Feldgrau.net

Here are a couple from "Das Landserbuch," from 1942. Here are a few from a collection entitled, "Discipline." This one is on page 22: "Soldier, don't you know that that the enlisted man is required to be silent when speaking with an officer?" From page 23-24: A general ...

And Happy Thanksgiving to you from down in Eugene!

It's great that you are interested in the armor of the Pacific War. The role of tanks in the Pacific is often overlooked, and even more so is the fact that Army units of many types were often attached to Marine units in many of the war's campaigns.

Thanks for that anecdote, Kafka! Here are a couple more stories for today: "VB-Feldpost #3, page 88, "More is Better," by Ogefr. Paul Greikamp. It was near the start of the campaign in the East.Out of a clear blue sky, we began taking heavy incoming artillery fire. Sadly, some of our ...

The novel "08/15" by Hans Helmut Kirst was turned into a movie of the same name in 1955 or so. It is a satirical look at life in the German army in 1938. The novel is an amazing book, and the movie version is definitely worth watching.

Co B, 713th Armored Flamethrower Battalion (minus First Platoon) was awarded the Navy Presidential Unit Citation for its work with the 1st Marine Division on Okinawa. First Platoon, Co B, 713th Armored Flamethrower Battalion was awarded the Navy Presidential Unit Citation for its work with the 6th M...

Hi Jonathon: I thought about that too, and considered changing the ranges from the original story when I translated it. I decided to leave the ranges exactly as they were in German. A thousand meters is an awful long way over iron sights, even for an expert marksman.

“Das Landser Buch,” page 100 “Can you believe it? My husband has just unexpectedly come home on leave! “That’s wonderful news! How did you find out he was coming? “He called me from the corner bar.” “Das Landser Buch,” page 143 My neighbor in the next bed at the field hospital had been prescribed a ...

Business trip of the Firm Astra Works, Inc., Chemnitz.

Wehrmachtführungsstab = Armed Forces Command Staff

Wehrmachttransportwesens = I think this translates more correctly to Armed Forces Transport Authority.

“Lachendes Feldgrau,” pages 7-9, The Wet Overcoat It was a stormy day, and the rain poured down, sleeting across the fields. Out in the middle of the storm, a Gefreiter picked his way across a sodden meadow. Hopping over ditches, and going around the mud puddles, he made his way toward the small Fre...

Here are several more entries from the “Flieger ABC.” This was a Luftwaffe publication from 1942 that had a humorous lexicon of aviation-related terms. Fallschirm /Parachute, page 83 A hygienically packaged product issued to fliers as a means of vertical personnel transport. Functions as a replaceme...

Certainly, everyone has the freedom to remember whomever they want to at any time of the year. Not to be crotchety or anything (but I did turn 50 in September.) Veterans Day in the US is for America's veterans. Germany has a holiday established to honor and remember the fallen warriors who died in i...

Here are a couple of entries from the “Flieger ABC.” This was a Luftwaffe publication from 1942 that had a humorous lexicon of aviation-related terms. Alte Tante /Old Auntie, page 74 With this time-honored name, we recognize not only the unmarried sisters of our parents, but also the good old, loyal...