The Sturmgeschütz Escort Batteries, or Sturmgeschütz Begleit Batterien, were first introduced in early 1944 as a way of providing organic infantry support to the Sturmgeschütz Battalions. Assault guns had an inherent vulnerability to infantry...
It is easy to think of the Jagdpanzer IV as a progression in the series of tank destroyers developed by Germany in the Second World War. However, the Jagdpanzer IV organization, beyond the company...
This is a post for a video tutorial on German Unit Research using the Captured German Records at the US National Archives. The video walks you through the steps I take when researching a...
I do not normally do individual research but I recently ran across an interesting set of documents on Major Anton Donnhauser of the 11th Panzer Division in the OKH records and thought I would...
In this blog post I am presenting two sets of documents. The first is the Wiking Panzergrenadier Division Organization dated March of 1943. The second are Daily Status Reports for the 1st Panzer Army. ...
After the invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941, the Germans found themselves at a disadvantage with regards to anti-tank capability. The T-34’s and KV-1’s were an unexpected challenge that the available anti-tank...
