Military Information & Intelligence

This section provides information about many topics realted to the organization and operation of the military in the U.S. and other countries as well as related topics with a military flavor.

Pilots of the United States Army Air Transport Command studying a map, 1941
Pilots of the United States Army Air Transport Command studying a map, 1941.

Today in WW II: 13 Sep 1940 Italian Marshall Rodolfo Graziani begins an eastward advance from Libya into Egypt, with five divisions headed for the British controlled Suez Canal.  More ↓
13 Sep 1944 US troops reach the Siegfried Line after liberating French and Belgian cities.
13 Sep 1945 Japanese forces in Burma surrender.
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Military Information & Intelligence

This section includes links to Olive-Drab.com pages that cover organization and units of the U.S. Department of Defense as well as the MOD organizations of many of the world's nations. Beyond that, you will find here information about diverse military topics including forms of military entertainment, military reference materials and intelligence sources, as well as books and videos with military subject matter.