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usarmyforeignmilitarystudies Inventory of the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954 Processed by: Rubenstein Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003916160

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: Nov. 2009Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; finding aid encoded by Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Nov. 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University United States. Army. European Command. Foreign Military Studies Branch. U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954 Material in English and German 9.0 Linear Feet Approximately 2000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The U.S. Army European Command's Historical Division was charged with performing analyses and studies of military engagements and other events during World War II. Collection contains U.S. Army intelligence documents assembled from 1945-1954 by the European Command's Historical Division, which was charged with gathering information on the capabilities and strategies of the German and Soviet armies during and after World War II. The information centers on specific events and campaigns during World War II, and was gathered chiefly from German military officials and staff during trials and interrogations. Many of the documents have English translations. Formats include copies of transcriptions of interviews or interrogations, reports, and correspondence. Records are arranged by a number code assigned by United States Army Historical Division personnel. A published guide to the documents is included in the first box of the collection, as well as a list of the documents held by the library, which represent a partial set of the original U.S. Army files. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Foreign Military Studies, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Foreign Military Studies were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1966.

Processing Information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Encoded by Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Nov. 2009

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Collection Overview

Collection contains a partial file of U.S. Army intelligence documents assembled from 1945-1954 by the European Command's Historical Division, which was charged with gathering information on the capabilities and strategies of the German and Soviet armies during and after World War II. The information centers on specific events and campaigns during World War II, and was gathered chiefly from German military officials and staff during trials and interrogations. Many of the documents have English translations. Formats include copies of transcriptions of interviews or interrogations, reports, and correspondence. Records are arranged by a number code assigned by United States Army Historical Division personnel. Also included in the first box is the Historical Division's Guide to Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954, Catalog and Index (Headquarters, U.S. Army, Europe, 1954), which can be consulted for an introduction to the entire file of U.S. Army's documents, with lists of each series and indices of topics, authors, and military units. Appended to this is a list of the library's holdings.

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Soviet Union--History, Military. United States. Army. European Command. Foreign Military Studies Branch. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. World War, 1939-1945--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union. Related Material

Perkins Library at Duke also holds a microform serial, entitled "DA pam." Publication data: Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. May contain same or similar information on Germany and Russia during World War II. Description: "Includes: German report series, published 1950?-1955?, based upon intelligence obtained from World War II German military officers and staff, prepared for the Historical Division, U.S. Army European Command. Also includes a series of studies on German military operations in the War, against forces other than the United States, issued 1956?-1959? by the Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Dept. of the Army."

Contents of Collection U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954 (18 boxes)

Arranged by a number code assigned by United States Army Historical Division personnel.

1Published guide and lists of library holdings A-875 to A-999 2B-002 to B-264 3B-266 to B-422 4B-424 to B-695 5B-697 to B-849 C-001 to C-043 6C-050 to C-095G 7D-003 to D-226 8D-228 to D-408 P-001 to P-003 9P-004 to P-014F 10P-041G to P-059 11P-060B to P-060J 12P-060M to P-108 (part one) 13P-108 (part two) to P-134 14P-136 to P-152 15P-153 to P-203 16P-211 P-211, supporting studies 1-20 17P-211, supporting studies 21-32 P-212 to P-213A 18T-7 to T-34