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I think some of the bridging units consisted of large numbers of Kriegsmarine
that had been drafted on mass to the Heer

Thanks for the link Jochen S, perhaps you should send Max Hastings the details

I'am reading Max Hastings Armageddon and i came accross a piece that says that Peiper after the Ardennes Offensive "may have had some kind of moral or physical collapse following the offensive's failure.Peiper's name disappears from all Waffen SS unit records until he emerges again in Hungary l...

While reading the book Destination Dunkirk,it states that during the BEF withdrawal through Belgium at the town of Helchin the Grenadier Guards rounded up seventeen fifth columnists or disguised German soldiers after suffering from sniper fire and executed them.Has anyone else come across this or an...

Operation Plunder and Varsity: The British and Canadian Rhine Crossing by Tim Saunders

For the spelling of the British anti-tank rifle the Imperial War Museum spells it as "Boyes" as do most of the regimental museums. Probably the spelling of the name "Boyes" has been corrupted(misspelled) over time into it becoming known as "boys".

Hi John

Yes i'll do a review of the book,hope to have it done by the end of the week.

For a good book try Destination Dunkirk by Gregory Blaxland .The book covers the BEF in france from 1939-1940,it was printed during the 1970's and you can find a copy of it on abebooks.co.uk from about £12 upwards. At Arras there was also the French 3e DLM on the British flank that moved down from M...

For a good read on little mac try The Civil War Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote .McClellan was a good general but way too cautious,he seems to have been more a set piece battle general (more Montgomery than Rommel)never having enough men in his view to do the job,as can been seen during th...

James Lucas book is Storming Eagles and is available on amazon.

Both books are available later in the year on Amazon in paperback only and both are $13.57.

History of the 12th SS Hitler Youth Panzer Division Vo1 by Hubert Meyer is on Amazon from the 1st April at £9.39.Vo2 from 1 May from Amazon.com/1 June Amazon.co.uk

Being from Northern Ireland i would class myself as Northern Irsh, Ulster-Scots(Scots-Irish for those from the USA) and British.Being British is what links us all together.Sport for the Scots when playing England is an extension of war for Northern Ireland playing anyone its means usually means gett...

Battles In Normandy by Matrix Games

20mm KwK 30 & 38 0.12 kg
47mm PaK 36(t) 1.7 kg

Hope that helps some