The Causes Of The Green War

In 1944, the United States war effort in Europe was just starting to pick up. Even though the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred just three years prior, the growing power of the Third Reich could not be ignored. During this time, France was already occupied by Nazi Germany and Hitler's war machine was on the path of conquering all of Eurasia. In an attempt to combat this immense threat, the U.S. formulated a plan to engage the German forces through an invasion of Normandy. This bloody offensive would be remembered in infamy as D-Day. Shortly before this violent clash of U.S. and German forces, the inexperienced men of the United States Third Army was given an encouraging and inspiring speech by the four star general George S. Patton.

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

This was to be a joint operation between British, French and American forces. Though it was not the actual boundaries, the Meuse River and the Argonne Forrest restricted much of the U.S. 1st Army’s maneuverability between them. This area was comprised of a very dense and thick vegetation with few roads for heavy equipment and supplies to flow forth once the offensive began; therefore this was to be used to the Allied Powers advantage. The Germans would be attacked all along the front from British, French, and American forces simultaneously.

Even though the German forces were unaware of the raid and had very little time to prepare for it, the Allies were still unsuccessful. Canadian forces were late to their positions at Blue Beach, and the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment was late to the Red and White Beaches. At the Green Beach, the Canadians needed to cross a bridge, which was heavily defended. Since the Canadians needed to defend a densely defended bridge, they were unsuccessful and were pushed back. The tanks had limited mobility due to the environment.

In March 1918, with nearly 50 additional divisions freed by the Russian surrender on the Eastern Front, the German Army launched a series of attacks on the Western Front, hoping to defeat the Allies before U.S. forces could be fully deployed. In the north, the British 5th Army was virtually destroyed by two major offensive operations, Michael and Georgette around the Somme. A third offensive launched in May against the French between Soissons and Reims, known as the Third Battle of the Aisne, saw the Germans reach the north bank of the Marne river at Château-Thierry, 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Paris, on 27 May. Two U.S. Army divisions, the 2nd and the 3rd, were thrown into the Allied effort to stop the Germans. On 31 May, the 3rd Division

These events in the Powder River region were called “Red Cloud’s War,” that resulted in a high victory for the Lakota. The Lakota had contested the Bozeman Trail to all nonnative travels. Army supply trains had to fight their way through, and soldiers were bottled up in their forts. The Natives saw no necessity to negotiate a new treaty and held in contempt all government proposals to do so. Ultimately in 1868 the U.S soldiers disbanded from their forts along the Bozeman Trail as a gesture to reopen treaty

Although US troops assumed mainly a support role in this action, the battle came to be known as the beginning of the end for Germany. 85,000 US troops participated, with 12,000 casualties, gaining the praise of not only their own officers, but the French and British commanders as well. "During this time a single regiment of the 3rd Division rewrote one of the most luminous pages in our military history, it prevented the crossing at certain points on its front, while on either flank the Germans who had gained a footing pressed

carrying military personnel from the Wehrmacht under General Friedrich Christiansen's command. On the night of September 1, a vehicle carrying two German officers, and two German corporals was attacked and demolished by the Dutch resistance between Putten and Nijkerk near the Oldenallerbrug bridge. During the attack, one of the Dutch resistance fighters by the name of Frans Slotboom, was wounded and later passed away. German officer, Lieutenant Otto Sommer, was also wounded, escaped to a nearby farmhouse, but then died from an infection the next night. The other corporals fled, and survived, but the second officer, Oberleutnant Eggart, was injured and captured.

The 2nd Division took over from the 1st and mounted two further attacks - the first, on 29 July, was a costly failure; the second, on 2 August, resulted in the seizure of further German positions beyond the village. Again, the Australians suffered heavily from retaliatory bombardments. They were relieved on 6 August, having suffered 6,848 casualties.

They were able to take out the two German men and free their men from capture. After they freed their soldiers, they went on to find the rest of the

Ebenezer Denny states in his journal that the weather was fairly well and the road conditions were better than they could be.Ebenezer Denny describes these men by saying ,” They are chiefly all light infantry, dressed in frocks and over-alls of linen.”At first they were kind of at a stand off with the british which made the general anxious of what would come next,”Near Bacon's Bridge the British turned upon us; our advance pressed them too close. The army was formed for a fight-they did not come on. General Wayne very anxious to do something.” As you can see Ebenezer Denny was a great source to get from because he was up close and personal with the battle. He explains where they march to, how the general is feeling about a situation and gives

Once again, it became clear to the Allies that the French were struggling to regain Paris, and the Allied leaders felt “obliged to go to the insurgents’ assistance.” (Keegan) On 22 August, General Omar Bradley received orders from Eisenhower that General Philippe Leclerc and the French 2nd Armored Division was to direct their attention to Paris. Leclerc and the French 2nd Armored Division traveled quickly, but were temporarily prevented from entering the city due to German resistance.

On September the 9th, the German commander in chief, Helmuth von Moltke instructed General Karl von Bulow and General von Kluck to retreat. This was because Moltke feared an Allied breakthrough because of poor communication from his lines at the Marne. They withdrew to an area near the river Aisne. The French and British forces were now free to cross the Marne.

On 9th of February, the British forces led by General Sir Redvers Buller began the march to break the besieged city of Ladysmith, however, this was the fourth attempted to liberate the city. General Buller had tried the Boers’ center, he had tried their extreme right, and now he was about to try their extreme left. There were some obvious advantages on this side which make it surprising that it was not the first to be attempted. (Doyle, 1900) However, the weapons of the time made this tactic the most difficult to accomplish. (Wilkinson, 1900) On 12 February, a British reconnaissance force started to move to Hussar Hill. The hill was occupied, but was abandoned again by General Buller after he had used it for some hours as an observatory. The

The Germans were not expecting any resistance from Belgium, but the Belgian army fought bravely and managed to delay the German advance. Members of the British Expeditionary Force arrived to help, and the Germans were held up at Mons. The Belgians later prevented the Germans from taking the