From Fedala to Berchtesgaden: History of 7th United States Infantry in WWII

Foreword

A Brief History of the Seventh United States Infantry from 1798 to 1941

Colonels of the Seventh United States Infantry

French Moroccan and Tunisian Campaigns, 8 November 1942-6 July 1943

• The Invasion of North Africa

• The North African Interlude and Plans for a Second Amphibious Assault

The Sicilian Campaign, 10 July-18 August 1943

• The Landing West of Licata, the Capture of Agrigento and Palermo

• The Drive Along the North Coast of Sicily and the Capture of Messina

The Campaign of Southern Italy, 22 September-17 November 1943:

• From Palermo, Sicily, to Centurano, Italy

• The Crossing of the Volturno

• From the Volturno to the Heights of Mignano

The Anzio-Rome Campaign, 22 January-4 June 1944

• Preparation and Plans

• The Landing South of Nettuno, Italy

• Attacks and Counterattacks of 30 January-5 February 1944

• The Enemy is Twice Thrown Back As the Gallant Seventh Infantry Holds Its Ground

• The Seventh Infantry Divides Two Reserve Periods in "The Pines" with Sixteen Days on the Line

• The Breakthrough from the Anzio Beachhead and the Capture of Cisterna di Littoria

• On to Rome

From the Riviera to the Rhine, 15 August-20 December 1944

• The Campaign of Southern France

• Bitter Fighting from Grandvillers to Le Haute Jacques in the Vosges Mountains

• Crossing the Meurthe and the Push to the Rhine

The "Colmar Pocket" Campaign, 21 December 1944-18 February 1945

• Defense

• Attack

The German Campaign, 15 March-8 May 1945

• Preparation and Plans

• Seventh Infantry Leads the Third Division into Germany and Breaches the Siegfried Line

• The Rhine River Crossing and Drive to the East

• The Battle of Nürnberg

• The Battle of Augsburg

• The Race into München

• The Dash into Salzburg, Austria, and the Capture of Berchtesgaden, Germany

Appendix: Summary

Glorious Dead of the Seventh Infantry

Campaign Credits, Citations and Awards

Three Popular World War II Songs

344 pages

122 maps

563 photos

41 color illustrations