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"Fully Ready For Any Action In The West"
Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial holiday weekend! Its gone great for me and my family and so far we have enjoyed plenty of time outside with friends and family. The weather on Sunday was great and Dave and I decided to get together for a photo shoot. We had several ideas in mind and we even thought we might be able to do a series of shoots but by 6pm we were only finishing the first one so we packed up and called it a day. It was a great though and we were able to do a pretty nice set up and we got some nice photos. In total we took about 400 pics and we were able to narrow it down to these few in order to tell a short story. The title and other lines are excerpts from Hubert Meyers book, The 12th SS, Vol I. It took me a while to come up with a story for the pictures because we went with another theme right before we started. So, with a pre-Normandy invasion timeframe in mind this what we have for you. The guest list is a small stretch but some of the parties were together around the timeframe. Enjoy the pictures! Comments and suggestions appreciated!
June 1944
Normandy area, northwest of Caen, around Saint Pierre
12th SS Hitlerjugend PZ Division
I./ SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 25 &
Panzerspahkompanie, Aufklärungsabteilung 12
The Normandy invasion is imminent but for the newest panzerdivision the training continues. June 1 1944 the 12th SS PzDiv was reported "Ready" for offensive actions. The I. SS Panzerkorps states in its report that "The Division is fully ready for any action in the west."
Recently promoted Brigadefuhrer Witt oversees a training maneuver of one of his grenadier battalions in cooperation with elements of the reconnaissance battalion. Having just celebrated a birthday days before, the division commander is still hosting the commanding general of the I. SS Panzerkorps. Before departing the two set out to observe a training exercise. The first battalion of the panzergrenadier regiment is conducting a joint maneuver with the armored car company of the reconnaissance battalion. The division's newest vehicle, the SdKfz 234/2 is state of the art but will require training in order to become familiar with its capabilities.
In addition to the commanding general, other old friends from the past also have spared a few days to spend with their old friend and comrade. Brigadefuhrer Wisch has come south to taking time to observe the training and to congratulate his friend.
Untersturmfuhrer Kudoke discusses his observations with the battalion commander of the first battalion
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发表于 2020-2-23 18:05
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