tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post3024191993694297882..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Would you like to play a game?CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-62068352149551469422010-03-01T19:23:21.000-05:002010-03-01T19:23:21.000-05:00AW1 Tim, yes, I read that one too. I must have bee...AW1 Tim, yes, I read that one too. I must have been about 13. IIRC, Sajer's book is rich on 'a soldier's daily life' but a bit short on hard info.<br /><br />Those FGD and FBD formations were among a flurry of spinoffs from the original GD Pz grenadierdivision, which itself towards the end of 44 morphed into a Corps. Not that by that time the Germans had the resources to equip it like that.<br /><br />Till the very end the Germans kept creating new units with the manpower and materiel which ought to have gone to the existing divisions, which were, more often than not, bled white. The last panzer division they created was the Clausewitz, in early April 1945(!). This unit was special in that it belonged to an army (the 12th) which was simultaneously fighting the western allies and the ruskis, the German-held territory by that time beign reduced to a small sliver running north to south.<br /><br />The Clausewitz had a special 'first': IIRC, near a place called Fallingbostel, the division employed Panthers equipped with IR equipment, and knocked out several US vehicles and AT guns.<br /><br />Sorry CDR. Off topic. I let myself go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74238908910387772422010-03-01T18:43:31.000-05:002010-03-01T18:43:31.000-05:00Mike,
Speaking of GrossDeutschland, One of my f...Mike,<br /><br /> Speaking of GrossDeutschland, One of my favorite books is "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer. <br /><br /> I'd love to be able to attend this conference, but I just can't swing the time or the funds right now. Perhaps next year, however.<br /><br /> Respects,AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-48646159722442985952010-03-01T16:35:52.000-05:002010-03-01T16:35:52.000-05:00There was not really a 560th ID. There was, howeve...There was not really a 560th ID. There was, however, a 560th Volksgrenadier Division. Also, the Grossdeutschland was in East Prussia at the time. There was however a spinoff brigade, the FBB, composed of GD personnel (FGB may also have been present, but don't remember). Clearly, I am a WWII buffoon.<br /><br />Finally, the Région Wallonne as such did not exist at the time.Outlaw Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-17508385841268503092010-03-01T14:13:18.000-05:002010-03-01T14:13:18.000-05:00Sounds like fun. Wish I had the money to go!Sounds like fun. Wish I had the money to go!kmadams85noreply@blogger.com