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by Shadow
Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:08 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Landesschützen Units.
Replies: 0
Views: 2842

Landesschützen Units.

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 ...
by Shadow
Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Barbarossa Order of Battle
Replies: 8
Views: 11503

Re: Barbarossa Order of Battle

..... 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...
by Shadow
Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:30 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Barbarossa Order of Battle
Replies: 8
Views: 11503

Re: Barbarossa Order of Battle

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...
by Shadow
Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:29 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Barbarossa Order of Battle
Replies: 8
Views: 11503

Re: Barbarossa Order of Battle

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...
by Shadow
Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:36 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Feldgrau's Future
Replies: 101
Views: 450579

Re: Feldgrau's Future

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...
by Shadow
Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:56 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Feldgrau's Future
Replies: 101
Views: 450579

Re: Feldgrau's Future

Hello Everyone, I am new brand new to this excellent site and I am able to contribute $20 on a regular basis to help. If I can get the appropriate information on were to send it you can count me in ! Thanks Joe Greetings "WarBear59" !! :D :D Matters not whether you are a new member of &qu...
by Shadow
Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:35 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Feldgrau's Future
Replies: 101
Views: 450579

Re: Feldgrau's Future

Greetings, Forum Kameraden! I really hate to do this, but it needs to be done if we are going to keep Feldrau as we know it. The bottom line is that Jason is having difficulty paying for the server that hosts Feldgrau. It costs a decent bit of change, and most of it has been coming out of his pocke...
by Shadow
Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:09 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Forum Heroes veterans
Replies: 8
Views: 6717

Re: Hey Guys,

Hey Guys, I'm here!! Give me a short time and I'll work up a new story for us. I have one in mind, it's called "Disinfection". Stay tuned my friends, you won't want to miss this one. Cheers, David :wink: Hello "Commissar D ~ the EviL !! :D Never mind the excuses !! :evil: Get back to...
by Shadow
Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:00 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: O.K.H. and the "Eastern Front".
Replies: 13
Views: 8463

Re: O.K.H. and the "Eastern Front".

To: "mellenthin" !!

Keep it coming my friend !! :D :up: :up: :up:

Best regards,

John Mulholland
(a.k.a. The Shadow)
by Shadow
Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:00 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: O.K.H. and the "Eastern Front".
Replies: 13
Views: 8463

Re: O.K.H. and the "Eastern Front".

Danke "mellinthin" !! :D
by Shadow
Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:16 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: German Generals of WWII - Seniority List ??
Replies: 3
Views: 4166

Re: German Generals of WWII - Seniority List ??

Thanks "Jerry" !! :D

That clears it up somewhat !!

Best regards,
by Shadow
Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:59 pm
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: German Generals of WWII - Seniority List ??
Replies: 3
Views: 4166

Re: German Generals of WWII - Seniority List ??

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 & Senior...
by Shadow
Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:23 pm
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: German Generals of WWII - Seniority List ??
Replies: 3
Views: 4166

German Generals of WWII - Seniority List ??

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...
by Shadow
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:47 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Korps Feldt info ?
Replies: 20
Views: 7924

Re: Korps Feldt info ?

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 !! :D

Best regards - :up: :up: - John
by Shadow
Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:34 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Korps Feldt info ?
Replies: 20
Views: 7924

Re: Korps Feldt info ?

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: " mot...