Showing posts with label Operation Market Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Operation Market Garden. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

World War II Tactics 101

Ubisoft/Gearbox Software

Entering Buildings
One of our frontline leaders felt that it was better to enter the lower floors of buildings so that, if necessary, the building could be burned from the bottom; he was doubtless bearing in mind that the enemy could do the same if our troops were above. This platoon leader found also that after the ground floor was captured, a few AP shots (from an Ml or BAR) upward through the floors would usually bring remaining enemy down with hands in the air. “When the enemy held out in a basement, a well-tamped charge of TNT on the floor above usually proved effective.”

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Airborne Mail - Operation Market Garden and the 101st Airborne Division

The following letter is an extremely rare artifact -- a letter from Division Command to be read to 101st Airborne Division's parachute and glider troops prior to the initiation of Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Note the last sentence indicating that these sheets were to be destroyed after each jumpmaster read this message to his troops.