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Amusingly, the divisional history by Velten references the artillery in his description of the division on formation, but only says they had a mixture of gun types, stating "either 36 light and 12 heavy, or 27 light and 9 heavy." I presume there was some type of mixture of 7.5cm and 10.5cm guns but ...

Good stuff. Finding good proofreaders and beta readers is always a chore. Can't blame people either, really. I've offered to read fiction for other aspiring readers and sadly didn't always follow through on my promises. Best thing I ever did was take some fiction writing classes through the local wr...

Would love to hear more about it, either here or in the FB group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1384082821702438/

Per the subject, link above is to a new Facebook group for the discussion of written fiction about the Wehrmacht (novels, screenplays, comic books, graphic novels, etc.) Hoping to connect fans, writers, publishers, proofreaders etc.

Hi Katrina .. my father was in 3rd Panzer Division 1943-45 .. he says his rank was 'Fahnenjunker' .. can't find that anywhere, he said it was like Gefreiter, so more confusing, but he was an officer cadet yet tank gunner. Officer cadets/candidates were required to serve in the ranks first as part o...

Having spent 20 years labouring on a manuscript, and recently having spent several months taking fiction and novel writing courses with the local writer's society to finally figure out the 'right' way to structure it, I think my work is ready for the next step - some serious editing, polishing, fact...

I've had the book for some time but just now using it for some serious research and finding I would like the additional maps. I note the URL above is quite dead.

Can anyone provide me with a alternate link, or perhaps knows where I can find the additional maps for this volume?

Any update?

I was curious what the status of this project is?

You could look at : Auswahl und Ausbildung junger Offiziere I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me. If you had looked on the source,you would know :it is a university thesis about the selection (auswahl) and instruction (ausbildung) of young army,navy and LW officers between 1930/1945,with a lo...

ljadw wrote:You could look at :
Auswahl und Ausbildung junger Offiziere

I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me.

The "by the book" getting ready to become an Unteroffizier or Unterscharführer, method dates from before to the beginning of WWII. At the last part of it there were many fieldpromotions, where the aspirant never went to a training centre. For example: I was "promoted to Unterscharfüher" about two w...

A search found me this: http://www.feldgrau.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=30958 On junior officer training, I wonder if I might ask a similar question on NCO training. Trying to confirm my understanding after basic reading in the usual English language sources (US Army Handbook on German Forces, Os...

Sorry to bump this after so long, but I'm in the midst of a google search and genuinely interested - trying to find sources in English on 12th Panzer Division in the period June 1944 to VE-Day. Not a fan of Kurowski having been ripped off by his treatise on German forces in Italy. Can anyone recomme...

Ah, thanks very much. Interesting read. I had feared I was being too harsh. I guess you would forgive me for thinking so, judging by your comments in the other thread. I agree with your conclusion, in that thread, and in the post above.