As the American armies were progressing toward Brittany and to the Mayenne, the 315th Infantry Regiment was still on its way to the south. Lessay was under Division’s control, Germans were retreating, everything was
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Topics:
World War 2,
World War Two,
WWII 1st US Army,
WWII,
WWII 79th Infantry Division,
Brittany,
WWII 315 Infantry Regiment,
Rat Race,
Laval
On August 2nd, 1944, General Omar Nelson Bradley contacted Brigadier General Frank U. Greer (see photo below) to transmit him new order. 79th Infantry Division has to seize now the town of Fougères. 313th Infantry
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Topics:
World War 2,
World War Two,
WWII 79th Infantry Division,
France, Mayenne,
Rat Race,
Le Mans,
Laval
In the early days of August 1944, Normandy frontlines are almost drilled, Operation Cobra was a huge success. German Army was routed and was forced to withdraw. Some behind the natural line of defenses known as the Orne
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Topics:
World War 2,
WWII 79th Infantry Division,
Normandy,
WWII 313 Infantry Regiment
After having left Fortress Cherbourg, the third and last regiment of the 79th Infantry division, 315th Infantry Regiment reached the village of Fierville-les-Mines. No need to tell men that they were about to launch a
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Topics:
WWII 1st US Army,
WWII 79th Infantry Division,
France, Normandy, Cherbourg,
WWII 315 Infantry Regiment,
France, Normandy, Fierville-les-Mines
It was on the 1st of June 1944 when the 79th Reconnaissance Troop left Marbury Hall Tent Camp N°2 in England to “Galloping Bottom” in preparation for the great invasion.
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Topics:
World War 2,
WWII Atlantic Wall,
World War Two,
WWII 79th Infantry Division,
France, Normandy, Cherbourg,
LST Landing Ship Tanks,
Infantry
The 79th Infantry Division as the other US Infantry Divisions engaged three Infantry Regiments into battle. You have already discovered the story of the 313th Infantry Regiment during the Cherbourg Campaign, now let’s
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Topics:
World War 2,
WWII 101st Airborne Division,
WWII Atlantic Wall,
World War Two,
WWII 1st US Army,
WWII Paratroopers,
WWII 4th Infantry Division,
Infantry
Crossing the Rhine was only the first phase of Operation Flashpoint, once a bridgehead set up on the east bank of the river and towns in the area liberated, it was necessary to push back the enemy toward the east,
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2nd Battalion of the 313th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Infantry Division assembled in Park at 1030pm on March 23rd. If you have read our blog 79th Infantry Division – Operation Flashpoint: Rhine Crossing Training, you
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