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Hello Sis, Was there nothing in your Opas' Wehrstammbuch re his injuries? Should be on page 21. What I find hardest in all this is the script, it is so damned hard to read and the abreviations? The other thing is the way different records are archived in different places. Like you I decided to follo...

"Dutch, much the same as German" Wolf? Don't let a Bavarian hear you say this. A Dutchman might speak like a Prussian, but boy there is difference. Come to think of it, do we Bavarians speak German? Nobody else seems to understand us.

Have just finished reading "Lost Victories". Helped me in tracing my fathers footsteps. Both 17ID & 46ID which were the Divisions my father served in came under Mansteins command at various times. As for what it said about Manstein himself, I was not impressed. If he had the guts he would have told ...

Hi Jason, It was awarded on 13 October 1942. He was wounded on 24 September '42, 3 kilometers west of Maikop (Maykop?). His wounded badge was awarded on 4 November, '42. I suggest that the these dates are all related. What I need now is some information on the battle, if there was one at Maikop? Can...

My fathers epaulettes showed his Regiments number, 21, during the period of his National Service, 1936 - 38. No sign of it during his war years. Would think that it's a security measure, not to mention the work involved.

I have the same problem. My father was awarded the ICII. Whilst it appears in his record, including the date of the award, there is no reason given. By retracing his steps through the activities, campaigns of his then Division, ID 46, I have been able to at least put him in the right place and battl...

My mother tells me that the Americans who liberated (?) Nurnberg for instance were hell bent on getting to grips with the Russians and felt cheated for not being allowed to do so. A Colonel billetet with the family said the world would regret this folly. Also read "Churchills German Army". Can't rem...

The responses vindicate my research and lead me to the conclusion that the users, including my father achieved a hell of a lot with very little. tHank you for the responses.

:? From my study (limited) of German soldiers personal records I find it amazing that the number of weapons trained on was so limited for an infantry soldier. The most I have found for a WWII German Grenadier/Schuetze is three ie. Rifle, light machine gun & pistol and that was after two years and 11...