Read The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Online
Authors: Rick Atkinson
Tags: #Non-Fiction, #War, #History
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
: Charles E. Bohlen Papers; Wallace Carroll Papers; Ira Eaker Papers; Truman K. Gibson Papers; W. Averell Harriman Papers; H. Kent Hewitt Papers; Everett S. Hughes Papers; Ernest J. King Papers; William D. Leahy Papers; George S. Patton, Jr., Papers; Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Papers; Carl A. Spaatz Papers; John Toland Papers; Hoyt S. Vandenberg Papers
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King’s College, London
: Lord Alanbrooke Papers; J. B. Churcher, “A Soldier’s Story”; Francis de Guingand Papers; Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts Papers; H. L. Ismay Papers; B. H. Liddell Hart Papers; T. G. Lindsay, “Operation Overlord Plus”; J. S. W. Stone Papers; R. W. W. “Chester” Wilmot Papers
McCormick Research Center, First Division Museum, Cantigny, Ill.
: Joseph T. Dawson Collection; Theodore L. Dobol Collection; Stanhope Brasfield Mason Papers
Miscellany:
Jack Golden letters; Robert P. Patterson, memoir, a.p.
National World War II Museum, New Orleans, La.
: Alan Anderson Papers; Cyrus C. Aydlett diary; W. Garwood Bacon Papers; Leland A. Baker Papers; John Barnes Papers; Eugene D. Brierre Papers; Dwayne Burns Papers; John Cappell Papers; Carl Cartledge Papers; Charles M. Cooke, Jr., Papers; Willard F. Coonen Papers; Ralph Eastridge Papers; Mary Ferrell Papers; P. L. Fitts Papers; Robert Fullam memoir; Robert M. Gant Papers; Robert D. Georgen Papers; Wayne M. Harris Papers; Harold L. Hoffer Papers; John Lambourne Papers; Joseph T. Layne and Glenn D. Barquest, “Margraten: U.S. Ninth Army Military Cemetery”; Archie Ross Papers; Sid Rowling Papers; William P. Shaw memoir
Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C.:
H. Kent Hewitt Papers; Samuel Eliot Morison Papers
New York State Library, Albany, N.Y.:
Myra Strachner Gershkoff Papers
Ohio University Library, Athens, Ohio:
Cornelius J. Ryan Papers
29th Infantry Division Archives, Maryland Military Department, Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Md.
: Neal Beaver, memoir; Charles Hunter Gerhardt Papers; William Puntenney, memoir; John C. Raaen, Jr., “Sir, the 5th Rangers Have Landed Intact”; Seth Shepard, “The Story of the
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of History, Ft. Belvoir, Va.:
William A. Carter memoirs; William M. Hoge memoirs; William E. Potter memoirs
U.S. Army Military Academy Special Collections, West Point, N.Y.
: John W. Castles, Jr., Papers; Earle C. Cheek Papers; George Bryan Conrad Papers; Garrison H. Davidson Papers; Benjamin A. Dickson Papers; Charles L. Easter Papers; Audie Leon Murphy Papers; Alexander M. Patch, Jr., Papers
U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pa.
: Robert W. Black Papers; Omar N. Bradley Papers; Richard H. Byers Papers; Hugh Cole Papers; Richard Collins Papers; Columbus World War II Roundtable Papers; John Connell Papers; Theodore J. Conway Papers; Charles H. Corlett Papers; Raymond H. Croll Papers; Donald E. Currier Papers; John E. Dahlquist Papers; Maurice Delaval Papers; Harold C. Deutsch Papers; Jacob L. Devers Papers; Benjamin A. Dickson Papers; Charles H. Donnelly Papers; Sheffield Edwards Papers; Samuel W. Forgy Papers; James M. Gavin Papers; Hobart Gay Papers; Charles Hunter Gerhardt, memoir; Alvan Cullem Gillem, Jr., Papers; Wade H. Haislip Papers; Chester B. Hansen Papers; Robert W. Hasbrouck Papers; Paul R. Hawley Papers; Waldo Heinrichs, Jr., Papers; Courtney H. Hodges Papers; Thaddeus Holt Papers; William T. Hornaday Papers; Herndon Inge, Jr., Papers; Reuben E. Jenkins Papers; Alan W. Jones Papers; Albert W. Kenner Papers; Brooks Kleber Papers; Oscar W. Koch Papers; John C. H. Lee Papers; Charles B. MacDonald Papers; S. L. A. Marshall Papers; Frank J. McSherry Papers; James E. Moore Papers; Raymond G. Moses Papers; Samuel L. Myers Papers; Sidney H. Negrotto Papers; Arthur S. Nevins Papers; Frank A. Osmanski Papers; Floyd Lavinius Parks Papers; Forrest C. Pogue Papers; Harold E. Potter Papers; D. K. Reimers, “My War”; Matthew B. Ridgway Papers; Pleas B. Rogers Papers; Charles E. Rousek Papers; Howard J. Silbar Papers; William H. Simpson Papers; Thor M. Smith Papers; William S. Triplet Papers; James A. Van Fleet Papers; Numa A. Watson Papers
Yale University Library, Manuscript and Archives
: Hanson Baldwin Papers
York County Heritage Trust, York, Pa.:
Jacob L. Devers Papers
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Author interviews
: Garfield Brown; Steve Bull Bear; Paul Fussell; Walter Grabowski; Hans-Jürgen Habenicht; Ralph Hauenstein; Harry W. O. Kinnard; Leonard G. Lommell; Hans von Luck; Rosemarie Meitzner; Rich Porter; Delmar Richards; Estil Robertson; James M. Wilson, Jr.
Columbia University, Oral History Research Office, New York, N.Y.
: H. Kent Hewitt; Alan Goodrich Kirk
Combined Arms Research Library, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans.
: J. Lawton Collins
Cornelius J. Ryan Collection, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
: William A. B. Addison; Virgil F. Carmichael; Julian A. Cook; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Theodore Finkbeiner, Jr.; James M. Gavin; Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.; Averell Harriman; John E. Hull; Harry W. O. Kinnard; Ivan S. Koniev; Albert L. Kotzebue; Anthony C. McAuliffe; Philip E. Mosely; Eddie Newbury; Paul L. Ransom; Francis L. Sampson; William H. Simpson; Robert Sink; Kenneth Strong; Robert M. Tallon; Maxwell Taylor; Reuben H. Tucker; Brian Urquhart; Giles A. M. Vandeleur; John Whiteley; Robert H. Wienecke
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kans.
: Jacob L. Devers; Dwight D. Eisenhower; LeRoy Lutes; Lauris Norstad
Emory University, Fred Roberts Crawford Witness to the Holocaust Project, Atlanta, Ga.
: William R. Barton; Kenneth Bowers; Philip Carlquist; Daniel Cogar
Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
: Frederic B. Bates; Dixon M. Raymond
Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Washington, D.C.
: William Fordham; Patrick Fordney; Gale E. Garman; Ray Goad; Robert Hagopian; Roy Haserodt; Albert Hassenzahl; Joseph Hecht; Edwin Kelmel; Orus Kinney, “Nazi Smart Bombs”; George W. Knapp; Irvin Seelye
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King’s College, London
: Miles Dempsey, E. J. Foord Papers
National Archive, Kew, United Kingdom:
Miles Dempsey
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.
“Hospital Interviews,” RG 407:
William A. Anderson; Samuel E. Belk, III; Kenneth K. Bladorn; William A. Boykin; R. H. Brown; Charles M. Bulap; W. A. Burkholder; Jack P. Carroll; Arthur B. Clark; Bernard Coggins; Lynn Compton; Gilbert R. Cook; Charles R. Crispin; Robert M. Dasbro; Joseph Dorchak; John P. Dube; Stanley G. Emert; Charles B. Freeman; R. Harwick; John Hayduchok; Francis Healy; Warren G. Holmes; David M. Hull; Anthony N. Hutchison; William L. Johnston; Stanley G. Kowlacwiski; J. N. Kreil; Kenneth E. Lay; Bernard Lipford; A. W. Loring; H. V. Lyon; P. W. J. Malloy; Donald E. Martini; Rudolph Mongrandi; Harold J. Morse; James H. Nelson; Nelson W. Noyes; Edward V. Ott; Eugene H. Pruett; Oliver E. Reed; George M. Rhodes; Robert J. Ritter; Elmer Rohmiller; Ernest Rothemberger; George R. Sedberry; Anthony R. Seymour; Ernest D. Shacklett; Warren A. Smart; R. G. Smith; Stanfield Stach; Louis L. Toth; C. A. Wollmer
Siegfried Line Campaign interviews, RG 319
: R. F. Akers; Omar N. Bradley; Harold R. Bull; J. Lawton Collins; Truman C. Thorson; Walter B. Smith
National World War II Museum, New Orleans, La.
: Leonard G. Lommell
Rutgers Oral History Archive of World War II, New Brunswick, N.J.
: Lee Eli Barr; Edward J. Barry; Edward Bautz; Andre Beaumont; Werner Carl Berger; Robert Billian; James B. Carlaw; Andrew J. Ciampa; Russell W. Cloer; Albert Handaly; Andrew White
University of Florida, WWII Oral History Collection, Samuel F. Proctor Archive, Department of History
: Glynn Markham; Bernard Mellman; William F. Roberts; Robert W. Schwaegerl
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of History, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
: Garrison H. Davidson; Franklin F. Snyder
U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pa.
Forrest
C. Pogue interviews
: Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke; Ray W. Barker; David Belchem; C. H. Bonesteel; Omar N. Bradley; A. M. Cameron; Arthur Coningham; Robert W. Crawford; George E. Creasy; Viscount Cunningham; J. Curtis; Charles de Gaulle; Charles Miles Dempsey; B. A. Dickson; Manton Eddy; Humphrey Gale; James Gault; T. P. Gleave; A. E. Grasset; J. Hughes Hallett; Hastings L. Ismay; Alphonse Pierre Juin; Albert Kenner; J. C. H. Lee; Robert Bruce Lockhart; Kenneth R. McClaen; R. A. McClure; Alan Moorehead; Frederick E. Morgan; Bernard Paget; Viscount Portal; James M. Robb; Adolph Rosengarten, Jr.; Leslie Scarman; J. A. Sinclair; Walter Bedell Smith; Lord Tedder; Ford Trimble; C. H. H. Vulliamy; Charles A. West; J. F. M. Whiteley; Philip Wigglesworth; E. T. Williams
Miscellany:
Charles L. Bolte; Omar N. Bradley; H. R. Bull; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Francis de Guingand; Hasso von Manteuffel; Bernard L. Montgomery; Walter B. Smith
Also:
Army Service Experiences Questionnaires
Senior Officer Oral History Program:
Paul D. Adams; Henry S. Aurand; Charles H. Bonesteel, III; Andrew J. Boyle; J. Lawton Collins; Richard Collins; Theodore J. Conway; William E. Depuy; William R. Desobry; George I. Forsythe; James M. Gavin; Hobart Gay; Leonard D. Heaton; John A. Heintges; Mildred Lee Hodges; John E. Hull; Brooks Kleber; Harry Lemley; S. L. A. Marshall; James E. Moore; Charles G. Patterson; Matthew B. Ridgway; J. Milnor Roberts, Jr.; William H. Simpson; Maxwell D. Taylor; James A. Van Fleet; Russell L. Vittrup; John K. Waters; James K. Woolnough
York County Heritage Trust, York, Pa.
: Jacob L. Devers; Ira C. Eaker; Reuben Jenkins; Henry Cabot Lodge; Anthony McAuliffe
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Allen, J. L. “Electronics Warfare.” Lecture, Sept. 21, 1944, NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, L-7-44.
Amy, H. J. Lecture, Apr. 8, 1944. NY Port of Embarkation, HIA, Henry J. Amy papers, box 2.
“Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Literary Life Under Nazi Occupation.” New York Public Library. Exhibition, June 2009.
Bollinger, Martin J. “Warriors and Wizards: The Development and Defeat of Radio-Controlled Bombs of the Third Reich.” 2010, a.p.
Bynell, H. D. “Logistical Planning and Operations—Europe.” Lecture, March 16, 1945. NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, box 207.
Cirillo, Roger. “The Allied High Command.” Lecture, n.d. British Army Doctrine and Development Directorate.
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Conway, T. J. “Operation Anvil.” Lecture, n.d., Norfolk, Va., Theodore J. Conway papers, MHI, box 2.
Daniel, Derrill M. “The Capture of Aachen.” Lecture, n.d., Quantico, Va.
“Defense of Antwerp Against the V-1,” film, 1947,
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.20375
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Domes, Peter. Hammelburg Raid Reconstruction,
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Dowling, George B. Lecture, Feb. 28, 1945. NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, box 207.
Earle, Edward Mead. “Selection of Strategic Bombing Targets.” Lecture, Apr. 23, 1946, NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, box 235.
“Early Measures at Belsen.” Lecture, June 4, 1945, Royal Society of Medicine, UK NA, WO 219/3944A.
Foreign Workers Programs. Radio Luxembourg collection, HIA, box 1.
“4ID Update.” Vol. 5, no. 47, June 6, 2011,
http://parentsofdeployed.homestead.com/2011Jun06.html
“Freckleton Air Disaster of 1944,” BBC News, Aug. 7, 2009,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lancashire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8189000/8189386.stm
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“Gardelegen Massacre, 13 April 1945.”
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Gilland, Morris W. “Logistical Support for the Combat Zone.” Lecture, 1948, Engineer Officers Advance Course, NARA RG 319,
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background file, 2-3.7 CB 6.
Greear, W. H. “Operation Neptune and Landing on Coast of Southern France.” Lecture, Nov. 1944, NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, box 199.
Gurley, Franklin Louis. “Policy Versus Strategy: The Defense of Strasbourg in Dec. 1944.” Trans. from
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, 1992, NARA RG 319,
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background files FRC 5.
Hewitt, H. K. “The Navy in the European Theater of Operations in World War II.” Lecture, Naval War College, Jan. 4–7, 1947.
Hickling, H., and I. L. H. Mackillop. “The OVERLORD Artificial Harbors.” Lecture, Nov. 6, 1944, CARL, N-12217.
“History of Medical Service in the European Theater.” Tape transcript, Oct. 1962, MHI
Howard, C. F. Lecture, Aug. 8, 1944. NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, L-6-44, H-83, box 191.
Kappes, Irwin J. “Hitler’s Ultra-Secret Adlerhorst.” 2003,
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Leppert, J. L. “Communication Plans and Lessons, Europe and Africa.” Lecture, Oct. 30, 1944. NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, box 199, L-7-44.
Lewis, M. L. “Landing Craft.” Lecture, Sept. 18, 1944. NARA RG 334, E 315, ANSCOL, box 199.
Littlejohn, Robert M., ed., “Passing in Review.” M.d., MHI
“Malmédy Massacre Investigation.” U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Oct. 1949.
“Notes on Task Force Baum, Narrative of Capt. Baum.” N.d., National World War II Museum archives, New Orleans.
Ogden, R. J. “Meteorological Services Leading to D-Day.” Royal Meteorological Society, Occasional Papers on Meteorological History, July 2001.