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The History of the 71st Infantry Division
Fred Clinger
出版Pickle Partners Publishing, 2017-06-28
主題History / Military / United StatesHistory / Europe / GeneralHistory / Europe / GermanyHistory / Military / Special Forces
ISBN17872058199781787205819
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VA0qDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋First published in 1946, this is an account of 71st Infantry Division’s role in World War II, it was activated on July 15, 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado. After some time training in the U.S. the division arrived in France in February 1945, entering the line at Ratswiller on 11th March 1945. Thereafter the 71st pushed the German forces back all the way back to the Siegfried Line, capturing Pirmasens 21st March and capturing Bayreuth after bitter opposition on 16th April. The Division had the distinction of having advanced the furthest east of all the U.S. Army units, by which time it had fought numerous bloody engagements and being involved in the liberation of a sub-concentration camp at Gunskirschen.