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There's next to nothing written about 68. ID in Polen, which makes these "Kriegstagebuecher" even more precious.

Thank you kindly
MJU

Hello Raúl

tigre wrote:Source: Kriegstagebucher 1939-1945. Ulrich and Albert Juncker (zugführer 13./ IR 196).

Could you shed some light on your source? Is there anything more in it about Polenfeldzug?

Regards
MJU

Already during the march reached the regiment the news that Osiek was strongly manned by the enemy, which attacked IR 91 with artillery support. The I./ AR 27 did it best and the guns' crews engaged the Polish attackers in direct fire at the first line. The infantrymen and the artillerymen fought s...

Hello Hans, In Szczecin there is Museum of Polish Border Formations and Archive of Border Guards: ARCHIWUM STRAŻY GRANICZNEJ BIURO OCHRONY INFORMACJI NIEJAWNYCH UL. ŻOŁNIERSKA 4 71-141 SZCZECIN e-mail: archiwum.[email protected].pl I've read that they have some (1000+ units) archival documents creat...

Hello Hans, Interesting information. This "6.Batal. K.O.P." can be Batalion KOP "Iwieniec" [KOP Battalion "Iwieniec"] (created as 6 Batalion Graniczny,[Border Battalion] later renamed to 6 Batalion Graniczny "Iwieniec"). Please see HERE for additional information in Polish. Most relevant information...

Hallo Hans KOP units were meant to protect Polish-Soviet border (borders with other neighbouring countries were protected by Border Guard) and its members were rather carefully picked from regular military units (not drafted directly to KOP). Serving in a KOP unit was regarded as an honour as they w...

Hallo Hans, What do you mean by "facing the Russians in 1939"? Do you mean fighting Soviets after 17th September 1939? And do you mean units based in Poznań/Posen only, or whole DOK VII (Dowództwo Okręgu Korpusu Nr VII, Corps Area Command Nr 7) with its headquarter in Poznań/Posen? KOP (Korpus Ochro...

Hello,

My theory is, the writing is 'Kriszin', which most probably is Kryszyn. Kryszyn is a small village in SE Poland, a few kilometers from Polish-Ukrainian border (here it is on ViaMichelin).

Please post some sample of text where 's' and 'z' are written, just for comparison.

Regards,
MJU

Hello to all :D; just by chance a little question............... Polish Armored Train destroyed by Stukas. Does anyone here knows which train was?. TIA. Cheers. Raúl M 8). Answer comes a bit late, but nevertheless... This is/was pociąg pancerny nr 13 ("Generał Sosnkowski"). It was bombed while on m...

Slightly off-topic, but nevertheless some may find it interesting. This or this piece of music might go well while reading Richards' book :wink: Taken from 'Breslau' album by Igor Boxx (Igor Pudło from Skalpel, born and living in today's Wrocław), also available in special 'Festung Edition', that al...

Domen123 wrote:Some new SS Standarte "Germania" photage:

Not that 'new' Domen

Regards,
MJU

But if it comes to the quality of fortifications itself, according to the German study of Polish fortifications titled: "Denkschrift uber die polnische Landesbefestigung", published by OKH in 1940, Polish concrete fortifications were much better (much more resistant to fire of heavy artillery, Anti...

It may be Stamm instead of Sturm.

Regards,
Michal Jungiewicz

Richard Hargreaves wrote:Out in Polish next month apparently as Blitzkrieg w Polsce - Wrzesień 1939 (I'm guessing that's Blitzkrieg in Poland: September 1939)

Interesting Who is the publisher in Poland?

Regards,
Michal Jungiewicz

Incidentally, what is 'high wing loading' - japanese pilots testing the heinkel single engine fighters found this objectionable? If I get it right, you get 'wing load' when you divide airplane mass/weight by area of its wings (to put it simply). The more kg/m^2 (or pounds per square feet), the high...