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  Osprey Publications
World War II German Police Units: (Men-at-Arms 434) The German Police were an essential arm of the Nazi regime; as soon as Hitler achieved power the previous decentralized provincial system was unified into a single state apparatus, integrated at the command levels with the SS.
GERMAN ARMY IN WWI (1): This is the first of three books that study the German Army of World War I in great detail, introducing a comprehensive study of the organization, uniforms, insignia and equipment of the imperial German army.
German Army Elite Units 1939-45: In World War II a number of German Army units and divisions were classed as lites, and were distinguished by special insignia of various kinds.
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 bird supplies, bird toys, bird food, bird cages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
While this redeployment was in progress, gaps were left in the lines and the remnants of the German II Army, which had been bottled up in a pocket near Danzig, managed to escape across the Oder.
German army engineers turned the Oder\'s flood plain, already saturated by the spring thaw, into a swamp by releasing the waters in a reservoir upstream.
After the war the Soviets pointed out that the weight of explosives delivered by their artillery during the battle was greater than the tonnage dropped by the Western Allied bombers on the city.
www.birdsuppliesiworld.com /wiki3-Battle_of_Berlin   (3552 words)

  
 German Panzers
Blooded in the Spanish Civil War, these erstwhile training machines were numerically the most important tanks during the early campaigns of World War 2 and their contribution to the success of Blitzkrieg warfare was considerable.
While the First World War saw the introduction of armored warfare on a limited scale, it was the military visionaries who shaped and molded Germany’s fledgling armored forces in the post-war period.
German Armor and Special Units of WW II We are proud to present this study of various German tanks and vehicles of World War II.
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 German armoured fighting vehicles of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Panzer II was a heavier vehicle, designed to replace the Panzer I. It was armed with a 20 mm cannon which had some anti-armour capability.
Marder II = 75 mm Pak 40 gun on Panzer II chassis (Sd.
During the war, the Pz III was upgunned to a 50 mm L/42 gun, then to an even higher velocity 50 mm L/60 gun, in order to improve its anti-tank performance.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_AFVs_of_World_War_II   (1407 words)

  
 Informat.io on Panzer
The German noun Panzer (plural: Panzer) means armour in the sense of protective equipment such as Plattenpanzer (plate armour) or Schutzpanzer (protective armour), or armoured forces (today, tank organizations and the tanks themselves).
Panzer is also an abbreviation of the WWII German designation for tanks, Panzerkampfwagen ("armoured combat vehicle", abbreviated PzKpfw), used by the German Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht.
German panzer models were given designations like Panzer I, or Panzer VI Tiger.
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 panzertruppe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Panzerwaffe (German for "Armored Force") refers to a command within the German Wehrmacht responsible for the affairs of panzer and motorized forces shortly before and during the Second World War.
Early in the war, there were a number of light divisions, each a semi-motorized cavalry force created out of compromise with the Heer's cavalry command.
During World War II the German army also fielded a number of Panzergrenadier divisions consisting of motorized infantry (or armored infantry for some of the battalions, when sufficient half-tracked armored carriers were available), with self-propelled artillery and Jagdpanzer, and in some cases a significant panzer component.
www.democraticstrategists.com /wiki/?title=Panzertruppe   (462 words)

  
 Achtung Panzer! - Military Links !
This website is dedicated to examining the plethora of advanced, amazing, impractical, or just plain odd AFV designs developed by Germany during World War II.
German World War II Prime Movers and Halftracks ***
German World War II Prime Movers and Halftracks.
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 Second World War Books: Review
It involved II SS-Panzer Corps and III Panzer Corps on the German side, while the Red Army had three armies involved in the fighting (69th Army, 5th Guards Tank Army and 5th Guards Army).
It seems that against the German III Panzer Corps, at least 150 Soviet tanks were newly committed on 12 July, while at least 450 tanks were hurled against II SS-Panzer Corps.
The II SS-Panzer Corps lost 36 tanks and assault guns between 5 and 23 July of which at least 19 were destroyed before Prokhorovka.
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 Panzertruppe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
'''''Panzertruppe''''', German for "Armored Troops", refers to a command within the German Wehrmacht responsible for the affairs of panzer and motorized forces shortly before and during the Second World War.
It was originally known as Schnelltruppen ("Fast Troops"), a motorized command established in the Reichswehr following the First World War, redesignated as Panzertruppe in 1943.
During World War II the German army also fieled a number of Panzergrenadier divisions consisting of motorized infantry (or mechanized infantry for some of the battalions, when sufficient half-tracked armored carriers were available), with self-propelled artillery and Jagdpanzer, and in some cases a significant panzer component.
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 German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pz II 15 9 223 302 77 7 - 633 Pz II (f) - 90 42 23 - - - 155 Marder II - - - 511 212 - - 723 Wespe - - - - 514 144 - 658 Bison - - - 12 - - - 12
Marder II - 75 mm Pak 40 gun on Panzer II chassis (Sd.Kfz.
Tiger II (Panzer VI B, also known as Königstiger) was armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun (Sd.Kfz.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/German_armored_fighting_vehicle_production_during_World_War_II   (893 words)

  
 Modeling the U.S. Army in WWII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After more than 60 years, the Second World War continues to be the most popular subject for scale modelers.
German subjects continue to dominate the market and many modelers’ interests.
This site is designed to assist people new to the hobby or American AFVs, as well as those more experienced modelers who’ve tired of “everything German” and are seeking a taste of olive drab.
www.usarmymodels.com   (473 words)

  
 World War II Resources for Historians and Gamers
This is for non-biased study and simulation of the military aspects of the war.
World War 2 posters (overlaps above but drops WW 1 out).
Decals for armor and AFVs from 285-20 mm.
www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~dbertuca/miniatures/ref-ww2.html   (730 words)

  
 Books about World War II - T-Z
War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943 by Bernard Ireland
War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay: The Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theater of World War II Featuring Commissioned Photog...
War in the Shadow of Auschwitz: Memoirs of a Polish Resistance Fighter and Survivor of the Death Camps by John Wiernicki
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 Don's World War II Site
World War II has always fascinated me since I was a kid and continues to this day.
I enjoy wargaming in micro-armor scale and possess a large collection of AFVs.
Below are some somewhat blurry pictures of a battle in progress from a 1941 East Front campaign.
home.earthlink.net /~bluesmaster/donsworldwariisite/index.html   (171 words)

  
 WWW-VL: Military History: World War Two History: WWII, 1939-1945: Second World War: WW2 | Poland, Battle of Britian, ...
World War 2 : German military intelligence documents [for invasion of England]
A Summons to Comradeship: World War II Posters and Postcards, University of Minnesota
Cruiser Scout: Recollections of War in the Pacific
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 Books about World War II - D-G
Empires on the Pacific: World War II and the Struggle for the Mastery of Asia by Robert Smith Thompson
Garrard County in World War II by Rita Mackin Fox
German Destroyers of World War II by Gerhard Koop
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 Panzer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
PzKpfw V-D, a [[Panther tank]] Panzer is German for armour.
Panzer models include the following, which were battle tanks used by Germany in the Second World War: The [[Tiger II, the largest Panzer of WWII]]
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 Helion & Company Ltd > ELITE 118: GERMAN COMMANDERS OF WORLD WAR II (I) ARMY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This first of two studies examines the careers and illustrates the appearance and uniforms of 19 of the German Army’s leading field commanders in World War II.
Their service covers the whole arc of that army’s wartime experience, from stunning success in 1939—41, through the hugely costly middle years on the Russian Front to the stubborn defensive fighting in both East and West in 1943—45.
The colour portraits are in the uniquely meticulous style of the respected World War II illustrator Malcolm McGregor.
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