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Allied intelligence handbook to the german army 193945. The german army which was built up under the nazi regime and which challenged the world in 1939 was the final product of this study. September 1012, 20 bundeswehr armed forces, fmod, federal offices of germany. It represented the fruition of decades of longrange planning, organization, experimentation, and mechanical. In 1945 the allies were still engaged in bitter fighting against stiff resistance from the german armies in the west. Digital armies of germany 2nd edition pdf warlord games ltd. German army in action page 1 any questions, comments, or problems, please email me. I was looking at the fallin bolt action tournament results recently. Bolt action german grenadiers starter army 30 x 28mm infantary miniatures 5. The uniform and equipment section lacks detail on how the various german forces, wehrmacht, airborne, ss, were. Originally prepared by the british general staffs intelligence branch, this is the last reference book on the german army produced by the british before the end of world war i.
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