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by tigre
Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: PzKpfw III Ausf. A
Replies: 3
Views: 2885

Re: PzKpfw III Ausf. A

Hello to all :D; a complement..................... Pz Kw III Ausf. A in action - Poland 1939!. Source: https://forum.odkrywca.pl/topic/731510-panzer-1939---cz%C4%99%C5%9B%C4%87-15/#731510 Cheers. Raúl M 8). Feliz Año Nuevo - Happy New Year - feliz Ano Novo - gluckliches Neues Jahr - Bonne Année - Fe...
by tigre
Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: 216 Infanterie Division
Replies: 17
Views: 20029

Re: 216 Infanterie Division

Hello to all :D; more...................... The 216. Infanterie Division - 1941/1942. Partisan Operations Lokot - Summer 1942. Unternehmen “Grünspecht VI”. On August 5, 1942, Operation Grünspecht VI was launched. Weak enemy forces had again established themselves in the Kholmetschi, Terebuschka and ...
by tigre
Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:34 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Monte Casino
Replies: 35
Views: 14128

Re: Monte Casino

Hello to all :D; more........................... The offensive battles against Cassino. 13th-23rd March 1944 (2nd attack phase). Plan: This time the attack was to be carried out at night again, from the same area and again with two divisions. The town of Cassino was to be held down with massed fire ...
by tigre
Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:39 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Maskirovka
Replies: 9
Views: 4324

Re: Maskirovka

Hello to all :D; more............................. The Soviet radio deception in the Battle of Cherkassy. The special staff responsible for the radio deception draws up the radio deception plan based on instructions from the command, which is initially based primarily on technical considerations. It...
by tigre
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:32 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Partisans in the Balkans.
Replies: 7
Views: 3136

Re: Partisans in the Balkans.

Hello to all :D; more.................................. Partisan struggle in Albania. The political situation was very unclear; the conditions were confusing. There was no Albanian government. Prices rose daily. There was a shortage of water and food everywhere. Only in the coastal strip were there ...
by tigre
Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
Replies: 9
Views: 6682

Re: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.

Hello to all :D; more.............................. The air defense of the German Reich in the World War 1939-1945 and its lessons. The beginnings of the German air defense 1939-1941. From 1941/42, General Kammhuber, Commanding General of the entire Night Fighter Unit, increased the use of night fig...
by tigre
Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:50 am
Forum: Heer
Topic: PR 1 - Erfurt.
Replies: 19
Views: 22710

Re: PR 1 - Erfurt.

Hello to all :D; something more..................... PR 1 – March to Erfurt. After playing the Badonviller march and the Panzerlied, General von Weichs, Dr. Zeitler and Major Schuckelt each gave a short speech. The podium was located in front of the current Hofbräuhaus (one of the oldest inns in Erf...
by tigre
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:01 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.
Replies: 26
Views: 35162

Re: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.

Hello to all :D; more....................... Independent Operational Group "Narew". SGO's "offensive turn". Approximately At 8:00 a.m. on September 9, the 18th Infantry Division completed the departure of the left wing from the southern (Ostrołęka) section of the Narew to the Ruż...
by tigre
Mon Dec 25, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Traces of the battlefield................
Replies: 87
Views: 77903

Re: Traces of the battlefield................

Hello to all :D; a little more................................... Remnants of a Soviet column. A Soviet motorized column (with supplies apparently) surprised and destroyed during the march (aircraft, tanks?)...... Sources: Photoalbum WH ID Russland Winterkampf. eBay Auction 03/10/2010. Type, Make? C...
by tigre
Mon Dec 25, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Influence of technical communication.
Replies: 8
Views: 6341

Re: Influence of technical communication.

Hello to all :D; more............................... Influence of technical communication on leadership and combat events. This agile and powerful operational communications system was countered by a German communications system that failed in many respects throughout the Allied advance through Fran...
by tigre
Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:10 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: 216 Infanterie Division
Replies: 17
Views: 20029

Re: 216 Infanterie Division

Hello to all :D; more...................... The 216. Infanterie Division - 1941/1942. Partisan Operations Lokot - Summer 1942. Unternehmen “Grünspecht V”. On July 30, 1942, Operation Grünspecht V was carried out. The battalion was subordinate to the Royal Hungarian 102nd Light Division as part of a ...
by tigre
Sat Dec 16, 2023 5:55 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Monte Casino
Replies: 35
Views: 14128

Re: Monte Casino

Hello to all :D; more........................... The offensive battles against Cassino. Attack of the NZ Corps February 13-18, 1944. The completely exhausted II AC was replaced by the New Zealand AC. This consisted of the 2nd New Zealand Division and the 4th Indian Division. Plan: February 15 air bo...
by tigre
Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Maskirovka
Replies: 9
Views: 4324

Re: Maskirovka

Hello to all :D; more............................. The Soviet radio deception in the Battle of Cherkassy. Experience has shown that mixing radio surveillance and radio reconnaissance leads to failure, but carrying out radio deception requires the interaction of surveillance and reconnaissance. First...
by tigre
Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Partisans in the Balkans.
Replies: 7
Views: 3136

Re: Partisans in the Balkans.

Hello to all :D; more.................................. Partisan struggle in Albania. Albania, on the territory of ancient Illyria on the Adriatic Sea, bordered to the north and east by Yugoslavia and to the south by Greece, apart from a Macedonian dispute, is a wild and difficult to access mountain...
by tigre
Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
Replies: 9
Views: 6682

Re: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.

Hello to all :D; more.............................. The air defense of the German Reich in the World War 1939-1945 and its lessons. The beginnings of the German air defense 1939-1941. From the autumn of 1941 onwards, the idea of placing the Reich's entire defense system under a unified command grew ...