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Thank you very much Herr nczempin.

Fantastic job.

What more could one ask for.

I appreciate it very much.

Hi,

I would be very much oliged if anyone can reccomend any SECOND HAND World War II, or better yet, Third Reich, bookshops in London. I would be very grateful for any tips. Even books markets would be good.
Also what is the average price for a book in the UK? second hand of course.

On February 17, 1941, Hitler ordered the Operations Staff of the OKW to plan an invasion of India, via the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. (OKW/WEStb/L No. 44180/41 gk.) What prompted him to do this? Some Possibilities: Megalomania (but Alexander the Great invaded India two thousand years earlier so w...

Thank You VERY much Rudi.

You have done an excellent job which clarifies this document.

The formation you refer to was German. It was a company (9 I think) essentially on a propaganda tour to try and recruit soldiers from the British Indian Army in Italy. They had been dispatched from France so they were part of the Legion. As for Indians actually coming into action with partisans, tha...

Yeah, I have a number of war items I am interested in selling.

I don't want my potential customer to panic while he is waiting for the goods.

Is this just based on trust?

Below is a short extract (amusing) on the Indian Legion while they were training in Germany before being sent to the Atlantic Wall. It was written at the time (1943) by Kritter, a training officer. (Extracted from his diary). I will be posting more material on the Legion but start with this because ...

Hi,

I would like to know how trade over the net is done. I mean I have a piece for sale, post it, get a positive responce, then what?

Do I aks for partial / full payment, wait then send the item. What if the other party is unsure. ??????

What is the common standard procedure for trade?

Thank you Kocjo. I actually had not seen those Indian Legion pics so I was very pleased. I think i can give them some context. The one in the center is a game played in Paris with the French i think. I read about a famous game the Legion played in Paris. The others are presumably from Gironde in Fra...

The book to read on this is Garde du Diable: Des SS en Indochine

The Devil's Guard: SS in Indochina
Naturally out of print and very expensive when available.

The SS men (Das Reich) at Oradour ended up in Indochina presumably destroying more villages there as well.

Thank you very much for the career details on Oberfuhrer Bertling.

Very useful!

What I personally find shocking, outrageous and scandoulous is 1 the killing in Oradour was done by Frenchmen (the officers were German) 2 These Frenchmen were forgiven / pardoned (being Alastians) following mock trials and then sent to commit more atocities in Vietnam in the service of the French e...

Hi,

I am searching for any info SS Oberführer Heinz Bertling who commanded the Indian Legion. Want to know what he did before, during and after if he survived.

Hello,
Does anyone know if there are any veterans of the Indian Legion?
Some names:

Heinz Bertling

Krappe

Siefriz

Harbich

...or at least veterans who knew members of the Legion

Greetings

I am looking for pics good quality of the Indian Legion that are NOT found on the web. Seen all that is available including the excellent Krappe series.