Fig # 186 – Hamburg, Germany – unit dispositions.
Fig# 187 – the Battle of Hamburg
Fig # 188 – Camp 1001, Akhtubinsk, USSR
Fig # 189 – Organisation of the Legion Corps D’Assaut, June 1946.
Fig # 190 – The Fulda, Germany.
Fig # 191 – Allied Order of Battle – the Fulda River, 24th June 1946.
Fig # 192 – The Legion’s second battle on the Fulda.
Fig # 193 – Soviet Order of Battle – Knickhagen on the Fulda River, 24th June 1946.
Fig # 194 – Action in Knickhagen, Germany.
Fig # 195 – Battle at Knickhagen – Soviet counter-attack.
Fig # 196 – Plan of attack on Height 493, Fulda, Germany.
Fig # 197 – Allied order of battle, Lehnerz and Height 493, Fulda.
Fig # 198 – Soviet Order of Battle, Height 493, Fulda.
Fig # 199 – Allied Order of Battle – Height 462, Marienhagen, Germany.
Fig # 200 – Position of 3rd Bataillon, 899th Grenadiere Regiment, on Height 462, Marienhagen, Germany.
Fig # 201 – Rough layout of the area of around Height 462, Marienhagen, Germany.
Fig # 202 – Soviet Order of Battle – Height 426, Marienhagen, Germany.
Fig # 203 – Soviet second assault, Height 426, Marienhagen, Germany.
Fig # 204 – The battleground of Parchim and Spornitz
Fig # 205 – Limit of initial Allied advance, Parchim, Germany
Fig # 206 – Allied Order of Battle – Parchim, Germany.
Fig # 207 – Renewed advance at Parchim, Germany.
Fig # 208 – Soviet defensive positions – Parchim, Germany.
Fig # 209 – Soviet Order of Battle – Parchim, Germany.
Fig # 210 – Soviet counter-attack, Parchim, Germany.
Fig # 211 – The arrival of ‘C’ Squadron, Battle of Parchim, Germany.
Fig # 212 – The voyage of USS Kingsbury, APA-177.
Fig # 213 – Hofbieber, Germany.
Fig # 214 – Soviet attack, north of Hofbieber, Germany.
Fig # 215 – US Forces at Hofbieber, Germany.
Fig # 216 – Third Battalion’s attack on Height 444, Hofbieber, Germany.
Fig # 217 – Soviet order of battle, Hofbieber, Germany.
Fig # 218 – Soviet initial dispositions, Trendelburg, Germany.
Fig # 219 – Allied order of battle – Trendelburg.
Fig # 220 – Kampfgruppe Strachwitz’s initial attack on Trendelburg.
Fig # 221 – Soviet order of battle – Trendelburg.
Fig # 222 – Rear cover.
Glossary.
10th US Mountain Division — Only US division trained to fight and operate in extreme cold weather conditions.
3.45” RCL — British 88mm calibre recoilless gun. Could fire a HESH shell up to 1000 yards.
88mm Pak 43 — Potent German heavy anti-tank gun, either carriage mounted or on a cruciform base.
Aardvark — Marriage of a Panzer IV hull with an Achilles turret.
Aichi Seiran — Japanese submarine-launched floatplane capable of carrying bombs or a torpedo.
AK47 — Soviet assault rifle, similar to the ST44.
Alkonost — Soviet secret agent’s codename.
Alligator — SP vehicle based on the STUG III chassis, and with an extended fighting compartment to permit installation of the 75mm KwK42 L/70 gun.
Antilope — Marriage of an SDKFZ 251 half-track with a Puma turret, containing a 50mm gun.
AP-40 — German AT round with a tungsten carbide core, which was produced in ever reducing numbers as Germany’s WW2 mineral resources became scarcer.
APA — The designation used by the USN for an attack transport.
APCBC — Armour-piercing capped ballistic capped ammunition.
APCR — Armour-piercing, composite rigid ammunition.
APDS — Armour Piercing – Discarding Sabot.
ARL-44 — French heavy tank designed by the CDM during the occupation and produced post-1945. As part of France’s desperate attempt to regain a position as a world power. It was an unsatisfactory design.
Armee de L’Air — French Air Force.
Asbach — German Brandy.
Atlantic Operation — The Operation to lure Soviet forces to the southern borders of the USSR by contriving a large fictitious force in the Gulf.
B-26c Marauder — US twin-engine medium bomber used by a range of Allied Air Forces.
B-29 — US four engine heavy bomber, also known as the Super fortress.
B-32 Dominator — US four engine heavy bomber.
Bagration — Operation Bagration was a Soviet assault in 1944, which virtually destroyed Army Group Centre.
Beaufighter — British twin-engine multi-role aircraft used by a range of Allied Air Forces.
Beretta-35 — .32 calibre automatic pistol with an 8 round clip.
Bergepanther — German tank recovery version of the Panther.
Blue Max — Nickname for the ‘Pour-le-Mérite’ medal.
Blyad — Russian for whore/bitch
BM-8-36 — Katyusha vehicle with 36 rails for firing M8 missiles.
BTR-152 — Soviet 6-wheel armoured personnel carrier
Buzogányvető [Mace] — Hungarian twin weapon mount that fired a 100mm anti-tank rocket [HEAT] or anti-fortification round [HE]. It could kill any vehicle on the battlefield in 1945.
C-47 — US twin engine transport used for paratroopers or supply.
CAP — Combat Air Patrol.
CEAM m46 — French-produced ST-45.
Constellation — US Lockheed four-engine transport aircraft.
DC-4 — US Douglas four-engine transport aircraft.
Dodge WC54 — US Dodge 4x4 light truck adapted to a number of roles.
DRH — Deutsches Republikanischen Heer [Army]
DRK — Deutsches Republikanischen Kreigsmarine [Navy]
DRL — Deutsches Republikanischen Luftwaffe [Air Force]
DSC — Distinguished Service Cross
DSHK — Soviet 12.7mm heavy machine gun.
DShKm — Soviet 12.7mm heavy machine gun modernised in 1946.
Einhorn — Field conversion of the Jagdpanther, with extended rear compartment to allow installation of the 128mm Pak44 L/55.
F4U Corsair — US Chance-Vought single seater fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft.
F80 Shooting Star — US Lockheed single engine turbojet fighter.
F8F Bearcat — US Grumman single seater fighter aircraft.
Feldherrnhalle — Feldherrnhalle Panzer Division
FG-1 Corsair — US Chance-Vought single seater fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft.
Fischer-Tropsch process — A process by which a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is converted into liquid hydrocarbon
Frundsberg — 10th SS Panzer Division ‘Frundsberg’.
G43 Gewehr — German WW2 7.92mm semi-automatic rifle.
Gamayun — Soviet secret agent’s codename.
Govno — Soviet expression for shit/bullshit/rubbish
GRU — Glavnoye razvedyvatel’noye upravleniy – The military intelligence main directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union.
Handley-Page Halifax — RAF four-engine heavy bomber, used by numerous Allied Air Forces during WW2.
Hashem — Jewish term used to refer to God.
HEAT — High-explosive, Anti-tank. Shaped charge shells that penetrate using the Monroe effect.
Heinkel-162 Salamander — Also known as the Volksjager, the 162 was a single-seater jet fighter, made primarily of wood.
HESH — High-explosive, Squash head.
HIAG — Organisation founded by ex-SS Brigadefuhrer Otto Kumm, which aimed to provide assistance to ex-members of the SS, amongst the issues of which was the fact that their pensions were withdrawn post-war.
HLI — Highland Light Infantry.
Ho-105/155 30mm cannon — Japanese fighter aircraft cannon, which was basically an upscaled copy of the .50cal Browning.
Ho-5 20mm cannon — Japanese fighter aircraft cannon, which was basically an upscaled copy of the 1921 Browning aircraft machine gun.