Stabsblatt 86 From: kolley@worldaccess.nl (Thomas Kolley) Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Stabsblatt<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<: Officer's Club Grand Strategy. -confidential- -eyes only- Nr. 86 Auflage 20 Herausgeber, Redakteur, Zensor, Druck: Th. Kolley Preis DM 4 (& Mitgliedschaft). Email DM 2 OC 7 ZAT Every second thuresday Zugabgabe, Donnerstag, jede 2.Woche. This (game) newspaper fullfills to purposes, 1. giving game information of the ungoing OC game "Wacht am Rhein, 2. giving information to the internet about WWII military matters from the internet and from the OC members. 1. Angetreten zum Rapport .(Briefing) 1. The following request to the team leader. Please report to me on a regulair basis the number of Allied VP (victory points) and every time there is a change. As long as there is agreement on both sides I will not interfere.The allied side needs 300 points as you know.. 2. I am still saving money for WORDPERFECT for Windows, because of its spellchecker. Im am considering to duplicate the turn fee ;-) to get it quicker. 3. Finnaly promotion as a moved up in the security bussiness from security officer to part time security officer, part time assistent manager in a small but growing Dutch security organisation. 4. Maps: I will not be able to copy the maps anymore. The reason is, that they are to big to handle and they suffer from copiing and transport. So you can only choose between copies from the historic 1:200000 maps provided from the Dutch topographical institut and the known computer maps. The first are gratis, the later cost around DM 65. For the not covered area Thionville - Basel I use the 1:200000 Kuemmerli-Frey roadmap Elsass-Vosgesen. ISBN: 2-259-01103-x. Of course without the Autobahn. 5. Diskette player. I am moving from WRITE to WP. Who would have a problem with it? 6. Allied team: Please add to all game related messages, reports, etc: "Copies to: Chief of staff , etc" (means me, not the Chief o staff positions in the team list) and do so. Include here also all HQ which are get one copy. Some of you still send me no duplicates of your messages, it is your own disatvantage. 6. The German team list is the same, the Allied one is still changing: We have a new CiC. Teamliste per 03.10.1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHAEF/Teamchef.........................***** General Hanz Johansson @ Senior attorney in the War Office..................M.Jonda@ From West to South - East: 21 Army Group/UK/ 2nd British Army/Reinforcement.....Field Marshal Sir D.Andriese @ 1 th Canadian Army .........................Lt. General Morency @ 1 th Canadian Army Chief of Staff..........Maj.Gen. Chris Holmes 1th US Army + Reinforcement....................****General M.Jonda @ 12 US ArmyGroup ...................*** General Hanz Johansson @ 9th US Army, Chef Para Div & Commandos.....** General....(open) 6 th US Army Groep (Dever) + 7th US Army +...**** General J.Zahn@ 1. Franz. Armee + ULTRA..............................General (open) Supporting positions: Chief USAAF(Airforces)/Chief RAF.........Air Marshal Sir M.Fleck @ Navy ...........................................Admiral Glenn Adrian @ Free positions: 4th Can Armored Division (1th Can Army)......Brig. General C.Boyda @ Dutch unit: Pr. Irene Brig. (2nd Br.Army)...Prins Robert (van Dijk)@+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ Email + use GM EMAIL adres (Slight) changes still possible 2. News from the Front/Stars and stripes: 17.10.1944: The status of the Schelde is mined. Aachen and Metz still in German hands. As fare as it is known the front is quite, except for the northern part and the Fortress Metz area. Final report of the attack of 43 Wesses Division: At den Bos (s'Hertogenbosch) in the Netherlands the Germans managed to keep the Allies (43 Wessex Division/ FM Andriese) free from the 3 vital Maas (Meuse) bridges north of the town. Two bridges were blown, one road bridge is still intact. Looking at the deep penetration without armour and airsupport the German defender look pretty weak in this area. The Allied airforce seems not to have a major inpact in the ground operations at the present time. There was some interdictive activity in the Breda area which did not do much harm. What's going on? Are your pilots still read your flight manuals? 18.10.1944 At Fortress Metz there is an Allied attack reportet, whether it is an Corps or Divisional attack is not clear yet from the reports. It seems, that the German resistance here is very determined. We keep you informed. The Germans seem to run a tail between the legs tactic or do we expect a major attack in the next week without having a clue? Were is the Ultra, SOE or ather information, the air recce photo's and all that stuff? You do not win the war with doing nothing. Your War Reporter 3. Game Data: Influence of the weather on operations: Weather has most of all consequences for the airforces. Clear means thast all assigned airplanes will contribute to the eventuall combat sequence, overcast means 1/2 of all airplanes. There are other events possible, misty means depending on the place no start of airplanes possible or no inpact on the battlefield. Weather chart for the Gamemaster Type Ground Air Naval clear - - - overcast - 1/2 - & rain/snow 1/2 ART SUP 1/2 1/2 SUP mist mov. 1/2 no AIR SUP no ART SUP NO ART SUP no Mission freezing some rivers freeze - - storm - no Air SUP No landing oper. Next comming up the supply story, you know amateurs talk tactic, profs talk logistics. 4. OC 7 : Wacht am Rhein , Westfront Oktober 1944 - Januar 1945 Moves Move 3 (10.08.1995) 18.10.1944 Between gamemaster vacation. SB 86 Move 4 (24.08.1995) 19.10.1944 SB 87 Note that we are now in the normaly bi-weekly rythme. 5. Some German formation: The Waffen SS Newsgroups: soc.history.war.world-war-ii Subject: German Waffen-SS Divisions [1/3] From: dheitm8612@aol.com (DHeitm8612) Date: 23 Jun 1995 10:13:15 GMT At the end of the war in Europe, the Waffen-SS consisted of forty divisions number 1 to 38, as well as a large number of independent smaller units. However, many of these divisions, and especially the higher numbered ones were very much under strength and, in a number of cases, were a division in name only. Of the divisions, seven were armored divisions, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, and 12th. They formed the strongest and most poilitically reliable portion of the Waffen-SS. The balance consisted of eight armored infantry divisions, the 4th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 27th, and 38th; six were mountain divisions, the 6th, 7th, 13th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th; sixteen infantry divisions, 14th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, and again the other 29th, the 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, and, finally, three cavalry divisions, the 8th, 22nd, and 37th. The complete listing of all forty Waffen-SS divisions was as follows: 1. SS-Panzer Division 'Adolf Hitler' 2. SS-Panzer Division 'Das Reich' 3. SS-Panzer Division 'Totenkopf' 4. SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier Division 5. SS-Panzer Division 'Wiking' 6. SS-Gebirgs Division 'Nord' 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs Division 'Prinz Eugen' 8. SS-Kavallerie Division 'Florian Geyer' 9. SS-Panzer Division 'Hohenstaufen' 10. SS-Panzer Division 'Frundsberg' 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier Division 'Nordland' 12. SS-Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend' 13. Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS 'Handschau' (kroatische nr.1) [Croatian] 14. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (galizische nr.1) [Ukranian] 15. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (lettische nr.1) [Latvian] 16. SS-Panzer-Grenadier Division 'Reichsfuhrer' 17. SS-Panzer-Grenadier Division 'Goetz von Berlichingen' 18. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier Division 'Horst Wessel' 19. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (lettische nr.2) [Latvian] 20. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (estnische nr.1) [Estonian] 21. Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS 'Skanderbeg' (albanische nr.1) [Albanian] 22. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie Division 'Maria Theresia' 23. SS-Gebirgs Division der SS 'Kama' (kroatische nr.2) [Croatian] 24. Waffen-Gebirgs-(Karstjaeger) Division der SS 25. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS 'Hunyadi' (ungarische nr.1) [Hungarian] 26. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (ungarische nr.2) [Hungarian] 27. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier Division 'Langemarck' 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier Division 'Wallonien' [Walloon] 29. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (russische nr.1) [Russian] 29. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (italienische nr.1) [Italian] 30. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (russische nr.2) [Russian] 31. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier Division 'Boehmen-Maehren' 32. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier Division '30 Januar' 33. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS 'Charlemagne' (franzoesche nr.1) [French] 34. SS-Grenadier Division 'Landstorm Nederland' 35. SS-Polizei-Grenadier Division 36. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS 37. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie Division 'Luetzow' 38. SS-Panzer-Grenadier Division 'Nibelungen' There also existed a Finnisches-Freiwilligen Batallion der SS [Finland] Some 300 Britains volunteered with the SS to fight Communism before the war with England and some 58 eventually joined the Waffen-SS. This group of volunteers bore the name of Britisches Freikorps. Still very much concerned with the racial aspects of its units, the Waffen-SS developed a system of nomenclature which dubbed a unit as 'foreign' (non-German) by an addition to its title. Units which ontained a high percentage of 'racial' Germans and 'Germanic' volunteers, i.e. Scandinavians, Dutch, Flemmings, Walloons, and Frenchmen, carried the designation "Freiwilligen" (Volunteers) as part of its title, e.g. 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier Division 'Nordland'. Units that contained a preponderance of 'non-Germanic' personnel, especially members of the Slavic and Baltic peoples, carried the designation 'Waffen' (Armed) as part of their names, e.g. 15. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (lettische nr.1). The period after the number designation of each unit is not a punctuation mark in the English/American sense. The "." after each number is in fact the Germanic way of denoting a numbers pronounciation, "1." would be pronounced "ersten", where "erst" is German for 1st and the "." adds the "en" to the word. The number "38." is pronounced "acht und dreizigsten" (eight and thirty). Officers of 'non-Germanic' origin could not become fully fledged members of the SS officer corps. They were designated as 'Waffen-Fuehrer der SS', and individual rank was always given in the same manner, e.g. Waffen- Untersturmfuehrer. More to come... Keith Heitmann Addendum from the internet: How volunteers somtimes entered the Waffen SS: This diskussion was initiated by me under the title: Waffen SS, Criminals or Soldier, or what...? I found this interesting tekst: TXW@psulias.psu.edu (WILSON, TIMOTHY) said: <<As far as being conscripted, a friend of mine (in Germany) said his uncle was conscripted into the SS in 1943 or 44. The recruits were lined up, SS got first pick, Wehrmacht 2d and Luftwaffe 3d. Perhaps someone else knows more about this sort of "harvesting of recruits?">> In general, most newly-drafted Germans (18 and 19 year olds) went into the Army. The Luftwaffe and Navy got a small percentage as a fixed quota. Theoretically the SS never shared in the apportionment of the "regular" draftees within Germany, but I'm sure there were "local" exceptions that got more common the closer one got to the end of the war. The Waffen-SS had been an all-volunteer force PRIOR TO 1943, but in that year they started conscripting Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans who lived in other countries such as Yugoslavia and Romania). These men were of German descent, but were not German citizens. Still, they were drafted, and formed the bulk of several of the higher-numbered SS divisions, as well as many individual replacements within the lower-numbered divisions. The pool of willing volunteers was pretty much dried up by the end of 1942, so most new SS personnel from 1943-45 were either drafted from somewhere, or were transferred to the SS against their will. The only significant exception to this was the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Jugend," formed in late 1943, in which the rank-and-file was composed of highly-motivated 16 and 17 year old Hitler Youth volunteers, too young to have been drafted yet. They were led by battle-experienced NCO's and officers, many transferred from the 1st SS Pz Div "LAH." The combination of fanatical mid-teenage privates and well-trained, experienced leaders proved very effective in combat, but that is a subject for another thread. Back on the main subject, a large number of surplus personnel from the Luftwaffe were transferred into the SS (involuntarily) from 1943-45. I personally know a Waffen-SS veteran who served as a "drill sergeant" (although he was only a corporal) for a large number of Luftwaffe NCO's who had been transferred (against their will) into the Waffen-SS. This was in the summer of 1944. All of the former Luftwaffe men were older and theoretically of higher rank than my friend, but nevertheless he was in charge of them, and was responsible for teaching them something about how to be an infantry NCO in the Waffen-SS. There were also many German Army units which were transferred whole into the Waffen-SS, such as the French volunteer legion (LVF), which had been a German Army regiment from 1941-43. The entire unit was "given" to the SS in 1943, against their will, and then became the nucleus for the SS Division "Charlemagne." One day a formation was called, an announcement was made, the men were given new insignia for their uniforms, and voila, they were in the SS. This happened to many other units as well, including almost all the "foreign volunteer" units, of which there were many in the German Army from 1941-43. Most of them were transferred into the SS as whole units in 1943-44, and none of their officers or men had any say about it. Regards, Ed Rains Edrains@AOL.com T/O: More from the internet: Thanks to Trey Matrshall at tamarsha@ionet.net USSR: Artillery Division: >1942: >===== - 8 Art.Rgts (168 guns) >1943: >===== >HQ's Reserve: 6 or 7 Art.Bdes > over 360 guns (76, 122, 203 mm), mortars (120, 160 mm) and > missile launchers (BM-31-12) >Field Div.: 4 Art.Bdes > every brigade possessed 36 guns (122 or 152 mm) USSR Rifle Division: >1941: >===== - 3 Inf.Rgts, > - 2 Art.Rgts, > - AT Sq., > - AA Sq., > - Recc.Btn, > - Eng.Btn, > - Sign.Btn > >acc. to regulations: 14,500 men, 558 machine guns, 1204 submachine guns, > 90 field guns, 54 AT guns, 150 mortars, 16 light tanks, > 13 infantry carriers, 558 cars, 3000 horses >practically : 8-9 thousands of men and the lack of equipment. >1945: >===== - 3 Inf.Rgts, > - Art.Bde: 2 Art.Rgts+1 Mortars' Rgt., > - AT Sq. (gun carriers), > - AT Sq. (artillery), > - AA Sq., > - Recc.Btn, > - Eng.Btn, > - Sign.Btn > >acc.to regulations: 11,780 men, 3557 submachine guns, 579 machime guns, > 111 anti-tank projectors, 52 field guns, 66 AT guns, > 12 AA guns, 136 mortars, 16 gun carriers SU-76M, > 445 cars, 1200 horses >practically: 5-6 thousands of men, during the advance 1 or 2 Hov.Rgts, > 1 Amd Bde, 1 Art.Rgt (gun-carriers) could be attached. USSR Guards Mortar Division: > >1942: >===== - 2 Heavy Guard Mortars' Bdes (missile launchers M-30), > - 4 Guard Mortars' Rgts (missile launchers M-13) > >1943: >===== - 3 Guard Mortars' Bdes (144 missile launchers M-31) > every brigade possessed 4 squadrons of M-31s > since 1945 all the 1st and some 2nd squadrons of the brigades > were armed with M-31-12 missile launchers USSR AA Division: >HQ's Reserve >------------ >1942: >===== - 4 AA Rgts (48 AA guns 37 or 25 mm, 80 machine guns) > >1943: >===== - 1 AA Rgt (16 AA guns 85mm), > - 3 AA Rgts (16 AA guns 37mm, 16 machine guns) >since 1944 every regiment possessed 22 AA guns > >Field Div. >---------- >1943: >===== - 5 AA Rgts (100 AA guns 85 or 76 mm)+1 AA Rgt (12 AA guns 37mm) > or > - 5 AA Rgts (100 AA guns 37mm), > > - Searchlight Rgt (60 searchlights), > - 5 radar units USSR: Cavalry Division >1941: >===== - 4 Cav.Rgts, > - 1 Amd Rgt, > - AT Sq. (horse artillery), > - AA Sq. > >acc.to regulations: 9240 men, 64 light tanks, 18 infantry carriers, > 32 field guns, 16 AT guns, 20 AA guns, 64 mortars >practically: about 6000 men >since autumn 1941 - 3000 men (so-called Light Cav.Divs) > USSR Tank Division: >1940: >===== - 2 Amd Rgts, > - MR Rgt., > - Hov.Rgt., > - AA Sq. > >11,000 men, 375 (in 1941 - 217) tanks, 95 infantry carriers, 28 hovitzers, >12 AA guns, 45 mortars UDSSR: mot rifle division >1939: >===== - 2 MR Rgts, > - Amd Rgt., > - Art.Rgt., > - AA Sq., > - AT Sq., > - Recc.Btn > >11,000 men, 275 tanks, 51 infantry carriers, 146 field guns & mortars, >12 AA guns Thanks for the above to Trey Marshall I like to add the later formations of the war. This are units from a former Wargame, they might slightly differ from the standart T/O. Sovj. Formationen: Mechanisierte Korps. These Corps were the most powerfull individual corps in the Red Army. They were comparatively few in numbers, highly mechanized and motorized, and actually had more tanks than a thank corps. The primary mission of the corps was to conduct exploitations of breakthroughs, pursuit, or counterattack. Its composition included three mechanized brigades, a tank brigade, six artillery regiments, and supporting arms and services. T/O: 231 Tanks, SPG Tank Corps: They were used to deliver the decisive blow on a narrow sector or to exploit a breakthrough with other arms. T/O:231 Tanks/SPG Cavaleriekorps 2-4 Tankregiments. Higly mobile units. Example: 12. Garde Tankkorps Gen Tank, 86.97.16 Tank, 13 Motorized Rifle Brigade 10000 Mann, 120 T34, 40 SU-85, 36 SU-85, 65 SU-100, 120 Art, Gen.Lt. Poluboyarow 12,13,14 Tank Brigades, 3 motorized Rifle Brigade. 10000 Mann, 108 T34, 70 SU-85, 36 ATG, 61 Art Hv.Mech.Brig. 65 ISU-152 Example Army HQ: Staff, Zapolitsk, Armee-Kartenstelle, NKVD-Unit, Air recce, VVS-Officer, Staff supply & reinforcent, Art.Co., Co rear area, Co Atmy signal reg. Replacement regiment, two engineer construction battalions, one flame thrower battalion, one mortar regiment, one AAA regiment, one chemical warfare battalion, one road maintanance battalion, two reconnaissance battalions, two to four motor transport battalions depots, workshop medical , veterinary Example: 5 Mechanized Corps Gen Kirow 10,11,12 Guards Mechanized , 24 Guards Tank Brigade, 51 Guards Tank Regiment 14000 Man, 100 T34, 120 SU.85, 36 ATG, 120 Art Example: 47 Independent Rifle Corps Gen Borisow Staff/Staff Units, How Reg 50 ART, TD Reg 36 TD, Signal bttl. Eng construction unit 38th RD 9000 Mann 12 SU 76 AT 48 ART 136th RD 9000 Mann 12 SU 76 AT 48 ART 2 TankBrigads 260 T34 Example: 76 Rifle Corps Gen Rava HQ 36 SU 76, 50 ART 5RD, 4500 Mann, 180 Tanks, 100 SU 76, 70 ATG, 240 Art 3 Tankbrigaden Example: 6. Guard Cavalry Corps "Cossak" 8000 Mann, 40 T34, 44 ART 6. Rangliste 1.Europ�ischen Wargame Club: Klasse: Magnificant Seven (Die glorreichen Sieben) No 1 66 003 Jens Zahn, No 2 + 5 52 015 Markus Finger, No 3 51 010 D.Andriese, No 4 44 007 J.Kasperzak, No 5 38 005 Thomas Golser, No 6 22 019 Markus Jonda, No 7 18 027 Markus Fleck, Klasse: Dirty Dozens (Das dreckige Dutzend) No 8 6 036 U.Kasperzak, No 9 5 034 Guido Lux, No 10 5 037 Clinton Boyda, No 11 3 035 Frank Wolter, No 12 2 017 Ferdinant Knau�, No 12 2 031 Bob v. Dijk, No 12 2 031 H.Venema, Klasse: Kelly�s Heros (Sto�trupp Gold) 0.38 Hanz Johansson, 039 Glenn Adrian, 040 Sean Morency Aspiranten: Officer`s Club,Thomas Kolley, Eburonenpoort 63, NL 3991 JV HOUTEN ( (0)340375470 Immer au�er nach 20.00 Uhr und zwischen 18.00 und 19.15. Email: Kolley@WorldAccess.nl (immer erreichbar, t�glicher einmaliger Mailsheck) I Up