Hello all, This will be my first post here, and is the result of a bit of research I've been doing on the Guards Armoured Division. Feedback and...
I was wondering when the British & Commonwealth armies first fought the SS ?
Is there any truth to it? 2000 men? This amount of troops would have surely been mentioned in the war diary, right? Checked the ones for the 3RTR...
Our reputation precedes us as a wave of terror and is one of our best weapons. Even old Genghis Khan would gladly have hired us as helpers. So...
I cant find any reference to this map anywhere - probably looking in the wrong place knowing me - but if anyone can help it would be appreciated...
In June 2018 I visited the Wormhoudt massacre site, near Dunkirk which was site of the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS...
Looking at all those photos and newsreels at the end of WW2 you might be forgiven for thinking every Nazi building was destroyed in Berlin. But...
Thought I'd post this in 1940 (mods please move if appropriate) Bert Evans D Coy 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment has died, age 92 The funeral...
Does anyone have any further information on this chap? 111748 Chaplain 4th Class The Rev. Reginald Thompson Podmore, Royal Army Chaplains'...
An introduction that will hopefully explain why I have done this. As some of you may be aware I first visited Wormhout and the scene of the...
Wee bit stumped by some of the terminology... hopefully rest of July-September tomorrow... June 1944 – War Diary 71st Anti-Tank Regiment...
I wonder if anyone can help me out?? I seem to have a difference of opinion regarding 'A' and 'B' Company, 2nd Bn. Warwicks locations on 28th...
I noticed today that the Wormhout Massacre in France 1940 was debated on TV quite a few years ago. The show was called the Cook Report and it...
:blink: I know that the ss and liebstandarte fought along side the wehrmacht during operation fall weiss( invasion of poland...
The Holocaust isn't my strongest point in the history of WW2. I've had a search on the forum for an answer , I'm sure we had a thread about this...
This guy was a very good soldier. In the ensuing battle's Wünsche and his Regiment were credited with destroying 219 enemy tanks 4 up to mid...
In WWII Germany had a total of 30 Panzer Divisions which I thought was amazing considering the impact they had upon mechanized warfare in the 20th...
Hi Guys, Do you have any stories regarding the BEF units that held up the Germans to keep the escape going? I'm looking for subject matter on...
My Grandfather was in the SS he never said much about them sept he wants me to become one : ( HMMMMMMM. Any way I was wondering if SS meant any...
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