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Very interesting article about a French priest and his work in the Ukraine. The interviews with Ukrainians are powerful.
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My home town newspaper, the Spokesman Review, in Spokane Washington to day ran this article;
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking ... p?ID=12762
Also included is an audio portion.

On a related subject, for those that may not know, the holdings of the NARA German records are available at Sturmpanzer in downloadable PDF's ; http://www.sturmpanzer.com/Default.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=611&item=2&sec=1 This was a massive undertaking by Mr. Hedrick and is invaluable to any...

Michael, I have acquired NARA microfilm via ILL. See the post below; http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16747&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=national+archives+microfilm+price+increase&start=15 Lorenz was kind enough to explain the process. I have used it successfully,...

Old Uncle Bob is a man with an excellent memory, greeting to you sir from your neighbor to the north. I have been gathering information on the Yelnya battle for quite some time now, much of it from the primary source material in the NARA. The unit war diaries for the 15 ID are not available for this...

Mike, try this site;
http://members.shaw.ca/grossdeutschland/

Here is a quick translation from the 126 ID History covering the capture of Staraja Russa; The attack against Staraja Russa was ordered for 3. 8. The Division stood ready on both sides of the Schminsk – Staraja Russa road with I.R. 426 on the right and I.R. 422 on the left. There was already contact...

Thanks Henry, I tried that site but didnt get the subordinated units for the VIII Flieger Korps. For those interested I did get a reply on another forum;
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=92600

Hello, Im looking for help on this, any assistance is appreciated. Specifically the operations in support of the German 2nd Army during the defensive fighting in the Yelets area in mid December.
Thanks in advance.

Lorenz, thank you very much for the insight and quick response, Ill try the local library again with your recommendations.

I just tried to get microfilm via interlibrary loan and my library said the NARA wont let Record Group 242 be loaned. Their website also menetions that the German Records Group is not available via interlibrary loan. What gives? with the recent price increase for microfilm this really hurts.

Try here;
http://www.valorww2.com/Index.html

Im trying to determine where this unit served between 1940 and 1943?
Any help is appreciated.

Ill actually include the link this time :)
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/l ... ntent.html

John, you have probably already seen it but the US Army Center for Military History has put entire books from their "US Army in World War 2" series online; here is a link to "The Lorraine Campaign" covering the Metz battle.