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Steven H. Newton KURSK the GERMAN VIEW
TRANSLATED, EDITED, AND ANNOTATED WITH NEW MATERIAL BY Steven H. Newton KURSK THE GERMAN VIEW Eyewitness Reports of Operation Citadel by the German Commanders Translated, edited, and annotated by Steven H. Newton DA CAPO PRESS A Member of the Perseus Books Group Copyright © 2002 by Steven H. Newton All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Designed by Brent Wilcox Cataloging-in-Publication data for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 0-306-81150-2 Published by Da Capo Press A Member of the Perseus Books Group http://www.dacapopress.com Da Capo Press books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S. by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, or call (617) 252-5298. 12345678 9—05 04 03 02 CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi PART 1 Strategic Analysis of Operation Citadel Eyewitness Accounts by German Commanders 1 Operation Citadel Overview by General of Infantry Theodor Busse APPENDIX 1A German Military Intelligence and Soviet Strength, July 1943 27 Armeeabteilung Kempf 29 by Colonel General Erhard Raus APPENDIX 2A Order of Battle: Corps Raus (Special Employment), 2 March 1943 58 APPENDIX -
A Measure of the Real-World Value of Mixed Mine Systems
A MEASURE OF THE REAL-WORLD VALUE OF MIXED MINE SYSTEMS 20 June 2001 By: The Dupuy Institute 1497 Chainbridge Road Suite 100 McLean, VA 22101 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY.............................................................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 6 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Second Battle of El Alamein ......................................................................................................................... 7 The Battle of Kursk............................................................................................................................................. 10 Comparing Second El Alamein with Kursk........................................................................................................ 15 PLANNING TIME ................................................................................................................................................. 16 Second El Alamein: The British Mine Clearing Preparations ............................................................................ 16 Kursk ................................................................................................................................................................. -
Military Tribunal, Indictments
MILITARY TRIBUNALS Case No. 12 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -against- WILHELM' VON LEEB, HUGO SPERRLE, GEORG KARL FRIEDRICH-WILHELM VON KUECHLER, JOHANNES BLASKOWITZ, HERMANN HOTH, HANS REINHARDT. HANS VON SALMUTH, KARL HOL LIDT, .OTTO SCHNmWIND,. KARL VON ROQUES, HERMANN REINECKE., WALTERWARLIMONT, OTTO WOEHLER;. and RUDOLF LEHMANN. Defendants OFFICE OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT FOR GERMANY (US) NORNBERG 1947 • PURL: https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/c6a171/ TABLE OF CONTENTS - Page INTRODUCTORY 1 COUNT ONE-CRIMES AGAINST PEACE 6 A Austria 'and Czechoslovakia 7 B. Poland, France and The United Kingdom 9 C. Denmark and Norway 10 D. Belgium, The Netherland.; and Luxembourg 11 E. Yugoslavia and Greece 14 F. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 17 G. The United states of America 20 . , COUNT TWO-WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: CRIMES AGAINST ENEMY BELLIGERENTS AND PRISONERS OF WAR 21 A: The "Commissar" Order , 22 B. The "Commando" Order . 23 C, Prohibited Labor of Prisoners of Wal 24 D. Murder and III Treatment of Prisoners of War 25 . COUNT THREE-WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS 27 A Deportation and Enslavement of Civilians . 29 B. Plunder of Public and Private Property, Wanton Destruc tion, and Devastation not Justified by Military Necessity. 31 C. Murder, III Treatment and Persecution 'of Civilian Popu- lations . 32 COUNT FOUR-COMMON PLAN OR CONSPIRACY 39 APPENDIX A-STATEMENT OF MILITARY POSITIONS HELD BY THE DEFENDANTS AND CO-PARTICIPANTS 40 2 PURL: https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/c6a171/ INDICTMENT -
Republic of Violence: the German Army and Politics, 1918-1923
University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Graduate Studies The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2015-09-11 Republic of Violence: The German Army and Politics, 1918-1923 Bucholtz, Matthew N Bucholtz, M. N. (2015). Republic of Violence: The German Army and Politics, 1918-1923 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27638 http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2451 doctoral thesis University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Republic of Violence: The German Army and Politics, 1918-1923 By Matthew N. Bucholtz A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN HISTORY CALGARY, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER, 2015 © Matthew Bucholtz 2015 Abstract November 1918 did not bring peace to Germany. Although the First World War was over, Germany began a new and violent chapter as an outbreak of civil war threatened to tear the country apart. The birth of the Weimar Republic, Germany’s first democratic government, did not begin smoothly as republican institutions failed to re-establish centralized political and military authority in the wake of the collapse of the imperial regime. Coupled with painful aftershocks from defeat in the Great War, the immediate postwar era had only one consistent force shaping and guiding political and cultural life: violence. -
Fighting Patton Photographs
Fighting Patton Photographs [A]Mexican Punitive Expedition pershing-villa-obregon.tif: Patton’s first mortal enemy was the commander of Francisco “Pancho” Villa’s bodyguard during the Mexican Punitive Expedition. Left to right: General Álvaro Obregón, Villa, Brig. Gen. John Pershing, Capt. George Patton. [A]World War I Patton_France_1918.tif: Col. George Patton with one of his 1st Tank Brigade FT17s in France in 1918. Diepenbroick-Grüter_Otto Eitel_Friedrich.tif: Prince Freiherr von.tif: Otto Freiherr Friedrich Eitel commanded the von Diepenbroick-Grüter, 1st Guards Division in the pictured as a cadet in 1872, Argonnes. commanded the 10th Infantry Division at St. Mihiel. Gallwitz_Max von.tif: General Wilhelm_Crown Prince.tif: Crown der Artillerie Max von Prince Wilhelm commanded the Gallwitz’s army group defended region opposite the Americans. the St. Mihiel salient. [A]Morocco and Vichy France Patton_Hewitt.tif: Patton and Rear Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, commanding Western Naval Task Force, aboard the Augusta before invading Vichy-controlled Morocco in Operation Torch. NoguesLascroux: Arriving at Fedala to negotiate an armistice at 1400 on 11 November 1942, Gen. Charles Noguès (left) is met by Col. Hobart Gay. Major General Auguste Lahoulle, Commander of French Air Forces in Morocco, is on the right. Major General Georges Lascroux, Commander in Chief of Moroccan troops, carries a briefcase. Noguès_Charles.tif: Charles Petit_Jean.tif: Jean Petit, Noguès, was Vichy commander- commanded the garrison at in-chief in Morocco. Port Lyautey. (Courtesy of Stéphane Petit) [A]The Axis Powers Patton_Monty.tif: Patton and his rival Gen. Bernard Montgomery greet each other on Sicily in July 1943. The two fought the Axis powers in Tunisia, Sicily, and the European theater. -
The Waffen-SS in Allied Hands Volume Two
The Waffen-SS in Allied Hands Volume Two The Waffen-SS in Allied Hands Volume Two: Personal Accounts from Hitler’s Elite Soldiers By Terry Goldsworthy The Waffen-SS in Allied Hands Volume Two: Personal Accounts from Hitler’s Elite Soldiers By Terry Goldsworthy This book first published 2018 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2018 by Terry Goldsworthy All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-0858-7 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-0858-3 All photographs courtesy of the US National Archives (NARA), Bundesarchiv and the Imperial War Museum. Cover photo – An SS-Panzergrenadier advances during the Ardennes Offensive, 1944. (German military photo, captured by U.S. military photo no. HD-SN-99-02729; NARA file no. 111-SC-197561). For Mandy, Hayley and Liam. CONTENTS Preface ...................................................................................................... xiii VOLUME ONE Introduction ................................................................................................. 1 The rationale for the study of the Waffen-SS ........................................ 1 Sources of information for this book .................................................... -
German Forces in the West, 1 February 1945
German Forces in the West 1 February 1945 HQ Commander in Chief West/Army Group "D": Fieldmarschal Gerd von Runtstedt Army Group "D": 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord": Generalleutnant K.H.Brenner 11th SS Gebirgs-Jäger Regiment "Reinhard Heydrich" 12th SS Gebirgs-Jäger Regiment "Michael Gaissmair" SS Schützen (Motorized) Battalion SS Ski-Jäger-Battalion Norge (3 cos) Norwegian Polizei Ski Company 1/,2/,3/,4/SS Gebirgs-Artillerie Regiment (3rd Bn motorized & 4th Bn heavy) SS "Nord" Reconnaissance Battalion SS "Nord" Pioneer Battalion SS "Nord" Signals Battalion SS "Nord" Division (Einheiten) Support SS "Nord" Panzerjäger Battalion 9th Volks Grenadier Division: Obers von Kolb 1/,2/36th Grenadier Division 1/,2/57th Grenadier Division 1/,2/116th Grenadier Division 9th Divisional Fusilier Company 1/,2/,3/,4/9th Artillery Regiment 9th Panzerjäger Battalion 9th Pioneer Battalion 9th Signals Battalion 9th Feldersatz Battalion 9th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 79th Volks Grenadier Division: 1/,2/208th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/212th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/226th Grenadier Regiment 179th Divisional Fusilier Company 1/,2/,3/,4/179th Artillery Regiment 179th Panzerjäger Battalion 179th Pioneer Battalion 179th Signals Battalion 179th Feldersatz Battalion 179th Division (Einheiten) Service Units 257th Volks Grenadier Division: 1/,2/457th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/466th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/477th Grenadier Regiment 257th Divisional Fusilier Company 1/,2/,3/,4/257th Artillery Regiment 257th Panzerjäger Battalion 257th Pioneer Battalion 257th Signals -
6Th Panzer Division 1941
6th Panzer Division 22 June 1941 ANNEX A: Task Organization to Operation BARBAROSSA 6th Panzer Division MajGen Franz Landgraf OpsO: Maj Count Jachim A.G. Graf von Kielmansegg Motorized Infantry Brigade 6 Colonel Erhard Raus Motorized Infantry Regiment 114 LtCol Baron Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff I Battalion.114 IR II Battalion.114 IR Capt Quentin 11th Gun Co ((6) 75mm Infantry Guns) Motorized Infantry Regiment 4 LtCol von Waldenfels I Battalion.4 IR II Battalion.4 IR Capt Dr Boecher 11th Gun Co ((6) 75mm Infantry Guns) Motorcycle Battalion 6 Maj Schliekmann KIA Capt Knaust Maj Martin von Unrein Panzer Regiment 11 Col Richard Koll (239 Tanks: (47) Pz II, (155) Pz 35t, (30) Pz IV, (5) PzBef 35t, (8) PzBef III, plus (11) Pz I I Battalion.11 Pz R (Co: (22) Pz 35t, Co: (22) Pz 35t, Co: (10) Pz IV and (5) Pz II, HQ: (3) PzBef and (10) Pz II) II Battalion.11 Pz R LtCol Johann Siebert (Co: (22) Pz 35t, Co: (22) Pz 35t, Co: (10) Pz IV and (5) Pz II, HQ: (3) PzBef and (10) Pz II) Panzer Battalion 65 Maj Schenk (Co: (22) Pz 35t, Co: (22) Pz 35t, Co: (10) Pz IV and (5) Pz II, HQ: (3) PzBef and (10) Pz II) Panzer Artillery Regiment 76 Col von Grundherr I Battalion.76 AR (Light: (12) x 105mm) II Battalion.76 AR (Light: (12) x 105mm) LtCol Graf III Battalion.76 AR (Heavy: (12) x 150mm) Panzer Engineer Battalion 57 LtCol Erich Lehnert Panzer Jaeger Battalion 41 ((24) 37mm and (12) 50mm AT guns) Maj Roemhild Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 57 Maj Linnbrunn Flak Battalion 76 Signal Battalion 82 Attached: II Battalion, Artillery Regiment 59 ((12) x 150mm) II Battalion, Flak Regiment 411 (- one battery) (20mm and 88mm Flak) 6th Panzer Division and 1st Panzer Division invaded Russia as part of XLI Panzer Corps. -
Panzer Leader
PANZER LEADER by Heinz Guderian First published in 1952 FOREWORD by CAPTAIN B. H. LIDDELL HART In this book a man who has made history—on a great scale—gives us his own story of how he shaped it by means of a new idea, and how it led to an end he had not foreseen. Guderian had a tremendous impact on the course of events in our time. Without him, it is probable that Hitler would have met early frustration in his offensive efforts when he embarked on war. For in 1939-40 Germany's forces in general were not sufficient to overcome any major Power. Her opening run of victory in the Second World War was only made possible by the panzer forces that Guderian had created and trained, and by his auda¬cious leading of those forces in disregard of his superiors' caution as well as Hitler's fears. Guderian's break-through at Sedan and lightning drive to the Channel coast virtually decided the issue of the Battle of France. A year later, the drive he led into the East came close to producing the complete collapse of Russia's armies, but this time renewed hesitancy on top imposed a delay that spun out the campaign until winter intervened, and gave the Russians a breathing-space for recovery. Stalin was able to raise fresh armies and develop new arms factories to replace those that had been captured. Russia's strength went on increasing, while Germany was never again as strong as in that first campaign. Hitler's 1942 effort, though dangerous, was a more limited one than in the previous year. -
Glantz Vol III Book 1 LATEST.Indd
© University Press of Kansas. All rights reserved. Reproduction and distribution prohibited without permission of the Press. Contents List of Maps, Tables, and Illustrations ix Preface xv Selected Abbreviations xxi Part I. Soviet Strategic Planning 1. Framework for Disaster 3 Frustration 3 The Wehrmacht in November 1942 8 German Field Commanders 11 The Red Army in November 1942 12 Soviet Field Commanders 15 2. Soviet Strategic Planning: The Genesis of Plan Uranus 20 Who Formulated Plan Uranus? The Historical Debate 20 Competing Offensive Concepts 23 Triumph of the “Different Solution,” 1–13 October 31 Plan Uranus Takes Shape, 14–31 October 38 Final Preparations, 1–18 November 41 Reflections 50 3. Gathering the Troops: Soviet Order of Battle and the Uranus Plan 55 Regrouping Forces for the Counteroffensive 55 Soviet Order of Battle 58 The Uranus Plan 79 Front and Army Plans 93 4. The Balance of Opposing Forces on 18 November 127 Soviet Forces 127 Axis Forces and Defenses 131 The Correlation of Opposing Forces 165 Part II. The Uranus Counteroffensive 5. The Penetration Battle, 19–20 November 185 Preliminaries 185 © University Press of Kansas. All rights reserved. Reproduction and distribution prohibited without permission of the Press. viii Contents The Southwestern and Don Fronts’ Offensive, 19–20 November 192 The Stalingrad Front’s Offensive, 20 November 248 6. The Encirclement Closes, 21–23 November 268 German Dilemmas on 21 November 268 The Southwestern and Don Fronts’ Offensive, 21 November 271 The Stalingrad Front’s Offensive, 21 November 288 The Southwestern and Don Fronts’ Offensive, 22 November 299 The Stalingrad Front’s Offensive, 22 November 323 The Southwestern and Don Fronts’ Offensive, 23 November 337 The Stalingrad Front’s Offensive, 23 November 358 The Situation Late on 23 November 369 German Dilemmas on 23 November 371 7. -
6Th Armee STALINGRAD 18 Nov 1942 ANNEX a (Task Organization)
6th Armee STALINGRAD 18 Nov 1942 ANNEX A (Task Organization) 6th Armee Gen Friedrich PAULUS XIV Panzer Corps Gen HUBE 29th Infantry Division (Motorized), IV Corps MajGen LEYSER 100th Jager Infantry Division LtGen SANNE 16th Panzer Division LtGen von ANGERN 24th Panzer Division, LI Corps LtGen Arno von LENSKI 145th Artillery Regiment 177th SP Artillery Battalion 627th Artillery Battalion, 6th Armee 2nd Rocket Artillery Regiment, 6th Armee 51st Rocket Artillery Regiment, 6th Armee 53rd Rocket Artillery Regiment, 6th Armee 41st Engineer Battalion 45th Engineer Battalion XI Corps LtGen STRECKER 384th Infantry Division LtGen Eccard Freiherr von GABLENZ 44th Infantry Division LtGen Heinrich DEBOI 376th Infantry Division LtGen Alexander Edler von DANIELS IV Corps Gen JAENECKE 297th Infantry Division MajGen Moritz von DREBBER 371st Infantry Division LtGen Richard STEMPEL VIII Corps Gen HEITZ 76th Infantry Division LtGen Karl ROSENBURG 113th Infantry Division LtGen Hans Heinrich Sixt von ARMIN LI Corps Gen von SEYDLITZ-KURZBACH 71st Infantry Division LtGen Alexander von HARTMANN 79th Infantry Division 94th Infantry Division LtGen George PFEIFFER 295th Infantry Division MajGen Dr. Otto KORFES 305th Infantry Division MajGen Kurt OPPENLAENDER 389th Infantry Division MajGen Martin LATTMAN 14th Panzer Division Oberst Hans Freiherr von FALKENSTEIN 1 29th Infantry Division STALINGRAD 18 Nov 1942 ANNEX A (Task Organization) 29th Infantry Division (Motorized) MajGen LEYSER 15th Infantry Regiment (Motorized) I.15 IR II.15 IR III.15 IR 71st Infantry Regiment -
Nato Force Lists
Flames of War: 1986 Modern COLD WAR NATO FORCE LISTS v4.0 © 2013 M I EDWARDS 15/07/13 NATO UNITED STATES - US ARMY CONFIDENT - TRAINED Q H 1 x M1 Abrams - 200pts 1 x M2 FAO - 1 00pts 1 x M577 + FAO - 1 00pts The US Army had very fluid organisational system and could move around assets as required within their own regiment. You must take at least 2 Combat Teams in any force and a HQ Unit that matches one of your Combat Teams , and may only take one each of the Regiment and Divisional Support options. T R T M 3x M1 A1 Abrams - 800pts 1 x OH-58 Kiowa- 200pts 4 x M1 Abrams - 800pts O R A P O E P P T U P T S U A L S B A M E T D O N A C 2 x M901 ITV - 200pts 2 x AH1 Cobra - 400pts 4 x M1 Abrams - 800pts E G M I I R G B E R 4 x M11 3 - 300pts 2 x M1 06 Mortar - 200pts 2 x MLRS - 400pts 4 x M11 3 - 300pts 2 x M3 SCOUT - 200pts 3 x M1 09 - 300pts 2 x M2 - 300pts 2 x M1 63 ADS - 200pts 2 x M2 - 300pts US ARMY - INFANTRY US MECHANISED INFANTRY (4 x M113) 31 Men Platoon HQ - 4 men in one Squad RIFLE TEAM 1st Squad - 9 men ( 1 x 5 man + 4 man Fire team) SAW TEAM + M47 DRAGON SAW TEAM + M203 2nd Squad - 9 men ( 1 x 5 man + 4 man Fire team) SAW TEAM + M47 DRAGON SAW TEAM + M203 3rd Squad - 9 men ( 1 x 5 man + 4 man Fire team) SAW TEAM + M47 DRAGON SAW TEAM + M203 US MECHANISED INFANTRY (2 x M2 BRADLEY) 12 Men Platoon HQ 1st Squad is HQ.