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Paul,

I have always believed that information that is not passed on is information that will be lost. So I am happy to share. I just wish I lived closer to US archives so I could spend more time there.

Best regards

Ron Klages

Aganist my better judgement I have decided to post an answer to von_noobie even though I have had differences with him in the past. So I post this for the use of others. If I get any crap from von_noobie then he should be shot. The data comes from official panzerlage records as compiled for every un...

Tom, I did some further checking of my library resources and from Nafziger I found the following. I should note that I take Nafziger data with caution since he has been prone to error caused by to much assumption but here is what he had. The division began with a 2 motorized Gebirgs-Panzerjäger Komp...

Marc, I have a complete set of panzerlage for all units at the end of 1944 [dated 30 December 1944] and there are no armored vehicles of any type [fully tracked or half-tracked] shown for the 6.SS Gebrs.-Div. However on a report dated 5 February 1945 they are shown to have 14 PzJg 38 [Hetzer] on han...

Apollyon, Here is the data I have for the date of 5 July 1943 [Source is from Combat History of sPJA 653 by Karlheinz Muunch and Combat History of sPJA 654 by Karlheinz Muunch] Schwere Panzerjäger Regiment 656 Commander: Oberstleutnant Baron Ernst von Jungenfeld - Battalion Surgeon: Dr. Herbert Baue...

Walter, I can add a small piece of data. I have a report dated 13 May 1945, RH 20-14/68 K that provides an accounting of personnel that had surrendered from AOK 10 and AOK 14 as well as other units in Italy and the Tirol. It shows a total of 176,401 with the 114. Jäger Division having a total of 956...

Sid, I agree with your accessment regarding the role played by the US in Overlord however the real role, and in my opinion, the most important role, the US was the silent partner that furnished the financial means for the Free French and British to continue to fight prior to December 1941 in the Eur...

Christian, There was an Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 466 that became the Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 466 that was the Ersatztruppe for the 257. Infanterie-Division which was assigned to the southern front in 1943 and 1944 eventually being destroyed in August 1944. I believe this is what you were after...

Don, I have the following but it is very incomplete. I believe it was being formed up at Milowitz and was destined for the 83. ID. However the 83. ID was essentially destroyed in the fighting in Kurland and in January 1945 the remnants of the division were transported to East Prussia fighting there ...

Hi Wiltaz, The following Panzer Divisions on 1 September 1939 were authorized 2 Armored Car Companies per KStN 1162 dated 1 October 1938. 1.Panzer-Division 2.Panzer-Division 3.Panzer-Division 4.Panzer-Division 5.Panzer-Division 1. leichte-Division The following Panzer Divisions on 1 September 1939 w...

John, The only element of sPA 502 to fight in the Kalmuck Steppes was it’s 2. Kompanie. The company operated from 5 January 1943 until 29 January 1943 as an independent unit. On 29 January 1943 it was assigned to the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 as its 3. Kompanie. They went to the area with nine Ti...

von_noobie, No I did not forget about the tanks being there. My point was a result of your speculation that if Rommel would have had more men and equipment at the battle of El Alamein he would have been sucessful. If you are capable of reading and even more importantly of understanding what you read...

Gentlemen, One thing you can say about von-noobie’s WHAT IF’S is that it causes one to get the books out of the library and do a bit of research. One of the difficult problems for the Germans was the limiting capacity of the ports available to them. There were really only three ports that were capab...

Gentlemen, I have always been fascinated with logistics in war and feel that it is a key many times in accomplishing strategic goals as well as tactical objectives. The Battle of the Bulge shows the effects of fuel for the vehicles on the ability of the Germans to accomplish any of the objectives th...

Tom,

I do like to share information..


best regards,

Ron Klages