Glossary of Cities and Places

A large German city near the Luxemburg and Belgian borders. It is located in the German state of North Rhine‐Westphalia.

Area in the NE region of France that was often disputed land with Germany.

Rough terrain of forested and mountainous region mostly in SE Belgium.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

A spa town located in the Hesse region of Germany.  During WWII it was the location of a POW camp a.k.a. Stalag IX‐B.  Approximately 4,700 U.S. infantrymen were held there.

A town in Bavaria, Germany, located about 40 miles north of Nuremberg.

A municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located just east of Regensburg on the Danube River.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement starting in late December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge.  The town is on the eastern border of Belgium and the western border of Luxembourg.

The capital of the state of Louisiana.

A small Bavarian town about 20 miles NW of Regensburg, Germany.

A commune in the Normandy region of western France about 15 miles north of Rouen.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

A rural village near the northern moorlands in England.

A luxury residential/apartment block in Metz.

German city about 5 miles SE of Aachen, Germany.

Brussels is the capital and largest city of Belgium and is now the de facto capital of the European Union (EU).

A German concentration camp Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps on German soil, following Dachau's opening just over four years earlier.

A spa and market town in England about 55 miles E of Liverpool in the moors.

A WWI training facility in the Mojave Desert and Western Arizona established in 1942 to simulate desert conditions for the 1942–1943 North African campaign.

This was a “cigarette” camp located near the French town of Bertrimont not far from Le Havre.

This camp was located about two miles outside of Leek. It was composed of English barracks, built originally for the British WWI soldiers.

Near the city of Holly Ridge, North Carolina.  Location of the Army's sole AA Officer Candidate School.

Located in Riverside, CA.  It was a training camp for Anti‐Artillery units.

Near the city of Palacios, TX, and formerly known as Camp Palacios, it was a large military training camp during WWII.

In the Mojave Desert near Barstow, CA.  This was a new anti‐aircraft artillery range established to compliment training at Camp Haan during WWII.

Near New Brunswick, NJ.  Activated in June 1942, it became the largest processing center for troops heading overseas and returning from WWII.  It is now closed.

Now called Fort Lee, it is located in Prince George County, VA.  It was the center of both basic and advanced training of Quartermaster personnel during WWII.

This was one of the so‐called “city” camps located in France. They were huge, tent cities used by the U.S. to assemble troops recently having come over from England. For security reasons, they were named after American cities. They were also used at the end of the war to house soldiers waiting for transport home. For more information please click here.

Now called Fort Polk, it is located near Leesville, LA.  Soldiers at Polk participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers, which were designed to test U.S. troops preparing for WWII.

Now known as Fort Stewart, it is located near Hinesville, GA.  It was a large Anti‐Aircraft Artillery Training Center in WWII.

Located near Toccoa, GA.  It was an army paratrooper training camp during WWII.

Charleville‐Mézières.  A commune in the Champagne‐Ardennes region of France near the Belgian border.

Colmar is the third‐largest commune of the Alsace region in NE France.

Conflans‐en‐Jarnisy.  A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

A major river in Central and Eastern Europe − the European Union's longest.  It flows through Vienna on its way to empty into the Black Sea.

A small town about 20 miles south of Leesville, Louisiana.

A desert valley located in eastern California within the Mojave Desert.

A commune in the Alsace region of NE France.

A a small commune in the Alsace region of NE France about 40 miles east of Metz.

A Belgian city about 40 miles south of Brussels.

Formerly French Somaliland, a colony of France.  It gained independence in 1977 and is now known as the Republic of Djibouti.

German city 15 miles east of Aachen, Germany.

The capital city of Scotland.

German municipality about 20 miles north of Nuremberg.

German municipality just east of Egloffstein.

A German city located in the state of North Rhine‐Westphalia about 4 miles east of Aachen.

A German town in the region of Thuringia about 93 miles NE of Frankfurt.

City about 15 miles south of Reims, France.

This is the capital city of the state of Thuringia and the major city nearest to the geographical center of modern Germany.

City about 10 miles north of Nuremberg, Germany.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

German city about 20 miles north of Nuremberg.

One of three Pacific coast army forts used to protect the Columbia River entrance in WWII.

A German city officially known as Frankfurt am Main is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth‐largest city in Germany.

Largest city in Scotland not far west of Edinburgh.

A town in North Rhine‐Westphalia, Germany situated close to the border with the Netherlands.

Gouvy is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.

A commune in the Picardy region of NE France.

A commune in the Alsace region of France near the Rhine River.

A commune in the Haute‐Normandie region in northern France. It was the principal seaport in NW France for six centuries, until Le Havre was built about three miles downstream in the sixteenth century to take advantage of anchorages less prone to siltation.

A commune in the Haute‐Normandie region in northern France. This spelling of “Harfleur” is outdated now.

A southern district in the city of Mainz, Germany.

A commune in the Picardy region of NE France near Belgian border,

A city in the state of Bavaria, Germany, located on the Rhine River about 50 miles north of Munich.

A district in the city of Wiesbaden, Germany.  It lies on the east side of the Rhine River directly across from Mainz.

A district in the city of Wiesbaden, Germany.  It lies on the east side of the Rhine River directly across from Mainz.

A small commune in the Picardy region of NE France.

European river flowing from northern France into southern Belgium.

A German city in the state of Thuringa.

Major French port city in the Normandy region and on the English Channel.

A bar located in the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA.

A small market town in England about 40 miles SE of Liverpool.

A city in Louisiana and the location of Fort Polk.

A Belgian city about 15 miles SE of Aachen, Germany and the border.

A major port city of England on the Irish Sea just north of Wales.

The capital city of England.

A commune in the Lorraine region of France.

A commune in the Alsace region of NE France.

The Louisiana Maneuvers were a series of U.S. Army exercises held around Northern and Western‐Central Louisiana. After the “Big One,” other Louisiana maneuvers were held through 1944.

Rhine River railroad bridge located in the town of Remagen.  At this point in time, it was the last standing bridge on the Rhine and was captured by U.S. soldiers.

The capital of the state of Rhineland‐Palatinate in Germany.  It lies on the western side of the Rhine River across from Wiesbaden to the north.

A former German municipality in the region of Thuringa about 63 miles NE of Frankfurt.

The capital city of the Lorraine region of France.

A large desert occupying much of southeastern California.

German name of a restaurant “Emperor's Courtyard Restaurant on the Mosel River”.

European river starting in France, running along the eastern border of Luxembourg, and on into Germany to empty into the Rhine River.

Belgian city about 15 miles north of Dinant, Belgium.

A German city in the region of Bavaria located about 30 miles SE of Nuremberg. The author of “Wanderings Over the European Continent” erroneously reports that they crossed the Danube River at Neumarkt on their way to Regensburg. The Danube River flows through Regensburg, but not through Neumarkt.

Largest city of Louisiana and a major port on the Gulf of Mexico.

Newport is a cathedral, university, and port city in SE Wales.

A German town in the Hesse region about 25 miles NE of Frankfurt.

A major Bavarian city about 155 miles SE of Frankfurt, Germany.

City about 5 miles SE of Aachen, Germany near the Belgian border.

A commune in the Alsace region of NE France.

A German internment camp located in the Thuringa region.  Ohrdruf was initially a forced labor camp but then became a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar.  It was the first Nazi concentration camp liberated by the U.S. Army.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

A German municipality in Bavaria situated on the Danube River just about 10 miles east of Regensburg.

A nickname for Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania.

A major port in the south of England on the English Channel.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

Red Horse is a brand name of chewing tobacco. This was an assembly and staging area located near Tôtes, France and not far from Le Havre. This is where the “cigarette” camps were located. Once France had been liberated, the U.S. Army established this series of camps between the harbor city of Le Havre and Rouen. Each was named after a popular American cigarette of the period, primarily for security reasons. Click here for more detailed information. Once you have read this page, click on “Introduction” at the top to learn more.

A Bavarian city about 80 miles north of Munich, Germany

A Bavarian city about 80 miles north of Munich, Germany

A French city in the Champagne‐Ardenne region of France about 80 miles ENE of Paris. It was here on the morning of 7 May 1945 that General Eisenhower and the Allies received the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht.

A commune in the Alsace region of NE France.

Most likely the name of a former commune in NE France.

The Rhine River is the second longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube). In WWII, it was recognized that the Rhine would present a formidable natural obstacle to the invasion of Germany by the Western Allies.

Southern California city about 55 miles east of Los Angeles.

A city in southwest Virginia.

A commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

A commune in the Lorraine region in NE France.

Roth is a town in Bavaria, Germany.  It is located about 15 miles south of Nuremberg.

Rothenbergen is a large suburb of the city of Gründau in state of Hessen, Germany. It is situated about 25 miles NE of Frankfurt.

Historic capital of the Normandy region of France.

The Rur river is a river which flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  It is not to be confused with the Ruhr and Röhr rivers, tributaries of the Rhine in North Rhine‐Westphalia.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.  Saaralbe(n) is the former German name (1870–1918) for this French commune.

A city located on the Saar River in the Rhineland‐Palatinate region of Germany.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France. Sometimes spelled the German way “Saaralbe”.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

An important Atlantic seaport in Georgia.

A commune in the Alsace region of NE France.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

City about 50 miles east of Frankfurt, Germany.

A commune in the Alsace region of France near the Rhine River.

A small California town near the southern entrance to Death Valley Nat'l Park.

Large city in northwestern Louisiana.

A commune in the Lorraine region in NE France.

A major English port city south of London on the English Channel.

A municipality located on the Moselle River in the Rhineland‐Palatinate region of Germany about 25 miles SW of Mainz.

Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Picardy region of NE France.

English county where the city of Leek is located in the north.

A German city located in the state of North Rhine‐Westphalia about 10 miles east of Aachen.

City about 100 miles east of Paris, France.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

A small California town near the southern entrance to Death Valley Nat'l Park.

A commune in the Lorraine region of NE France.

A small mountain range in the Mojave Desert, California.

A commune 20 miles north of Rouen and not far from Le Havre.  The Catholic church mentioned in the history of Able battery is called “Paroisse Nôtre Dame Des Sources”.

A city in the Rhineland‐Palatinate region Germany on the banks of the Moselle just a few miles east of the Luxembourg border.

A city on the Moselle River in the Lorraine region of NE France.

This cemetery was established on April 23, 1945, and closed on May 8, 1945. Within approx. 2 weeks all bodies were moved to Margraten, Holland, for permanent burial .

A California city located 50 miles north of Riverside.

A Belgian city near Aachen, Germany and the border.

A German municipality in the region of Thuringa about 5 miles E of Eisenach.

German city in the Hesse region of Germany about 20 miles west of Frankfurt.

A commune in the Alsace region of France near the Rhine River.

A municipality located on the Moselle River in the Rhineland‐Palatinate region of Germany.

A commune in the Alsace region of France near the Rhine River.

A commune in the Alsace region of France near the Rhine River.

A commune and small town located on the Moselle River in eastern Luxembourg.

A German city in the Franconia region about 50 miles SE of Frankfurt, Germany.