Operation Market Garden Uniform Description

With German forces on the run following the Allied success at Normandy and the breakout and pursuit across France, Allied forces were staged to enter Germany in late summer 1944. Both Field Marshal Montgomery and General Bradley clamored to be given the priority of effort. General Eisenhower chose Montgomery’s Operation MARKET GARDEN as the plan for action. It called for airborne forces to open the route for a ground force to move more than sixty miles up a single road, ending up north of the Rhine River near Arnhem, Netherlands. By accomplishing this task, the German Ruhr industrial heartland would be within easy grasp. But the operation failed. The ground force

     The object of the German offensive was to push through the Belgian Ardennes, cross the Mousse, retake Antwerp and its harbor facilities, thrust to the north and reach the sea which they almost succeed in doing. This would cut off the Allied troops in Holland and Belgium, making it impossible for them to withdraw. The success of the operation depended on three important

Uniform specifications, by which each member must abide, emphasize regularity cohesion group cooperation and solidarity. The many different branches have many different regulations for different uniforms . Uniform specifications are designed to maintain the uniform's functionality in the line of duty. Uniforms that fail to conform to the set standards could interfere with a service member's ability to perform his duty. For example, a cold-weather uniform that's not actually adapted to the cold according to official specifications could pose a risk to that soldier's well-being in the field.These standards have been proven over time and ensure the safety of the soldier . The person wearing the uniform should look neat and concise not drawing attention to themselves. Soldiers should look like a unit or group with everyone blending in not standing out because they look different. In the army it's important to be part of a team and like teams that play basketball, football,

The uniform provides protection for the wearer. It is a type of camouflage because of the pattern to protect the wearer from being seen. It tells you s/he is a member of the US Army and its well trained in all aspects.

Advances of technology are allowing manufacturers to consider and create new styles of military apparel and accessories to assist warriors in future battles. Special Operations Command wants gear to support fighters in spaces they’ve not yet experienced. Climates such as the Arctic and jungles are environments where U.S. troops do not typically

“The battle [is also] known by different names. The Germans [called it] ‘Operation Watch on the Rhine’, while the French [called] it ‘Battle of the Ardennes’. [American and Britain] called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive.” The main goal for the Germans for this offensive was to split the British and American forces in half and capture the port city of Antwerp. This would “cause an encirclement of four allied armies and [force] a peace negotiation” (Cirillo). The Germans almost had complete surprise when the offensive was launched on “December 16th, 1944, at 05:30” and the offensive start with “an artillery barrage of over 1,600 artillery pieces.” The assault took place across an “80 mile front [that] the 6th Panzer Army had to cover” (Quarrie 1). “The attack was led by one of the best equipped German divisions on the western front, the 1st SS Panzer Division.” This was the lead unit for the 6th Panzer Army and was the lead division for the assault. The 26th Infantry was covering the part of the front where the push started. They were caught completely by surprise. “Equipped with only 32 M4 tanks, 57 anti-tank guns and thousands of battle-weary men” (MacDonald 1). The initial assault went well for the Germans and they break through the thinly defended American lines. Just “20 hours in [from the start of the assault] German forces are just 55 miles out from their objective”. By this time the casualty rate is below from what the

The purpose of this brief is to inform Marines on the Marine corps order for uniforms, appearance, and wear. Upon completion of this brief I am confident that you will have the knowledge and skills to properly wear the approved Marine Corps MCCUU uniform or “cammies” as commonly known.

The layers uniforms were Khaki pants, with a long sleeve blue shirt that had vertical orange stripes that extended the entire shirt with half blue and yellow socks.

Farther south, General Hodges’ First Army Group was preparing to breach the West Wall and take Aachen, a very important and historical city to the Germans. His attack began on October 2nd, and was a very difficult battle. Two German Panzer divisions were sent to garrison the city. Hodges broke through though on October 21st, marking Aachen as the first major German city to fall into Allied hands (Goalrick 28).

But The German infantry wore blue coats and retained the Prussian style grenadier mitre with brass front plate. The Brunswick dragoons wore light blue coats, cocked hats and thigh length boots.

The specific contributions combat engineers made during this operation primarily came from within the 82nd Airborne Division. Under the leadership of Brigadier General (BG) James Gavin, his paratroopers were tasked with dropping in northeast Netherlands to secure bridges at the towns of Grave and Nijmegan. The 82nd Airborne Division’s primary target was securing the bridges at Nijmegan to facilitate the Allied Forces XXX Corps, who would be arriving through Nijmegan to a town called Arnhem. Arnhem was a town that laid on the German / Dutch border. Allied Intelligence determined that two SS Panzer Divisions of German forces occupied that town.

In the army there are many uniforms a soldier has to wear. This is for the different activities a soldier does. For everything from their daily Physical Training (PT), their regular working uniform Army Combat Uniform (ACU), or their dress uniform either the Army Service Uniform (ASU), or the Army Green Service Uniform (Class A). Each uniform is design to fit a specific task and to be worn a in certain way. A great resource for either the ASU or the Class A is the “U.S. ARMY UNIFORM GUIDE.” I found this little book a great resource because it shows every form of the ASU for both males and females soldiers, for officers and enlisted. I found this to be great because it shows where everything goes, and how to measure everything, and for a

The first troops deployed into battle were paratroopers. Over thirteen thousand U.S. paratroopers were dropped by an armada of C-47s behind German lines before dawn. Their mission was to seize bridges, disrupt communications, and prevent German soldiers from reinforcing the Normandy beaches as the Allied assault hit the coastline (Alberecht). Heavy cloud coverage made for difficult navigation and forced many of the paratroopers to jump “blind”. This resulted in them being scattered over a 100-square mile radius. Thirty-five percent of these soldiers landed at their designated drop point, while many others died when they landed in fields flooded by the Germans. Despite all of this, the remaining troops were able to secure their intended positions (Dry).

o Adds a new aircrew battle dress uniform (chap 6). o Updates the extended cold-weather clothing system (Gortex) parka and requires wear of nametape on the Gortex parka (chap 7). o Updates the hospital duty and food service uniforms and adds wear of white unisex cardigan (chaps 8-11). Updates the flight and combat vehicle crewman uniforms and accessories (chaps 12-13).

As a Marine, you should never wear a complete outfit of one color. It is not aloud by the marine corps order. Hats are to be worn forward or back. not sideways, tilted in an angel, or worn in any other direction, and are to be removed when walking inside a building, same as your sun glasses. Head phones are not permited to be on while in a building of any military issued clothing. Marine corps order also has rules for its PT outfits, from rainbow to required green on green, and the three variations of it. The marine corps regulated and given uniform is the green on green. green shorts, green shirt, white socks, and a pair of running shoes. One of the variations is a green sweat top, as well as a green sweat bottoms. The last one is called the running suit. You ust wear both of these over green on green, and still have white ankle high socks. Now that covers the issued uniform. Up to command discreation, marines can wear there own civilian PT gear for an event. This means that you can wear a sleeve less shirt, shorts or pants without belt loops, but these must be legitamiate PT shorts or pants. That does not mean they can not have