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Liberation

Dachau History of the 42nd and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions, XV Corps, Seventh Army.

Links to two histories with the the most fair, accurate, and complete liberation of Dachau narratives of the 42nd and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions. the three co-liberating divisions of Dachau recognized by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Articles:
Frequently Asked Questions
Personal Pages of Soldiers at Dachau
Shooting of the SS Soldiers
  Units in the Concentration Camp during the U.S Army Center of Military History Defined 48 Hour Window of Liberation from Midday April 29, 1945 to Midday May 1, 1945
April 30, 1945 to Midday May 1, 1945: Non-Divisional Units Inside the Dachau Concentration Camp

Dachau Subcamp Encounters

Death March Rescues

Post-Liberation

Post War/Occupation until Mid-July 1945

Dachau Report, 7th Army OSS Section

Care of Liberated Dachau Inmates
How Divisions Are Recognized as Liberators by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Myths, Fabrications, Errors, Inaccuracies, and Omissions In the History of the Liberation of Dachau and Dachau Subcamp

Other Holocaust History

Signal Corps and the Holocaust

Other Units Caring for Liberated Inmates at Other Camps and Subcamps

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