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- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Ritterkreuz rejected proposal of Wäckerle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4622
Re: Ritterkreuz rejected proposal of Wäckerle
Hello to all :D; just a picture..................... H. Wäckerle May 1940. During a night attack against the Grebbeberg, H. Wäckerle (III./ SS DF CO) was wounded and after being rescued was replaced by Kumm (12./ SS DF CO). Perhaps this action was associated with his recommendation. Source: https://...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:11 am
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS Barracks
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3612
Re: SS Barracks
Hello to all :D; taking advantage of this post..................................... Barracks in Graz. Any idea what happened to these buildings? Did they survive the war? If the answer is affirmative, what function do they currently fulfill? Sources: https://www.catawiki.com/es/l/25511055-otto-weidi...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:37 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Partisans in the Balkans.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3913
Re: Partisans in the Balkans.
Hello to all :D; more............... The Yugoslav guerrilla war. The German offensives. The first real operation against the Yugoslav forces was carried out with a focus on western Serbia. At that time there were 23 partisan detachments in Serbia with around 25,000 fighters. A free area had been cre...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:27 am
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7381
Re: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
Hello to all :D; more.............................. The air defense of the German Reich in the World War 1939-1945 and its lessons. The fight for air supremacy over Germany until the invasion 1943-1944. The overall situation was further complicated by the bilateral encirclement of German space by th...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:24 am
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: Der Luftkrieg in Polen 1939.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1343
Re: Der Luftkrieg in Polen 1939.
Hello to all :D; more........................ The air war in Poland in 1939. VI. The Polish withdrawal to the Vistula-San line and the German air force. Shortly after the first clashes in the border areas, Polish fronts began to crumble everywhere. Since September 6, the entire Polish Western Front ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:13 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36355
Re: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.
Hello to all :D; more....................... Independent Operational Group "Narew". Defeat at Andrzejewo and Łętownica. Since the morning, units of the Polish 18th Infantry Division were organizing in their assigned areas. Around 8:00 a.m. their number was as follows: 33rd Infantry Regimen...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:22 am
- Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
- Topic: The Italian Aviation Command in the Soviet Union.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 557
Re: The Italian Aviation Command in the Soviet Union.
Hello to all :D; more.............................. The XXII° Gruppo Autonomo Caccia, July 25, 1941 - May 7, 1942. Chronology and marching diary. September 1941: September 2, 1941: around 9 Macchis belonging, among others, to the 362nd and 371st Squadriglia, machine-gun Soviet troops on the Novomosk...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: The 169. ID at Salla 1941.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 255
Re: The 169. ID at Salla 1941.
Hello to all :D; more................ The Battle of Salla, July 1 to 8, 1941. The question was quite open as to what this relationship would be like beyond the Finnish-Soviet border, which had become an iron curtain since the war. There was talk that in the year since then the Soviets had rebuilt nu...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Nikopol 1943-44.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4101
Re: Nikopol 1943-44.
Hello to all :D; more.................................. Replacement in a defensive position. b. In the left battalion section. Even in the western half of the left battalion section, the front line cannot be traversed by sight because it is visible to the Russians. Only in the eastern part of this s...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Heer im Einsatz.
- Replies: 267
- Views: 165061
Re: Heer im Einsatz.
Hello to all :D: more.................... Western Front 1939. Source: https://themilitariashop.com/products/jb-juustrierter-beobachter-nsdap-magazine-original-ww2-german-14th-december-1939?pr_prod_strat=use_description&pr_rec_id=98a76198f&pr_rec_pid=8184351785205&pr_ref_pid=8180690911477...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:27 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Partisans in the Balkans.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3913
Re: Partisans in the Balkans.
Hello to all :D; thanks for joining Prosper :wink:. More............... The Yugoslav guerrilla war. Once a certain security inside has been obtained in this way, in the sense of a somewhat free base of operations, step by step; Partisan detachments were now significantly larger, for general surveill...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:07 am
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7381
Re: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
Hello to all :D; more.............................. The air defense of the German Reich in the World War 1939-1945 and its lessons. The fight for air supremacy over Germany until the invasion 1943-1944. At this time the Germans were still dealing with two types of US Air Force operations: 1. Attacks...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:23 am
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: Der Luftkrieg in Polen 1939.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1343
Re: Der Luftkrieg in Polen 1939.
Hello to all :D; more........................ The air war in Poland in 1939. V. Direct support to the army in border battles. In accordance with the basic instructions of the Ob. d. L. Both air fleets provided the army with important direct support during the battle for air superiority. In the area ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:52 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36355
Re: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.
Hello to all :D; more....................... Independent Operational Group "Narew". The fighting of the Polish 18th Infantry Division near Zamtrów and Andrzejew. Because the Germans had been attacking Łomża since the morning of 11 September, the 1st Battalion of the 33rd Infantry Regiment ...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: The 169. ID at Salla 1941.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 255
The 169. ID at Salla 1941.
Hello to all :D; a point of view on Salla (169. ID)................ The Battle of Salla, July 1 to 8, 1941. The German army, which in the spring of 1941 marched to attack the Soviet Union between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea and, far away, in northern Finland, certainly did not look at the futur...