Search found 65 matches

by Enrico Mölders
Wed Feb 26, 2003 3:51 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Werner Mölders
Replies: 53
Views: 48230

Hi,

on E-bay you can still buy those book and it's not very expensive if you don't want one of the first releases.

At the moment I don't know if there exists a english translation but in german there are every day books available on Ebay regarding Werner Mölders.

Bye Enrico
by Enrico Mölders
Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:59 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Military or Panzer Museums in Germany
Replies: 6
Views: 3662

Hi, Munster is worth a visit and also Koblenz. For Sinsheim ( Mannheim/Heidelberg ) hmmm dificult to say. I visit it twice and they had some very nice and rare vehicles and tanks but they presented them in a very bad manner. A list of nice exponades they had Sturmtiger (1) Jagdpanther (1) Panter D (...
by Enrico Mölders
Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:22 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Food Rationing
Replies: 4
Views: 2647

Hi Mark, I think at least the troops in frontline service noticed very soon that a good breakfast would been a fine thing but because of the nature of war most of the time the foodsupllies reach the frontlines in the late eveninghours. With daylight the risk to get hit while bringing supply was much...
by Enrico Mölders
Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:07 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: FAVORITE DIVISION,CORP OR SOMETHING ELSE
Replies: 25
Views: 7725

Hi, I would pick 4. SS Regiment 'Der Führer'. This unit showed extreme performance through the entire war and showed outstanding courage and a almost unbeating will to reach their given goals. Elements of this units for example reach the highwatermark 16 KM away from the outskirts of Moskau ... bye ...
by Enrico Mölders
Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:58 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Food Rationing
Replies: 4
Views: 2647

Hello Edwar, the following link http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Soldat/Verpflegung.htm will give you an extreme detailed list of the rations of the German Wehrmacht. Intresting is that those rations are compared to the rations of workers, heavy workes ... Unfortunatly it's only availlable in Ger...
by Enrico Mölders
Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:27 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: German marking
Replies: 1
Views: 1463

Hi, I know that the knights of the Deutsche Ritterorden in the midle ages used a black cross with white border on their shields and robes. Because of the fact that these shields and robes were primerly white, the white border of the cross could only bee seen if only the sign itself was shown. But I ...
by Enrico Mölders
Mon Feb 17, 2003 5:42 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Werner Mölders
Replies: 53
Views: 48230

Hello, Werner's grandfather and my grandfathers grandfather were brothers. But they never met each other because after the dead of werners father in 1915 they moved to Berlin while my grandfathers family stayed in Essen ( Ruhrgebiet not far from Gelsenkirchen ( birthplace of Werner ). An intressting...
by Enrico Mölders
Sat Feb 15, 2003 1:46 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Town of Hochglanz in Germany?
Replies: 3
Views: 2135

Hi Kimmo, I never heard of a town or village called Hochglanz in Germany but there exists thousands of small villages in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Are you sure that 'Hochglanz ' realy mean the region or town shown of those photos ? I think 'Hochglanz' could mean the quality of the photos itse...
by Enrico Mölders
Fri Feb 14, 2003 9:56 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici
Replies: 5
Views: 2830

Brand New Publication

Hello, there exist a brand new publication about Heinrici called Ein deutscher General an der Ostfront ( A german general on the eastern front ) from Johannes Hürter. The intresting of this book it's full of personal letters from Gotthard Heinrici to his wife and family in the years 1941/42. Many th...
by Enrico Mölders
Sat Feb 08, 2003 9:43 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Werner Mölders
Replies: 53
Views: 48230

Chronologie der Beförderungen von Werner Mölders

01.03.1934 Leutnant
? . ? .1937 Oberleutnant
01.10.1938 Hauptmann
19.07.1940 Major
25.10.1940 Oberstleutnant
20.07.1941 Oberst


Bye Enrico
by Enrico Mölders
Sat Feb 08, 2003 8:14 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: 6th SS Pz Army's performance during the Battle of the Bulge
Replies: 10
Views: 3845

You are right I indeed forgot to mention Gille ( blame on me )

bye Enrico
by Enrico Mölders
Sat Feb 08, 2003 7:31 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: 6th SS Pz Army's performance during the Battle of the Bulge
Replies: 10
Views: 3845

Hallo Heinz, if the GD veterans were good self promotors or not I can't say because I have no deep and detailed informations about for example Hasso von Manteuffel or Graf von Strachwitz besides the standard publications and informations about them. What I know about Dietrich was that a soldier like...
by Enrico Mölders
Sat Feb 08, 2003 12:50 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Herr Feldmarschall Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel
Replies: 3
Views: 1975

Hello, Manfred is living around Stuttgart a town in the southwest of Germany Bundesland Baden Würtemberg. He was for long years mayor of Stuttgart ( Oberbürgermeister ) and is still a high respected person there. For Erwin Rommel. No doubt he was a honorable person with strong principles. But in my ...
by Enrico Mölders
Fri Feb 07, 2003 1:25 pm
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: Often seen misspelling of 1. SS Division
Replies: 9
Views: 3176

Nothing to add on :-)
by Enrico Mölders
Fri Feb 07, 2003 10:34 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Werner Mölders
Replies: 53
Views: 48230

Hi, following is a list of the main medals Werner received Spanische Medalla de la Campana Spanische Medalla Militar Spanienkreuz mit Schwertern in Gold mit Brillanten Frontflugspange für Jäger in Gold mit Brillanten Flugzeugführer- und Beobachterabzeichen in Gold mit Brillanten Verwundetenabzeichen...