We Have the Solution

We have combined and condensed 50 Military Histories.

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1. No Expertise Required, Not Anymore.

Tom was a lawyer in the Air Force, neither a pilot nor a soldier..  But 34 years later he realized he could read and comprehend “official” military histories; they were not too technical.  Afterall, they were for laymen with no “abracadabra” added.  This consolidated version of the histories were written by him -- if he understands the events laid out, everyone can since it is akin to telling a story to a jury.

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2. The Conjunction of the Light and the Path.  

Expert military historians wrote war stories, but it took a storyteller to rewrite them and a litigator to organize them lay audiences.  Terminology was not an issue; the mass of books and of events to be portrayed was overwhelming.  Tom was able to grasp and visualize facts -- a “sense” of events.

 

 He found he could condense 6 pages “official” histories page to one.  Using U.S, and Canadian “public domain”, “official” histories,  he realized he could shrink and fairly cover the massive WWII histories in just eight books!  Juries prefer a “complete” set of facts.   The idea of a magnificent tour de force portraying the war from decisions of Roosevelt and Churchill to those of the sergeants in trenches evolved.   Strategic planes were formed that trickled down to the “ground pounders” to execute.  Here are high-level arguments and decisions; their actual vs expected results.  Third, this is completely described in bi-monthly sections top down yielding a “complete” awareness of events, issues, decisions, and results twice each month: President – Prime Minister > Chiefs > SHAEFE > U.S.- U.K. top commanders > Corps > Divisions > Regiments, etc.  It provides comprehension!  

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 Fourth, readers have premiere seats to a top ten momentous event; the largest war in world history along with the “big picture”, enhancing retention and understanding; making greater sense out of unconnected events.  THE TRUTH IS:    

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1. Anyone can understand a military history.

2. Combining them provides the entire panoply of major events in every category – not just battles.

3. Combined they provide an abundance of information not previously known.

4. They rely upon “official” history facts, so arguments and conclusions made, have a solid foundation; and

5. They unlock the story of WWII for everyone.

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Complete Military Histories anchor facts, personalities and events giving a “You Were There” connection with WWII.

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3. Rank, Order and Chronology.  This effort used the most authoritative WWII books --- “official histories”, the sources authors used to write their histories. 

They “outrank” all other histories.  They record the actions of every type of unit in the war zone, in transport zone and in manufacturing and creation zone.   The lengthy topic list equals the sum of all WWII “military” subjects.  Students learn of different units and services, their coordination, and command chains of SHAEFE through Army Groups down to the individual sergeant’s squad.  One sees units attack with little knowledge, no radios and so much more, but they succeeded -- their only plans: march toward the sound of the battle!

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4. The Solution: Condense, Combine and Coordinate in a Chronological the Complete Green Book Official Histories into one set of Eight volumes. 

The effort took the little-read Official Histories off the shelves of academia and then solved the challenge each one was a separate history of separate combat and noncombat commands who were still part of a larger whole!  Tom consolidated and consolidated them, noted inconsistencies , a cut 58,500 pages from 117 WWII Military History volumes down to 8 books of 5,000 pages.  When British and U.S. Navy “Official” Histories are  released from their indefensible, intolerable copyrights of taxpayer paid war histories, they will be added. 

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5. The Battle from the View of the Supreme Commander and Above.

Experience WW II from the viewpoint of Gen Eisenhower and his superiors at the major wartime conferences that set grand strategy.  Eisenhower reported to the Combined Chiefs for “allied” matters but was also the U.S. Theater Commander for all U.S. forces.  He led a diverse group of successful, opinionated, and headstrong Allied commanders, especially when his military orders had to be accepted  and executed to the full – like it or not!  Displeased commanders had to embrace and support orders they believed ill-advised.  He commanded millions: army, navy, air force and merchant marine.

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Eisenhower was the first-line supervisor of the highest level commanders – all independently minded.  He managed to variously displease his three “ground commanders”: Montgomery, Bradley, and Devers in equal amounts.   After D-Day the U.S. Navy had supportive roles as the Royal Navy had primary naval command.  British Admiral Ramsay’s Allied navies fully cooperated as naval duties declined.  The capture of Brest, Lorient, Nantes, St. Nazairre, Le Havre, and channel coast ports north into Holland by mid-September ended Germany’s Kriegsmarine.  The Luftwaffe fighter defenses gradually evaporated.  Building allied air bases in France practically ended its effectiveness.  Eisenhower wisely put his Deputy, Air Marshall Teddar, in charge of the rambunctious “Bomber Barons” Air Chief Marshall Harris and Gen Spaatz.  In short, Eisenhower forged a well-organized, functional Supreme Staff in only five months.

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6. Perspective of the Army Groups, Armies and Corps.

Here were combat decisions made that implemented the Supreme Commander’s directives.  These ETO decisions and land battles are related in 8 Army history “Official Histories”, Supreme Command and Volume III of the U.S. Army Air Force Official ETO histories, plus Col. C. P. Stacey’s excellent history of the large 2nd Canadian Army -- one of seven ETO Army Groups.  Stacey illuminates the combat story and provides insight into British military history but did not “pull his punches” concerning Field Marshall Montgomery to produce interesting observations.  The U.S. Naval Heritage Command produced several reports of actions (i.e., “histories’) not copyrighted that are included in this endeavor.   Thus, a very comprehensive U.S. Navy history is condensed and contained in this effort.   

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D-Day began 6 June 1944 with only five U.S. divisions, but others were quickly shipped from England as new two to four new U.S. divisions arrived in the U.K. each month.  Enough new divisions were in theater to activate Patton’s Third Army on 1 August, as Gen. Hodges took First Army command, and Gen Bradley gained hist new 12th Army Group directly under Eisenhower.  In September, Simpson’s Ninth Army joined 12th Army Group for a front line after advancing as follows: 

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1. The west one-half of the Netherlands line facing north was held the First Canadian Army facing.

2. Second British Army had the east one-half of the north facing Netherlands line to its corner south.

3. Here Simpson’s Ninth Army held the north end of the U.S east facing line toward Aachen, Germany.  

4. South, also facing east, Hodges First Army had from Aachen south on the entire Luxembourg border (which angled westward away from the German frontier to hook eastward on the Luxembourg south border.  

5. Third Army’s north boundary was Thionville on the Mosel River south along that River to Nancy, France, which, due to geography, left Patton’s line  90 miles west of the Rhine River completely open to the south until Dever’s Sixth Army Group from Italy arrived in early September.  (The Germans had so few forces the threat to Patton’s dangling left flank was accepted.)  

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In a short while, the dangling south end of Patton’s line, was filled by Gen Patch’s Seventh Army Group (the “Forgotten Army”) and de Lattre’s First French Army under Gen Dever’s new Sixth Army Group.  This Army fought north for 575 miles, from the Mediterranean to Strasbourg. Yet today, few know of its work or even its existence as the third (last) army group under Eisenhower.  There exists virtually no history of this combined U.S.-French Sixth Army Group .  Its history was not written until 1978 – 20 years after all other official histories!  Few know there were three Allied Armies. 

Beyond chronicling battle histories, Complete Military Histories includes the Army Service of Supply and of shipping by  Global Logistics, each two volume works.  Complete Military History describes the “nitty-gritty” of “delivering” the goods.   Conversely, America’s war mobilization before January 1944 is portrayed in earlier volumes.  This volume describes the events portrayed in the official histories from 1 January to 31 August 1944.  Events in the Pacific Theater in this period are in a separate volume.   

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7. Perspective of the Divisions, Battalions, Companies and Squads.

The WWII battle histories of European Theater (ETO) highlights individual courage and actions as medal recipients are mentioned.  But this effort focuses on the plight and accomplishments of individual soldiers, squads, platoons, companies, battalions, and regiments.  In addition to a general narrative of the war in Europe, the Army Center for Military History released many “battle specific” narratives that portray the war from a GI viewpoint as these authors marvelously “personalize” their ”official” histories.

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8. Perspective and Chronology – Lawyer “Virtues”. 

For all the “lawyer jokes” they endure, a “good trial lawyer” is nothing more than a “good story-teller” as they “speak for their clients”.  Lawyers must condense facts into smaller “information packets” and simplify the facts and law for jurors who decide the facts and apply the law.  Jurors and amateur historians are experts in understanding facts and accepting or rejecting them.   Complete Military History employees this method of presenting the facts so they form a “story” since a “story” is memorable  Jurors decide what to believe using common sense and can treat incredibly complex, technical facts if the lawyers perform properly perform.  task is to make jury audience both hears and understands the evidence.  A lawyer who lost a jury means the jury does not understand their case. 

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Using expertise in “presenting facts” of the actual, “official” battle campaigns, the Buresh CompleteMilitaryHistory offers 26 complete, bi-monthly histories from 1 May 1944 to 1 June 1945.  The Pacific war will contain 32-complete histories.  The two slices, top-to-bottom per month approach offers unique WWII perspectives of an “all-knowing” reader learns both Axis and Allied sides, plans and operations.  Humans need memory “pegs” upon which to “hang” facts.  Complete WWII History provides the entire theater in bi-monthly increments the peg facts and facilitate retention.  

Future information is easily understandable as the reader “pegs it’ into the context of their own bi-monthly approach!

 

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