This listing is a bibliographical compilation of known published works on specific WWII era German units. The listing is numerically centered with each unit being listed in its numerical order. Although this listing currently includes 344 titles it is far from complete and should not be taken as an exacting list. This list will also […]
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BV 138 MS, with degaussing ring Technical data (BV 138C-1)Type: Long-range Maritime Reconnaissance FlyingBoatPower Plant: Three Junkers Jumo 205 D six-cylinder vertical opposed-piston compression-ignition two-stroke engines, each rated at 880hp for take-off.Armament: One 20-mm MG 151 cannon in bow turret, one 20-mm MG 151 cannon mounted in the turret in the hull tail, and one […]
Gruppenkommandeure: Maj Gerrit Wiegmink, 9.43 – 4.44 Maj Schmidt, 4.44 – 1944 Formed 1.10.37: 1./196 in Wilhelmshaven with He 605./196 in Kiel-Holtenau with He 60 In 6.43 5./196 was redesignated 1./SAGr. 128. Stab/196 was formed 1.9.43, 2./196 was formed 8.8.43 and 3./196 in 10.43. 2./196 was disbanded 6.44, and the rest of the Gruppe was […]
Date Instituted: July 1st, 1942 Awarded To: Officers and men of the Heer, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS that participatedin the defense of besieged Fortress Cholm. Required Qualifications: Participation in the ground defense of besieged Fortress Cholm or in theair resupply and rescue operations of the city between January 21st,1942 to May 5th, 1942. First Awarded: Currently […]
Lineage 9.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division Campaigns Eastern Front 1945 History This division was ordered formed on 9.24.44, but formation was cancelled on10.25.44. Fallschirm-Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 9 formed for the planneddivision was instead transferred to the Heer 85.Infanterie-Divisionon 1.02.45. The division was reformed between December 1944 and February 1945 in theStettin area from various regular and ad-hoc units. In late February […]
The Luftschutzwarndienst, or Air Raid Warning Service, was a civilian organization under the guidance of the Luftwaffe that was responsible for the timely …
Picture taken at a command post near Anzio in jaunary 1944. From left to right: ObLt Kluge, Richthofen, von Pohl, Ob Christ Alfred Bülowius – GenMaj 1.6.41, GenLt 1.3.43, General der Flieger 1.12.44 1937 – 9.4.40 Kommandeur Grosse Kampffliegerschule Tutow 10.4.40 – 6.40 Kommandeur LG1* 21.10.40 – 14.1.42 Höherer Flieger-Ausbildungs-Kommandeur 7 15.1.42 – 1.8.42 […]
Ar 196A-3 Technical data Type: Two-seat Shipboard Reconnaissance andCoastal Patrol Float Seaplane. Power Plant: One BMW 132K nine-cylinder radialair-cooled engine, rated at 960hp at take-off and 820hp at 3280 ft. Armament: Two 20-mm. MG FF cannon with60 r.p.g. and one 7.9-mm. MG 17 machine gun fixed to fire forward, andone 7.9-mm. MG 15 on flexible mounting […]
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Campaigns Western Front 1945 History This division was ordered formed on 9.24.44 (with FJR.22, 23, and 24), butthe formation was cancelled on 10.15.44 and FJR.23 went to the 2.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, and theFallschirm-Luftnachrichten-Abteilung was transferred to the Heer on 1.02.45. The division was reformed in January 1945, at Köln-Wahn from variousad-hoc units. The division was refreshed on […]