Feldgrau.net

Hello, I did a little searching online and I think I figured it out. The Soldat was the initial recruit rank upon entering the Wehrmacht and was a lot like the U.S. Private. The Oberschutze was simply a bumped up Soldat who didn't show enough prospects to be bumped up to Gefreiter. A Gefreiter was l...

Hello, I was pretty tired when I posted this one. I remembered reading Rudi's bio and a passage caught my attention: My biggest surprise came when, just before basic training was over, we were consulted regarding the selection of an occupation in the Army. Unlike the German Army, we could choose the...

Hello, I remember reading in Rudi's biography here that upon enlistment in the Wehrmacht, a recruit could choose what branch, like PanzerWaffe, UbootWaffe in a particular service. But, could a recruit choose what position in the Waffen he went to, say like a tank gunner or a radio man? Cordially, Fr...

Hello,

I remember reading that Hitler was a runner in a Bavarian rifle company. For what action did Hitler receive his Iron Cross?

Cordially,

Freiritter

Hello, I remember reading a book from the Time-Life series The Third Reich , called The SS and it described that Himmler, among others, endorsed some style of pagan religion along old Germanic tradition and even forced SS members to renounce Christianity and take up this religion. Was this true? Cor...

Hello,

Surrender... Oh no, not Frau Dietrich's little boy. So far, so good Comrade Commissar, you got my attention for the next installment!
Perhaps, Oblt Dietrich can, maybe, accidentally, run into Herr Stuck and perform a little field justice?


Cordially,

Freiritter

Hello,

I gotta be real careful about to whom I make my interest in WWII and the Wehrmacht known. Even a good buddy of mine gave me a funny look when he saw me on this board when he came over to visit.


Cordially,

Freiritter

Hello, Hmmm. I tried looking up on your website the OoB of infantry formations, but, Babelfish couldn't translate it into English. I'd really appreciate if you could explain to me the positions and duties at the various levels. Like was the Gefreiter a grade where Obergefreiter candidates were train...

Hello, I was curious as to how German enlisted ranks would equate to U.S. enlisted ranks during WWII. Does this look right? German / U.S. Grenadier/ Private Obergrenadier/ Private First Class Gefreiter/Obergefreiter/ Corporal Feldwebel/ Sergeant Oberfeldwebel/ Staff Sergeant Hauptfeldwebel/ Master S...

Hello, I have to chime in that the origins of WWII ( In Europe ) was Hitler's aggressive disruption of the European balance of power was, at least, the immediate cause of the European half of WWII. I believe that the Versailles Treaty was a blatant attempt at neutralizing a renewed German military t...

Hello, Yep, I've seen Red Dawn. One of my favorite Cold War-era movies. If anything about WWII was pretty much pre-ordained, it was a German-Soviet war. It also seems to me that the German-Soviet war in the East was darn near a separate war from the war against the Western Allies. Hence I usually di...

Hello, A question I have been pondering for a while was: Was it inevitable that Germany and the Soviet Union fight? At times I was under the impression that because of ideology, both sides saw the other as the principal enemy. I've heard indications that Stalin might have planned an offensive war ag...

Hello, To flesh out Dietrich a bit more: A professional soldier, Dietrich tries to ignore political nonsense as much as the situation permits. Politics just interferes with good soldiering as he sees it. Being a former enlisted man himself, he can put himself in his soldiers' feet, so he doesn't fit...

Hello,

I might just have to site my command post between the Latvians and Hansen's men just to keep things civil. Hmmmm. What do you mean the tough get wounded? Just rub dirt on it and walk it off.


Cordially,

Freiritter

Hello,

I'm more worried about Stuck than I am about the Soviets.

Cordially,

Freiritter