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I cannot really add anything to this thread which I carefully try to read and form my own conclusion. Nor does the account of moving from the Luftwaffe to the Heer. I have a friend Oskar whom was trained in the Luftwaffe and was moved to the Heer in Russia where he ended up as a POW of the Russians...

river Pripyat
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Road through the Pripyat's bogs (shots near the city of Sarny)

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http://www.feldgrau.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=30308&p=214747#p214747 Doug Nash write: Recommend that you start a new thread, as the intent of this one was to bring out the latest reports on the status of The Forgotten Soldier movie project, not to re-engage on the book. For those who wa...

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Phylo, Yes, crime in Eastern Europe is a significant issue - and with the current economic turmoil, it will probably get worse. That includes Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine as well. I'm sure that any company, even film companies doing business over there, has got to be mindful of that. :( Doug Hi, Do...

The doctor will not help. Anyway, in Russian Army this illness does not give the right to clearing of service. Unique means it that the foot was as it is possible longer opened on fresh air.
Illness arises, mainly, at what feet at walking strongly sweat.

... btw why did he take his boots off amidst such a mud? what made him do that? The reasons can be much. Had no experience to carry Schaftstiefel, has as a result rubbed callosities. Or has wetted in water socks and Fußlappen. Probably, at the guy infectious disease of feet which Russian name "...

Well. Has found out rather interesting document: the Estimation of a headquarters of 1st air-defence corps about actions of units of 17th air-defence division. The document is addressed a headquarters of 4th air fleet For those who does not know, I will notice, that 17th air-defence division along w...

Ok here it is SPEED OF MOVEMENT The figures below are approximate figures Infantry (short stretches).............4 mph (day).............4mph (night) Infantry (Narmal halts)................. 3 mph .................... 3mph cut Interestingly. In Soviet/Russian Army the motor-infantry unit should pas...

This the gen Stemmerman's order is transferred the Russian commander by the senior military doctor of group the European doctors and hospital attendants who left for care of the wounded the European officers and soldiers in Shanderovka. ====================== Group of general Shtemmerman 16.2.44 For...

Nope. The manpower requirements for Flak units were huge, but only a small percentage of them were at the Eastern Front. According to Flak: German Anti-aircraft defenses 1914-1945 , out of 4,267 heavy and light batteries as of early 1944, only 639 were in Russia. Volume of "pool" the impo...

Yurie is clearly extremely biased. 'Biased' is the wong word. I would call him a patriot of his country who wants to bring some clarity to the event of Chaerkassy operation from Russian perspective. Go ahead Yuri and post rarely available information. Here case not in my patriotism or for lack of t...

In this case interest in the document is represented actually by not so much figures of semi-annual requirement OKL in a manpower, and sources from which it was supposed to receive demanded quantity a manpower. In the document some such sources are specified, but in our case interest represents one ...

Looking at this map it is possible to understand in what territories the general Zeitzler formed new divisions for army groups operating in East - (WBs "Ukrainen" and "Ost" and GG) Not to consider a division формироруемые the general Zeitzler only because they did not move from o...