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Hello Steven, first of all welcome on the forum. Flak units on the Cotentin are indeed a topic that very little has been published about. They're...
'FWIW: On 13 May it was reported that 7th Armee had been assigned 130 Püppchen (33 rounds each). On 3 June the Oberquartiermeister of the Armee...
Püppchen appear to have been assigned in the course of the fighting to provide additional antitank capabilities to units and/or to replace losses....
I'm not sure where the individual companies were, but the HQ of Pz.Rgt.22 (100) was at Aubigny. The HQ of I.Abt. was at Jort and that of II.Abt....
Capt. Cameron must be Capt. Archibald B. Cameron. The battalion went into battle on D-Day under Lt.Col. Robert H. York. On 11 July he was...
Pat, Pöppel's account is probably taken from his book: Heaven and Hell: War Diary of a German Paratrooper. I've never gotten around to getting a...
The entry for 11 June is odd. Must be 13 June, the day of the German counter-attack against Carentan.
Ulmer is the Ordonnanz-Offizier of III.Btl. I assume the douve bridges are meant instead of the Vire bridges….
I have a feeling the account of 8 June is a description of what could be seen from his position around Carentan. If it is it would mean that the...
Oblt. Prive is actually Oblt. Priebe, the CO of 10.Kp. The HQ was at DMC. It must have been abandoned sometime on 8 June since the area became...
FWIW: Wagner was the CO of 9.Kp. (reportedly KIA in mid July) Pöppel was the CO of 12.Kp. I do have some conflicting information about Schröder's...
It's a shame there's so little information which makes it difficult to appreciate accounts like this. The 'British' bit and the 'paratroopers' bit...
I hope you all will enjoy the meet. I'm afraid I'll be unable to make it myself. Maybe I'll drop in via Skype or something ;-) For those of you...
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I've looked into the different types of cluster munitions and so far the description seems to match the 'SD 1'. Size, fins and basic design seem...
I think one of the questions here is whether or not such devices leave a noticable mark on the ground at all (even if presuming they did not...
M.C.T.D. = Medium Capacity Timed Delay
Good work again Pat. Looks very promising. Glad you abandoned the railway angle. I've never been convinced of that, but I do regret not stating...
Hi John, suprised you are not familiar with it. It's the Montebourg map of this series: Normandy BIGOT Defence Overprint Mapping GSGS 4347 1:25000
Whit Sunday = Pentecost. In 1944 that was on May 28th. Also, you should no forget that Triepel also mentions that battery positions had been...