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Here are the division's superior HQs for May 1940, as ascertained from Die Geheimen Tagesberichte O/Bs and maps and and some Hgr. B O/Bs from the NARA's captured German records collection I have courtesy of Bill Russ: 1 May- IX AK, 6. Armee 6 May- same 10 May- same 15 May- same 19 May- still IX AK b...

Tessin says it became an Armee Abt. on 23 Jan 1943; Bradley's entry on Gen. Hollidt gives his command of Armee Abt. Hollidt from the same date.
It had been known as an Armeegruppe from 27 Dec 1942 (Bradley again).

Thanks for sharing that. Bradley hasn't reached the S letter yet (only through L!) and Keilig doesn't mention that he was a Soviet prisoner but I assume he had to do the whole ten years until the mass amnesty of 1955.

It could also be mentioned that when Saucken appeared in Hitler's HQ, he wore his cavalry sword in to see Hitler; it was a no-no to appear in his presence armed but he was not stopped by the SS guard. The man had courage. I'm not sure where I read this- perhaps Richard Brett-Smith's "Hitler's G...

It could also be mentioned that when Saucken appeared in Hitler's HQ, he wore his cavalry sword in to see Hitler; it was a no-no to appear in his presence armed but he was not stopped by the SS guard. The man had courage. I'm not sure where I read this- perhaps Richard Brett-Smith's "Hitler's G...

Nostitz-Wallwitz is listed in Keilig: geb. 11.7.1898 Oschatz/Sa.; gest. an Verw. 31.5.45 in Eckenförde. Eintritt Fhj. 1917; Lt. Fa. R. 12 1918; Reichswehr; Kdr. III/Reit u. Fahrschule 1.1.39; Obstlt. 1.8.40; Oberst 1.2.42; Gen. Maj. 9.11.44. Weltkrieg: Abtl. Kdr. i. A.R. 216 1.9.39; Abtl. Kdr. i. A....

Matthew Cooper's book was also published by Macdonald & Jane's in the UK as "The Phantom War".

Uh, Helmut, are you in Europe or what? Pat Buchanan is a Libertarian, not a Republican. And as for the Commissar selling out, it won't happen.

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Genstab
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I thought "Manstein" before I saw I agreed with most of you. He was truly a master of maneuver.

Heck no, she and the bloomin' cat flew- but I had to load all our stuff in a U-Haul and schlep the car for three long days!

I checked the 28.11.42 OKH Gen. St. Op. Abt III schematische Kriegsgliederung and it's shown as "SS-Pz Gen. Kdo" under OB West. The scoop as to why it was named II. SS Panzerkorps when it was in existence first is that Hitler wanted to Give Sepp Dietrich's Corps precedence, in the same way...

There is information in the attached Canadian Army Military History weblink concerning Mackensen's philosophical disagreement with Kesselring which was the reason he resigned. See Report 20. The dates are wrong on the access page however; Report 20 covers 4 Jan to 4 June 1944. I'm sorry I can't give...

It was commanded by Gen Karl-Wilhelm Specht from 16 March to 8 May 1945, and was the staff of Weharkreis XX.

Gee, I can't remember reading about it; I looked up Jerusalem in the index for all three parts as well as volume 5 but it wasn't mentioned- they dealt with only Sicily (vol. 5) and Italy. It may be in one of the earlier volumes on the African war which I didn't go into as I was lookin for O/B materi...

According to Charles B. Macdonald's "The Last Offensive" (US Army in World War II, ETO Series), pages 309-15, it was Straube's LXXXVI Armeekorps and 84. Infantrie Division, which the US paratroop divisions largely destroyed.

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Genstab