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[Barkmann]

I know wiki is a good site for infor on ww2, but does anyone here [i know some of you know ur ww2 history] know of a good ww2 website where i can get detail infor on battle plans, unit details, and photos of maps?

I need it for something im working on.

Anyhelp be great.

[Barkmann]

making some big battle maps for Combat Mission
I need all the detail infor i can get in order to make the map and battle operations.
I came across maney websites but i only get a story about the battles not too much detail.

1. Battle of Kharkov in 1943 the 3rd battle of the city.
I know abit about it, just if i can find a map of kharkov, a over veiw from the top.
And i know who was in the battle just dont know what type of armour types ATguns and AVP arty units types. You can say pz4's but i need more infor on the model types also for i.e. pz4 h and pz4 g or panther model a or d you know what i mean?. wiki doesnt have much unless im looking at wrong page.


2. Battle at Arnhem 1944
I know the british 1st AB was there and the 2SSPZ division was there, but once again i still need
what armour, any atguns or sp-guns and avps where the germans where useing.
Map i dont need. One more thing i dont remember but did the Pol's make it to Arnhem?

3. Battle at Bastogne 1944 [Did i spell it right? lol]
Only thing i need is a top over veiw of map and what types of armour both sides had.


Thanks for anyhelp.





This post has been edited by Barkmann: 10/11/07 3:10pm

[Hellfighter]

making some big battle maps for Combat Mission
I need all the detail infor i can get in order to make the map and battle operations.
I came across maney websites but i only get a story about the battles not too much detail.

1. Battle of Kharkov in 1943 the 3rd battle of the city.
I know abit about it, just if i can find a map of kharkov, a over veiw from the top.
And i know who was in the battle just dont know what type of armour types ATguns and AVP arty units types. You can say pz4's but i need more infor on the model types also for i.e. pz4 h and pz4 g or panther model a or d you know what i mean?. wiki doesnt have much unless im looking at wrong page.


2. Battle at Arnhem 1944
I know the british 1st AB was there and the 2SSPZ division was there, but once again i still need
what armour, any atguns or sp-guns and avps where the germans where useing.
Map i dont need. One more thing i dont remember but did the Pol's make it to Arnhem?

3. Battle at Bastogne 1944 [Did i spell it right? lol]
Only thing i need is a top over veiw of map and what types of armour both sides had.


Thanks for anyhelp.

I'll see about helping 1 topic at a time; Market Garden is my niche in the WW2 arena. So I'll start with that. The Germans had just about every conceivable armour of course with so many armoured units involved ranging from crack SS units to even Dutch units in German service-including Dutch SS units.

There were tons of mixed units too due to the traditional German doctrine of rapid fierce counter attack when possible so you can imagine any motorized vehicle at Germans disposal was used;

Here's an excellent/ probably definitive site for the Arnhem portion of the campaign;
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/frames.htm

Poles never made it to Arnhem- they organised at Driel... a village south of the Rhine near to Oosterbeek- the last Brit paras holdout point.

Germans had many halftracks in use. The famous bridge assault that got crushed [and was spectacularly depicted in the movie 'A Bridge Too Far'] was a recce unit. Tiger 1's broke across the bridge a day later.
Panthers and MklVs were there too. With the Paras fighting ferociously the Germ. commanders decided to just do things Stalingrad style and blast neighbourhood blocks to rubble. Mostly heavy SPs were doing this. Also, the Oosterbeek pocket was nicknamed the 'Cauldron' [a big pot of bubbly hot liquid] since German arty fire into that area was so intense. The arty available was everything - mortars, howitzers, field artillery and AT guns of all calibres... there were even 105mm/150mm arty gun units in significant numbers.
I think the Brits would've been completely wiped out were it not for Brit 30 Corps elite field artillery being called in to fire long-range in smashing German probe attacks into the Paras perimeter.

Here's an interesting thingy. Everyone thinks the Americans were the first to cross the Rhine by boat.... but actually it was a company from the British 30 Corps /43rd ivision that was sent in to reinforce the Oosterbeek pocket... it was a night boat crossing/attack and I think the coy. got hurt pretty bad in the crossing.

I'll see if I can find you some other stuff besides that link I got ya.


EDIT 2-

Also read this.... tiger tanks were scraped together basically- not many were present/used;
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...05084115AARDmSK


This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 10/11/07 5:44pm