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by Gary T
Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:17 pm
Forum: War Crimes
Topic: more on the Wormhoudt Massacre --from Axis Forum
Replies: 9
Views: 6960

then the REST of your book ends up being discredited as well.....when people start wondering how much he distorted the parts about "war crimes"... And so any "truths" established by Sebald-Montefiore get tarred with the same brush as being more than slightly questionable - wheth...
by Gary T
Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:23 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Falklands War: 25 years on.
Replies: 23
Views: 5735

use - no armour - Scorpions and Scimitars were available but I think weren't landed in the end 3 Troop Blues and Royals (2 Scorpions and 2 Scimitars) supported 2 Para during their assault on Wireless Ridge. 4 Troop supported the Scots Guards' assault on Mount Tumbledown. No regular field battalions...
by Gary T
Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:18 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: another sad chapter....
Replies: 254
Views: 53218

Thus far the US has shown (or at least some in the US) that it has just a bit more backbone in recognizing and dealing with the threat that fundamentalist Islam poses to all of Western Civilization, and the european approach of appeasing or ignoring the threat will not make it go away. Where was th...
by Gary T
Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:20 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: 2./ PR 6 - 13 May 1940.
Replies: 5
Views: 2413

I have Schneider-Kostalski's wehrpass. Would you like to see some scans?
by Gary T
Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:01 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: 1. Panzer-Division in Unternehmen Taifun
Replies: 10
Views: 3764

I own Feig's wehrpass. Would you like to see some scans?
by Gary T
Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:27 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Any German Heer unit on Crete battle
Replies: 21
Views: 6765

I also recall, and would like to have confirmed, wherever or not there was a (5.) Panzer company from the II./Pz.Rgt. 31 of the 5. Panzer-Division that participated (or was meant to participate?) in the battle for Crete? There were certainly units from 5. Panzerdivision involved. I have seen a numb...
by Gary T
Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:04 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: 23. Panzer Division - July/Sept 1943
Replies: 9
Views: 2587

Christian,

I can photo copy them if you like and post them...that's why I was asking whereabouts you live.

Cheers,
Gary.
by Gary T
Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:43 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: 23. Panzer Division - July/Sept 1943
Replies: 9
Views: 2587

Christian,

I have the book. Where do you live?

Cheers,
Gary.
by Gary T
Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:40 pm
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: Panzer Grenadier
Replies: 53
Views: 18935

I own the wehrpasses of the following Heer officers. The wehrpass contains information about the schooling of the holder. The list below doesn't include previous pre-war military experience. Quite a high proportion of the below served two years or more as other ranks in the 1930s - alot as volunteer...
by Gary T
Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:43 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: ID Tag question: 2. / Schtz. E. Kp. 466
Replies: 8
Views: 4889

Ron is correct. This unit was part of Infanterie Ersatz Batallion 466. However, the unit designation on the dogtag is correct. The designations below come from individual wehrpasses and are genuine dog tags designations: 1./ Schtz. Ers. Komp. 319 #45 1./ Schtz. Ers. Kp. 205 #5678 2. Stamm Kp./ Gren....