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- Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:40 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Incidents from the battle of france 1940.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 99909
Re: Incidents from the battle of france 1940.
Hello to all :D; more...................... The Tank Battle Near Le Vivier Danger. The 4th Battery of a horse artillery regiment which was acting as reinforcement for a cavalry regiment, on the morning of 9 June 1940 broke camp in the neighborhood of Marseille le Petit about 47 miles north of Paris,...
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:00 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: The Łódź-Warsaw direction 1939.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 40
The Łódź-Warsaw direction 1939.
Hello to all :D; something about........................ Closing the Łódź-Warsaw direction 1939. The Łódź-Zgierz 10th Armoured Battalion was stationed in the Circle area of the Command of Corps No. IV (Łódź), commanded by Brig. Gen. Wiktor Thommée, replaced in August 1939 by Brig Gen Adam Korytows...
- Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:29 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Operation Marita: Battles in mainland Greece
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11569
Re: Operation Marita: Battles in mainland Greece
Hello to all :D; after a while.................. The withdrawal was blocked - Greece 1941. Location and initial situation. During the campaign in Greece in April 1941, the 6th Mountain Division, after crossing the Olympus Mountains, found itself in front of a position defended by British Empire troo...
- Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:41 am
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Soldier's Life!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10255
Re: Soldier's Life!
Hello to all
; more...................
New regulations on wearing military uniforms?
Source: https://www.ea-militaria.com/rare-secon ... album.html
Cheers. Raúl M
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New regulations on wearing military uniforms?
Source: https://www.ea-militaria.com/rare-secon ... album.html
Cheers. Raúl M

- Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:02 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Raid towards Breda 1940.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8421
Re: Raid towards Breda 1940.
Hello to all :D; more....................... Preparations up to May 10, 1940 for the raid of the 7th French Army towards Breda. The Breda Maneuver. The short alert in January (1940), caused by the affair of the German liaison plane carrying confidential documents which landed by mistake in Belgium, ...
- Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:58 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Raid towards Breda 1940.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8421
Re: Raid towards Breda 1940.
Hi Raul, In your interesting post from january 12 of 2025, we read the village of Riokevorsel, The 7th Army would have five divisions to ensure the defense of the Breda position, marked by Riokevorsel , Breda and Geertruidenberg, a development of 40 kilometers I think it must be the village of Rijk...
- Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:44 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: General Georg Lindemann
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8230
Re: General Georg Lindemann
Hello to all :D; another photo.................... Georg Lindemann (* March 8, 1884, Osterburg / Magdeburg - † September 25, 1963, Freudenstadt). Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves awarded on August 21st, 1943 Awarded for his leadership of the 18. Armee during the fighting south of Lake Ladoga in 1942/4...
- Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:48 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: General der Kavallerie Phillip Keffler
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1924
Re: General der Kavallerie Phillip Keffler
Hello to all
; after a while a picture............................
General Philipp Kleffel, Ritterkreuz 17 February 1942
Sources: http://ww2gravestone.com/people/lindema ... -heinrich/
Cheers. Raúl M
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General Philipp Kleffel, Ritterkreuz 17 February 1942
Sources: http://ww2gravestone.com/people/lindema ... -heinrich/
Cheers. Raúl M

- Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:40 am
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: The VIII AK through Upper Silesia 1939.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20168
Re: The VIII AK through Upper Silesia 1939.
Hello to all :D; more follows.............................. Wyry – Gostyń, September 1939. The fighting in Gostyń was also described by, among others, Augustyn Myszor: "After a short time, the Germans struck again with greater force, trying to break the even stronger resistance of the Poles. He...
- Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:34 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Favourite Knights Cross Action
- Replies: 123
- Views: 315132
Re: Favourite Knights Cross Action
Hello to all :D; one more........... Willi Eßlinger (2 June 1916 Markertshofen/Württemberg – 25 August 1944 Radzymin, Poland). Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as SS-Hauptscharführer and Zugführer, 3. Kompanie, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 5, 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking", Waffen-SS....
- Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:45 am
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: The VIII AK through Upper Silesia 1939.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20168
Re: The VIII AK through Upper Silesia 1939.
Hello to all :D; more follows.............................. Wyry – Gostyń, September 1939. On September 1, the Germans crossed the border in the early morning. The area around Mikołów was attacked by German units of the 28th and 8th Infantry Divisions, part of the 8th Army Corps from Wrocław. The Wy...
- Fri Jan 24, 2025 5:16 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Incidents and actions from the Eastern Front - 1941.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 70010
Re: Incidents and actions from the Eastern Front - 1941.
Hello to all :D; more....................... Attack Across a River. The battalion commander follows directly back of the 2nd company with a few messengers. At this moment the enemy barrage begins. It is being laid down in two stretches on the west and on the east slopes of Hill 165. The observation ...
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:58 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Favourite Knights Cross Action
- Replies: 123
- Views: 315132
Re: Favourite Knights Cross Action
Hello to all :D; one more........... Georg Schmid (14 March 1909, Pfullingen – 28 October 1990, Tübingen, Germany). Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as Leutnant der Reserve and Adjutant of the II./ Jäger-Regiment 229 - 101. Jäger-Division. Awarded on 02 June 1943. The following excerpt from a divisi...
- Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:04 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: General Georg Lindemann
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8230
Re: General Georg Lindemann
Hello to all
; another photo of Lindemann.....................
Georg Lindemann (* March 8, 1884, Osterburg / Magdeburg - † September 25, 1963, Freudenstadt).
Sources: hhttps://www.ea-militaria.com/ritterkreuztrager- ... -1942.html
Cheers. Raúl M
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Georg Lindemann (* March 8, 1884, Osterburg / Magdeburg - † September 25, 1963, Freudenstadt).
Sources: hhttps://www.ea-militaria.com/ritterkreuztrager- ... -1942.html
Cheers. Raúl M

- Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:33 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Raid towards Breda 1940.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8421
Re: Raid towards Breda 1940.
Hello to all :D; more....................... Preparations up to May 10, 1940 for the raid of the 7th French Army towards Breda. The Breda Maneuver. The update of the orders given since November 12 by General Giraud's personal and secret instruction No. 1 was ensured on November 30 by a personal and ...