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I hate to say it, but for me, it's print. I find that I simply can't read more than a paragraph or two on a computer screen without discomfort. anything longer, and I have to print it out. so give me a good old-fashioned book anytime (and I'd be delighted to read 450 pages).

Ah, I see. He is describing the assembled company as a closed block in both the military and spiritual sense. "But under every helmet is still an individual." Translation is not literal, but more in the meaningful sense. As you see, he goes on to say that he knows each one of them, etc.

I, too, need a context for that first one, but the second is easy - "The Devil take your enthusiasm if it doesn't hold fast in time of need."

Vehicles like that had no business being without their own supporting infantry. It's misuse, not lack of a hull MG that did them in.

By the way, does anyone know what the "Night of the Long Knives" was referred to in German? I don't think I've ever come across it in German-language books. I know it should be Nacht der Langen Messer, but somehow I don't believe it.

Your question illustrates a problem in both languages. What is a "thunderbolt"? There's no such thing - thunder is a sound, lighting is the bolt. So, Donnerschlag is, literally, a thunder strike, but there's no such thing, so "clap of thunder" would actually be a better translati...

In his biography of Guderian, Keneth Macksey does a pretty good job of pretty much trashing Liddell-Hart as a puffed up, lying egomaniac. Check out the introduction for a synopsis.

My Grandfather's brother (my great-uncle?) joined SS-Totenkopf in late 1940/early 1941. After training he was flown into the Demyansk pocket I think January 1942. He lived to a ripe old age, having evaded capture in 1945. However, on arrival back home, found that the border had shifted (again!) and ...

Invade North America? What a silly idea. Trade with them and eventually buy them up. Without England as a staging area, the Yanks can't hurt anyone.

Tschuess (actually Tschüß)?!? Who was that masked man?

I'll have whatever Guderian was drinking in May, 1940.

The range of radios varied considerably depending upon a number of factors - especially terrain and weather. Ever see "A Bridge Too Far" where the Brits are puzzling why radios that worked perfectly in the African desert weren't doing so well in wet, foresty Holland? German radios used the...

I strongly suspect that, unless you write it yourself, you'll never find one.

Why not simply "storm on Lemberg"?

Simon, where are Gneisenau's turrets?