The code word 'ECLIPSE' is defined as "plans and preparations for operations in Europe in the event of German surrender". The objects of Operation Eclipse are to carry out the sphere of responsibility of the Supreme Commander in Europe. The...
Details a report of operations, including routes, bombing, enemy defenses, weather and statistics for operation number 438 (oil refinery at Bremen, seven G.A.F. airfields, two railway bridges and 12 Crossbow targets in France) and 439 (six...
This book contains all known replacement units and lists their affiliations with units of the Field Army. Also includes sections on the replacement system and the known replacement units and affiliations of the ground organizations of the German...
This study on Germany consists of information regarding transportation systems such as shipping and ports, railroads, roads and motor transportation, inland navigation, air transportation, and forwarding agencies.
The War Department had directed that the history of the military occupation of Germany and Austria in World War II be recorded and interpreted as the events transpired. The Occupation Forces in Europe Series consists of a series of studies,...
Office, U.S. Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
The purpose of this report is to describe briefly all of the significant aspects of the petroleum economy of Germany and of the more important petroleum installations in that country. Volume I of II Volumes.
Headquarters, United States Forces European Theater. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2
This is an intelligence summary on politics, economic conditions, and reconstruction of Germany, Austria, France, Russia, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Palestine, and Iran....
This handbook on Germany focuses on electric power, sources of energy, generating plants, the grid, load factor and network, production/consumption, electric traction, street lighting, local electricity supplies, the public supply system, and...
This document focuses on German Christianity and churches under the Weimar Republic (1918-1933), churches under the Nazi regime (1933-1945), church finances, religious education, the clergy, and ecclesiastical statistics.
Germany's government is described in this Civil Affairs document. Background material on greater Germany, policy, structure, citizenship, provincial and local government, the National Socialist Party, etc., are detailed.
In the Cold War era, massive armed forces were required, especially in Central Europe, to counterbalance the Warsaw Pact. As a result of the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the reunification of Germany, the security...
Military Intelligence Research Section, London Branch
Part 1 presents in detail all the pertinent information available on German military medals, awards, and decorations. Part 2 consists of photographic plates of illustrations.
This study on Germany focuses on transportation systems and inland waterways. The four sections of this document are broken down by the shipbuilding industry, shipping industry, Reich (national) waterways, and inland ports.
Discusses general public safety plan for Germany and the organization for the Military government. Also explains the reorganization and control of the German police, special police operations, the supervision of the police in the administration of...
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, American Forces in Germany, 1918-1923
An account of the American participation in the occupation of the Rhineland, Germany. Continued from volumes I and II covering 1920-1921. Chapters include the political and economic situation in unoccupied Germany as well as the occupied zone,...
The purpose of this report is to describe briefly all of the significant aspects of the petroleum economy of Germany and of the more important petroleum installations in that country. Volume II of II Volumes.
This monograph uses the perspective provided by OPERATION ECLIPSE, the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) plan for the occupation of Germany, to examine current doctrine on war termination and post-conflict operations. It...
After ten years the ESDP has reached an important milestone in its development. It is one of the most dynamic policy areas in the framework of the European Union (EU) and is a substantial integration project. Behind this background the study...