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SS: Excellent in marching in a straight line.

US Marines: Excellent in marching in a straight line.

Otherwise no similarities.

The US could be better served by its last couple of Commanders-in Chief....which presupposes that now that the Thirty-Day Rule is in place, the majority of direct action ever taken by any president will be military - or at least involve military personnel. Other institutions he may use - FEMA, Home...

According to V. Wietersheim(from memory) in MS #B-364 the 11 Panzer had the following: Panzer Regiment: Mark V's: 20 Mark IV's: 10 He estimated the strength of the Pz Gren and Aufklr. Abt. to be about 70% strength. Pz Jgr. battalion 61 was being trained on the PzJgr. Mark IV but had not received any...

This is per the G-2 Report of the 90th Infantry Division Entry for May 5, 1945 A complete account of the 11 Panzer Division showed: Personnel 9050 plus stragglers of other-units who are being evacuated through PW channels (336 Officers and 8714 EM) Vehicles 155 Motorcycles 120 Volkswagons 300 Sedans...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uncJeVTERGg

Film was taken by aThird Army Cameraman assigned to the 90 US infantry Division. In it General von Wietersheim and his staff confer with General Ernest of the 90th I.D. The clip continues with elements of the 11 Pz crossing into American lines. (No sound)

From the G-2 Interrogation reports of the US 90 Infantry Division in the US National Archives RESTRICTED Annex #1 to Per Rpt No. 324 NOTES ON THE SURRENDER OF THE 11TH GERMAN PANZER DIVISION 1. Activities of Ger. General Von BUTTLAR; According to interrogation of Gen Von WEITERSHEIM(sic), Div as Ass...

I have up loaded a collection of Knights Cross Holders of the Kriegsmarine from the US National Archives. Feel free to down load, copy, publish etc. Just please credit the NARA if you do. This is not by any means complete. This is just what is availbale in RG-242 records of PK Kompanie 608. Thanks. ...

Here is film footage of a Luftwaffe research unit testing an experimental ejection seat using a static and airborne Stuka as the platform. The film is undated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t59svWa1n_4

I have got my copy and LOVE it!

Phil

That were not IDs but ID(mot) which were upgraded which divisional PzAbt. in 1942 :wink: If you are really interested deeply I would suggest to buy the "Anlagenband" to the KTB of 6.Armee from Florian von Aufsess , to get here : http://www.die-sturmartillerie.com/buch2.htm :[] Jan-Hendrik...

You might keep this in the context of what happended in the occupied Rhineland after World War One. French colonial troops were responsible for numerous rapes of German civilians MALE and female beginning in 1919. The source is a report to General Pershing about rapes by French Colonial Troops which...

Let me know if you see any errors.
The best collection is in the Hoffmann albums but I do not have a camera or scanner good enough to reproduce them.

Phil

I am interested in finding out the composition of the 11th Pz Division during their March 1945 attacks at the Remagen bridgehead. Also, any other of the German units that participated. I have a manuscript written after the war about 11 Panzer division at Remagan. If you do not have it I can scan an...

Hi Folks- I scanned the NARA holdings of PK photogprahs of Heer Knights Cross Holders from the collection of PK Kompanie 608. There are about 100 to 150 Heer RKT's in the collection. So far I have uploaded 101. Here is a link to my page. Feel free to download, print, copy, etc. just please credit th...

It's a pity there is not greater interest in that division. I knew the late Knight's Cross Holder Hardy Svenson (formerly Eberhard Schmalz)who was with Panzer-Jaeger Abt. 43 from 1938 to late 1942. He was awarded the DKiG on the Don bend blasting nine T-34's with the Marder III mounting the Russian ...