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Greetings Troops !! :D First question: Am I correct in assuming that the Landesschützen units, formed during WWII, followed the following chain of command: 1. The Landesschützen unit was under the direct command of the local Wehrkreis Headquarters (Wehrkreis Kommando). 2. The Wehrkreis Kommando was ...

..... the most comprehensive authoritative primary source can be found in "Die Geheimen Tagesberichte der Deutschen Wehrmachtfuehrung im zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945" edited by Kurt Mehner. Best regards, Genstab :D As always, my friend "Genstab" has hit the nail right on the head !!! Mehner is most ...

Greetings "yangtze" !! :D I got hold of a copy of Glantz's Slaughterhouse, hoping this would be a definitive, comprehensive OOB of the entire Eastern Front, 41-45. Unfortunately I am very disappointed to find a large number of glaring inconsistencies with other published OOBs. Notably, but not limit...

Greetings "yangtze" !! :D I got hold of a copy of Glantz's Slaughterhouse, hoping this would be a definitive, comprehensive OOB of the entire Eastern Front, 41-45. Unfortunately I am very disappointed to find a large number of glaring inconsistencies with other published OOBs. Notably, but not limit...

Shadow (a.k.a.: John Mulholland, PhD. (Military History - Hounourary), Royal (Canadian) Military College/Queen's University.) Believe me, those are but a fraction of all King Shadow's titles! :wink: :D To: Prince David, of the Raunchy Round Table of Shadowland: Thank you for your kind words !! :D Y...

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To: "mellenthin" !!

Keep it coming my friend !!

Best regards,

John Mulholland
(a.k.a. The Shadow)

Danke "mellinthin" !!

Thanks "Jerry" !!

That clears it up somewhat !!

Best regards,

O.K. !! :( Then can someone explain to me what the difference is (in the seniority scale) of being "promoted" on "xyz" date and then having that promotion made "mit Wirkung" and then having that promotion date granted "Rangdienstalter [RDA]" (Rank & Seniority?)?? In other words, which date is the on...

Greetings Troops !! :D Do any of you know where I can go (other than Germany) to find the definitive seniority list of the Generale der Heeres during the period 01 Sept. 1939 to the end of the war ?? I've have Wolf Keilig's 'Das Deutsche Heer', but this is sometimes at odds with data from such sourc...

MadDog wrote:(O) is for Ohren (ear case) and (M) is for Magen (stomach case) in this instance.thanks,mad Dog

Thanks for the clarification Tom! I stand corrected !!

Best regards - - John

Greetings "Scott" !! :D You should realize that, during WWII, the Germans used many definitions (Militarily) for such simple things as the letter " M " and " O ". You have chosen to use the most common definition of the "M" as to relate to the word: " motorisiert'. I would point out to you that othe...