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Kurt Albert Rust, who wrote a book on the 15th PGD in Italy, used to be active in the Kameradschaft. I think he lived in Northern Germany or Berlin.
Unfortunately this is not much ...
CG

Thank you very much for your quick reply. I made this inquire on behalf of a collegue who doesn't have an internet access. If I find anything of interest about the unit I will let you know.
Thanks again
CG

Dear colleagues:
I would like to ask for your help in identifying the following FPNr.:
19394-B
The period I am interested is late 1944.
Many thanks in advance for your assistance
CG

Back again! MEK were special units for sabotage and intelligence working in close cooperation with Abwehr and SD VI. see: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=79412 411 "K" Flottilla was sent in Nov 44 after a rather unsuccessful period of activity on the western Ligurian coast to ...

Thanks, that makes it a bit clearer to me also. MTM were also the same kind of boat as the one that is usually called MAS?
BTW I'm having the same problem in seeing the messages very large. Best thing to do probably is to copy the text and print it in Word.
I'm glad the info was useful.
Best
CG

Lupo! According to the War Diary of LXXXVII. AK, its CO Gen. von Zangen had a meeting with Rommel on August 2 1943 at 18.30 hours in Munich. Rommel was already OB Heeresgruppe B and instructing him on secret measures against Italy and orders for its Corps. So its command of German troops in Italy be...

Not right at hand, but the Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv in Freiburg holds records of several German Navy units in tha Ligurian Sea; amont them the War Diaries of 70. Minensuchflottille, 7. Sicherungsdivision. I personally remember seeing there original maps of mine fields laid in front of the Ligurian...

I did a search on Anzio in PROCAT: http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/searchresults.asp?SearchInit=0&txtsearchterm=Anzio+AND+naval&txtfirstdate=1944&txtlastdate=1945&txtrestriction=HW+1&hdnsorttype=Reference&image1.x=32&image1.y=7&image1=GO I didn't found ye...

Thank you for your confirmation.
CG

In which German unit in Italy would you have found Uzbek soldiers? Would it have been the 162. Turk ID?
What about Dutch volunteers?
Many thanks in advance
CG

Please see also:
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Ciao Lupo! According to military maps it was the area of Monte Adone, Livergnano, Pianoro, between Route 325 (Setta Valley) and Route 65 (Futa-Raticosa). Its troops controlled the Savena and zena Valleys. Division was deployed between 4th Para (later 157th/8th Montain) and 362nd Infantry. Divisional...

Unfortunately not after a first quick check. My documents mostly cover naval activities in the Ligurian see and more broadly the western Alps front of 1944/45 on one side, sabotage and stay behind networks in Italy on the other side. I'll try to check for the dates that you have added, but I am afra...

If I am correct, a book that I have read many years ago: Giorgio Bonacina, Comando bombardieri, Longanesi, contended that Italian houses being mostly built out of bricks and stones and not so much of wood (as in Germany) had a better chance to withstand incendiary bombs. Same thing - if memory serve...

The War Diary of German Naval Command Italy for 16-31 August 1944 (Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv, Freiburg) has some reference to minor a clash between German R-Boote (formerly Italian VAS) in the Golfe de Juan, area of Antibes and Cannes on the night August 20/21, sinking of RA 255 (ex Italian VAS 304...