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The US Army created the 10th Special Forces Group to conduct partisan warfare behind Red Army lines in the event of a Soviet invasion of Europe. From the very start, the Army planned to employ the Group in Europe. But the 1953 Berlin/East German crisis prompted a rapid move of the entire unit to Germany.
In the fall and winter of 1944-1945, the SPECOU is embedded with American troops as they move through northeast France--from Chateau-Thierry to Reims, through Luxembourg and Belgium, and then to the area in and around Aachen, the westernmost city in Germany. Scenes include bombed buildings and streets, refugees, German prisoners and Christmastime scenes. There are two out of sequence segments ...
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World War 2 color footage--American and Russian troops link up at Torgau on the Elbe RiverWorld War Two color footage--American and Russian troops link up at Torgau on the Elbe RiverInventory title: Torgau-RussiansThe SPECOU covers the link up of the American, British and Russian troops in Torgau on the Elbe River in April 1945. This meeting marked when Germany was taken on both sides by Allied forces, the A...
Stevens, George, 1904-1975United States. Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage UnitAmerican soldiers, including Stevens, interact with Russian soldiers at Torgau -- Refugees with carts and in vehicles moving through town -- Refugees are loaded onto ferry rafts on the Elbe River -...
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Torgau- Elbe River (Czech Republic and Germany)- United States--Armed Forces--Officers- Soviet Union--Armed Forces--Officers- Scenes depicted are not in chronological order.- Recorded in April 1945 in Torgau, Germany.- During World War II, film director George Stevens was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Signal Corps. In late 1943, he was directed to organize a Special Coverage Unit (SPECOU)...- Sources used: Five came back by Mark Harris; "Lt. Col. George C. Stevens, World War II color film" document in M/B/RS acquisition file, ACQ: Stevens, George (Jr.).Both SHAPE and ETOUSA-COMZ were commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who began to shift authority from the former to the latter as the war in Europe came to a close. Two weeks after the redesignation of ETOUSA-COMZ as "U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET)" on 1 July 1945, SHAEFwas deactivated (14 July 1945).
The mission of United States Forces in Austria is to "provide a security force capable of supporting the High Commissioner for Austria in his endeavor to re-establish a free, independent, and democratic Austria, with a sound economy capable of insuring an adequate standard of living." 4. Organization of USFA USFA was established on 5 July 1945.
Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, is the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe. This contact between the Soviets, advancing from the east, and the Americans, advancing from the west, meant that the two powers had effectively cut Germany in two.
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THE U.S. ARMY IN THE OCCUPATION OF GERMANY. THE U.S. ARMY IN THE OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1944-1946. by Earl F. Ziemke. CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED STATES ARMY WASHINGTON, D. C., 1990. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 75-619027. First Printed 1975-CMH Pub 30-6. Foreword. Washington, DC 30 June 1974. JAMES L. COLLINS, JR.
