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Was the 942nd Field Artillery Battalion in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge?
That is sort of a tricky question because by the time the siege of Bastogne was at its height one could say that any arty unit firing at Germans at the time was supporting Bastogne.
However, if you mean was the 941st FA Btn being directed from within the town of Bastogne the answer would be no. At the time the 941st FA Btn was on the northern shoulder of the "bulge" and under corps FDC. Then too the 941st, because of the type of field piece they had (4.5' guns with a range of 21,000+ yds), did a lot of counter battery fire, long range interdiction and night time "harassing" fire and only sometimes direct fire on frontline attacking German units.
One caveat to that: the 941st was one of the FIRST arty BTN's in Normandy after the D-Day invasion (D+6) and remained quite active shooting at everything, until Operation COBRA and the hedgerow country breakout. One notable exception for the 941st was the part they played in supporting units defending Krinkelt-Rocherath around Dec 18-20, 1944. During this action the 941st definitely was shooting at frontline German units and provided, along with other arty units, critical support.
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Where was Company B 101st Signal Battalion during the battle of okinawa in World War 2?
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Where was the 825th tank Destroyer Battalion during the bulge?
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How did Germany invade France at the beginning of the World War 2?
By sending tanks through the Ardennes.
What were the different battle divisions in the World War 1?
American Infantry Divisions of WW1 The typical American Infantry Division was organized into what was referred to as a "square division". In 1939/1940, the US Army reduced the size of the division into what was referred to as a "triangle division". The Division was "square" in that it was built on the base number of 4. There were 4 Infantry Regiments in a Division, that were paired into Brigades. The infantry division had an artillery brigade which consisted of 3 large batteries. Also included in the unit were machine gun battalion and support units. During WW2 the typical infantry division had 3 regiments and each had 12 companies divided into 3 battalion. They had 3 artillery battalions but later a heavy battalion (155mm Howtizer) was added. This may not be the intent of your question but I tried.
Where was the 942nd field artillery battalion during the war?
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The US forces in the Ardennes.
What were the blacks called during world war 2?
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Your father-in-law now deceased served with the 141st field artillery battalion during world war 2 you would like to trace his movements especially his path from Italy to the battle of the bulge?
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How many machines were involved in the Battle of Stalingrad?
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What army or division were the 285st engineering combat battalion a part of during world war 2 and what was their route across Europe?
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Where was Company B 101st Signal Battalion during the battle of okinawa in World War 2?
My dad was with the 101 sig battalion in the port of naha he was a captain chief transportation officer
How can you find out where the 495th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery 'B' Gun Battalion served during World War 2?
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Name some air battles of ww1?
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