European Theater of Operations (ETO)

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Timeline is loading...

The timeline only displays records that have date information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Guidry, Lewis German Surrender
Lewis Guidry crossed the Rhine River near the Remagen Bridge [Annotator's Note: the Ludendorff Bridge in the city of...
Deiglmayr, Erna German Suspicions
There were no SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel; German paramilitary organization] in the office where Erna Deiglmayr...
Aalders, Johannes German-Occupied
When the Germans entered Johannes Aalders’ city [Annotator’s Note: Apeldoorn, Netherlands], they occupied his family’s...
Little, Henry Germans and Coming Home
Henry Little was told to get on a truck with 12 men, but not told his destination. Achering [Annotator's Note: likely...
Chauvin, Ernest Germans and Mortars
In Leipzig [Annotator's Note: Leipzig, Germany], Ernest Chauvin and another man were put on a listening post. He was...
Rupp, Robert Germans Fleeing the Russians
Robert Rupp does not remember much about it [Annotator's Note: the later stages of the Battle of the Bulge] because...
Aalders, Johannes Germans in the Netherlands
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Johannes Aalders speaking mid-conversation.] It was like the Germans were not...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Germans Occupy Poland
Z. Anthony Kruszewski was helping dig soil to plant tomatoes and potatoes. They were young boys. Kruszewski did not...
Yeagley, Richard Germans Out of Gas
[Annotator's Note: Richard Yeagely served in the Army on an anti-tank gun crew in Anti-Tank Company, 271st Infantry...
Bebko, Robert Germans, Home, Discharged
Some of the Germans were good. Robert Stephen Bebko felt sorry for the kids. At Saarbrucken [Annotator's Note:...
Whitaker, Fred Germany
Fred Whitaker remembers some soldiers were decapitated because the Germans would put wires across the roads. They...
Thomas, A.C. Germany
A.C. Thomas was part of the liberation of POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] in Lindberg [Annotator’s Note:...
Friedenberg, Bernard Germany
Bernard Friedenberg fought at Aachen, Germany on the Siegfried Line. He was doing the same thing over and over again...
Lazinger, Sol Germany
Sol Lazinger and his comrades took turns going on patrols. Occasionally people would disappear in the night. While...
Miksa, Robert Germany and Czechoslovakia
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] and the 745th Tank Battalion passed right through the Siegfried Lines...
Hihn, Stewart Germany and Dachau
Stewart Hihn [Annotator's Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] spent most of the war with...
Baker, Bernard Germany and Postwar Life
After France, Bernard Baker entered Germany. He went through Heidelberg and Darmstadt, Germany. In Darmstadt, Baker...
Solice, Leroy Germany and Reenlistment
Leroy "Lee" Solice [Annotator's Note: serving with the 53rd Quartermaster Base Depot in Nuremberg, Germany in 1946,...
Fiore, Dominick Germany and Reflections
Once in Germany, Dominic Fiore [Annotator's Note: with the 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division] once hit a P-...
Alexander, Joseph Germany and Then America
After making it into Germany [Annotator's Note: after being liberated from the Landsberg subcamp of Dachau...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Germany Attacks
Z. Anthony Kruszewski’s parents were patriotic. Poland was a newly independent country and they learned in school that...
Zunno, Frank Germany Experience
Within two days of his jump into Germany, Frank Zunno and his unit [Annotator's Note: Military Police Platoon,...
Blake, Christopher Gertrude Stein and Picasso
Christopher Blake [Annotator's Note: a novelist and playwright who served with the 6th Tank Destroyer Group in Europe]...
Doolan, Robert Gestapo Interrogation to Stalag Luft III
[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was captured and taken to Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, along with his copilot...
Shames, Edward Getting a Battlefield Commission
On the night of the 13 June [Annotator's Note: 13 June 1944], Edward Shames was called by a runner to see Colonel Sink...
Baumgarten, Harold Getting an Education and The National WWII Museum
On the 13 February 1945, Harold Baumgarten took his discharge papers to the Bronx County Courthouse. By 14 February, he...
Bailey, Kenneth Getting Drafted
The day Kenneth H. Bailey got his draft notice [Annotator's Note: 4 November 1942] was a very bad day. He knew it was...
Rooney, Andrew Getting Even in Field Artillery
Andrew A. Rooney was with the 17th Field Artillery [Annotator's Note: 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 13th Field...
Hazard, Mark Getting Hit by Shrapnel
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. to tell the story regarding his canteen on the wall in...
Uttero, Cosmo Getting Home and War Stories
When Cosmo Uttero got home, he joined the VFW [Annotator's Note: Veterans of Foreign Wars]. There were hundreds of...
Aalders, Johannes Getting into Trouble
[Annotator’s Note: can hear a dog panting in the background throughout the segment.] Johannes Aalders [Annotator’s Note...
Engel, Russell "Russ" Getting Married
[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...
Jerabek, Gene Getting Married in Italy
Gene R. Jerabek's [Annotator's Note: a lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps with the 8th Evacuation Hospital] husband...
Stern, Guy Getting Out of Germany
Guy Stern was born Guenther Stern in Hildesheim, Germany in January 1922. He lived in Hildesheim until he left for the...
Walker, Mort Getting Out of the Army
One day, Mort Walker heard on the radio that the war was over so he arranged for a train to take all of the Germans,...

Pages