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- Wed Feb 05, 2003 3:06 pm
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Nordland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1922
Many details not found in Tieke's book are included in Raza de Vikingos, Erik Norling's history of the Nordland Division, published by Garcia Hispan in Spain. Norling is of mixed Swedish and Spanish descent, and he was able to work directly with the Norwegian Waffen-SS veterans' association to colle...
- Wed Feb 05, 2003 2:57 pm
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Anyone Who've Read Pierik's From Leningrad to Berlin?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2016
It's a really bad book, full of tangents that let Pierik discuss his politics without advancing the history of the unit. I enjoyed Pierik's book Hungary 1944-45 The Forgotten Tragedy, and I expected better of this other one. I was even more disappointed when I found that the English translation incl...
- Sat Feb 01, 2003 7:10 pm
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Sons of the Reich
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4142
The thing about Mongomery that doesn't get mentioned often enough is that he didn't bungle his opportunities, while many other British generals did, particularly in North Africa. Monty was lucky to have the time and opportunity to stack the deck in his favor in several campaigns, and then did not wa...
- Thu Jan 30, 2003 11:45 am
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Operation Citadel, A Text and Photo Album by Jean Restayn
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5247
- Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:28 am
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Operation Citadel, A Text and Photo Album by Jean Restayn
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5247
- Fri Jan 24, 2003 11:39 pm
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Operation Citadel, A Text and Photo Album by Jean Restayn
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5247
- Mon Jan 20, 2003 11:07 am
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Were Waffen SS Generals like Eicke?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4220
Many were very good battlefield commanders, the best evidence to support this can be found in Yerger's Waffen-SS Commanders two volume set. A list of effective Waffen-SS generals includes Hausser, Dietrich (at least up to corps level, and always with the help of good staff officers), Bittrich, Stein...
- Mon Jan 20, 2003 10:52 am
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Questions about Theodor Eicke
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9673
Hellmuth Becker represented the last holdover of pre-war SS-TV influence within the division, and by the time he returned from the 16. SS-PGD RFSS, he was essentially isolated, and had almost all SS-VT originated officers as his subordinates, unlike the situation a couple of years and more earlier, ...
- Sun Jan 19, 2003 11:50 am
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Questions about Theodor Eicke
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9673
One aspect of Eicke's character that no one has brought up is his hatred of the traditional Junker class of Prussian officer. This developed during the First World War, when Eicke was a simple paymaster, and not a frontline combat soldier. As Eicke organized the SS-TV into combat troops during the l...
- Sat Jan 18, 2003 4:02 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Foreign manpower in Waffen-SS
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4914
Many of these figures seem wildly wrong to me. I studied various sources while preparing my Waffen-SS Encyclopedia, and whenever possible, I based the figures I listed on material prepared within the country in question. The Dutch figure of 50,000 is widely quoted, and is seen as part of a total of ...
- Wed Jan 08, 2003 12:48 am
- Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
- Topic: Volunteers from Switzerland and Sweden
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9012
I agree with what Fons wrote, Oertle's book is one of the best WW2 histories I have seen on any W-SS related subject. It is well worth getting, and the last I knew, some German dealers carried it, but that was a couple of years ago, and it may be out of print (I got mine from an American friend who ...
- Sat Jan 04, 2003 9:15 pm
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: To Battle by Michael James Melnyk
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12889
I'm happy to add the public acclaim for To Battle, it seems to be easily the best book yet on the Galician/Ukrainian Division (I haven't finished it yet). I can also support what Mike and Mark have written, in that there's a great satisfaction in having actually completed a project, and that the mea...
- Wed Jan 01, 2003 12:05 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: prinz eugen ss division
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2112
- Wed Jan 01, 2003 11:57 am
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Books by Georg Maier?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3216
- Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:49 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Leon Degrelle - 'Eastern front'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1621
Degrelle had no military background at all, none, because as the oldest son of a large family he was exempted from conscription. Most other right wing political leaders in Belgium were Belgian Army reserve officers, and thus they gained commissions when joining the German military. This included men...