Description

THE 84TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE BATTLE OF GERMANY

 · World War II ·

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Document Overview

Written by Lt. Theodore Draper, with maps and drawings by Sgt. Walter H. Chapman and a foreword by Major General A. R. Bolling, this Viking Press history (first published May 1946) draws on hundreds of pages of firsthand interviews gathered by the division’s own historical section, many taken within 48 hours of an action. It traces the 84th Infantry Division, the Railsplitters, from Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and the crossing of the Atlantic through the Siegfried Line, the Ardennes, the drive to the Rhine, and on to the Elbe, and closes with appendices of commendations, citations, and command rosters. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original 1946 publication.

Campaigns: Part One: The Siegfried Line · Part Two: The Ardennes · Part Three: To the Rhine · Part Four: To the Elbe

Commanders: Major General A. R. Bolling (Commanding General, foreword author)

Division newspaper: The Railsplitter

Table of Contents

Foreword by Major General Bolling

Note

The Infantry Division

The Units

Introduction

The Big Picture

Prummern

Geilenkirchen

Lindern

Goodbye to the Siegfried Line

At All Costs

The Battle of the Bulge

The Battle behind the Battle

Across the Roer

The Break-through

At the Rhine

Across the Rhine

Across the Weser

Elbe, We Are Here

Another Journey’s End

Appendix I: Commendations and Citations

Appendix II: Command of the 84th Infantry Division

“Our army has always fought much better than it has written.”

— Major General A. R. Bolling, Foreword