Japanese point of view. The
three months of bitter fighting between the 32nd Japanese and 10th U.S.
Armies are fully described and supported by numerous coloured maps. By
the time organised resistance had ended on 21st June over 90,000 Japanese
were dead and nearly 7,500 were prisoners. The US forces had suffered
over 72,000 casualties. Originally published in 1990, when only a few
copies were printed, however, it is considered one of the principal sources
of information on this campaign: It is frequently included in bibliographies.
In this new and expanded edition the maps have been redrawn and reproduced
in colour. This edition has three additional chapters. One includes the
interrogation reports of Colonel Yahara, the Operations Officer of the
Japanese 32nd Army. Yahara had been ordered not to commit suicide but
to attempt to escape to Japan, during this attempt he was captured. During
his interrogations he freely discussed the campaign with American
Intelligence officers. There is also the interrogation report of
Mr Shimada who was the personal assistant to Lt General Cho, the Chief
of Staff of the 32nd Army.
In addition is a chapter written by D E Floyd describing the activities
of US Army Engineers and their vital role in tackling the cave defence
systems.
The final additional chapter written by L Cole examines the impact of
the US casualties and shipping losses during the Okinawa campaign and
their relation to the planned invasion of Japan. It would appear from
the lessons learnt that in all probability the invasion of Japan as envisaged
would not have proceeded as conceived. The conclusions reached in this
chapter will be controversial.
210
x 295mm 130
pages, 15 coloured maps, 5 pages of drawings and diagrams, index
ISBN 978-0-85420-014-6 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN
978-0-85420-023-8 Softback Edition £19.99
CROSSFIRE: A CIVIL WAR ANTHOLOGY
The American Civil
War : a series of studies from the Archive of the American Civil War
Round
Table(UK). They include American Civil
War: Watershed in Military Technology; Andrews Railroad Raid; Battle
of Kelly’s Ford; Battle of Cedar Creek; Beauty or the Beast?,
General Butler; Britons on the Alabama; Canby at Mobile; Chickamagua; Confederate
Bazaar at Liverpool; Confederates in Paris; Elizabeth van Lew; Every Inch,
56 Virginia Infantry; Fleet find Another Home; My Brave Young
Brother, Tom Chamberlain; Nashville Affair; Once a Rogue; Sam Chamberlain
and the Medal of Honor; R H Williams, the English Texas Ranger; Railroads
of the Confederacy; Two American Patriots; Women in the Civil War.
295x210mm
xxvi + 131 pages 11 col & 30 b/w illus, 16 maps, 6 map
ISBN 978-0-85420-261-4 Hardback Edition £25.00 : ISBN 978-0-85420-252-2 Softback
Edition £17.99