✅ This post was reviewed and corrected as part of the 2025 Historical Accuracy Update.Reviewed by Doc Snafu on December 14, 2025. Document Source: Obersleutnant Walter Hallstein – Biography of a European (1901–1982), by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Elvert, University of Cologne (reprint) Walter Hallstein was born on November 17, 1901, in Mainz (Germany) as the son of a senior government building official (Regierungsbaurat). He grew up in a Protestant-influenced middle-class environment in which, alongside a pronounced interest in culture and the arts, a strong sense of duty and civic responsibility constituted central values. Until 1920, he attended a humanistic secondary school...

Document Source: The material presented herewith was prepared by Headquarters Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Intelligence Section, and is published for official use on January 6, 1945. Headquarters US Army Air Forces, Office of the Assistant Chief od Staff, Washington D.C. General der Panzertruppen fridolin von Senger July 22, 1945 General der Panzertruppe von Senger, Commanding General of the XIV Panzer Corps in Italy, made the following observations with reference to Tank and Infantry warfare. (1) Tank Warfare. Our problem earlier in the war was that of fixing a tank model for large-scale mass production. We were aware all the time...

Document Source: Chapter II of Defeat. The material presented herewith was prepared by the Headquarters Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Intelligence Section, and is published for official use. January 1946, Headquarters US Army Air Force, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Washington D.C. FOREWORD by Doc Snafu (November 14, 2022.) Since May 1945, many people still wonder how such a prodigious, modern war machine was defeated in all Theaters of Operations, North, South, West, and East in less than a few months. Technologically advanced in almost every field, Luftwaffe (Air), Kriegsmarine (Sea), and (Heere) Ground, the power and...

Document Source: The 5.Panzer-Armee, Preparations of the Ardennes Offensive, December 16, 1944, February 25, 1945, by General d. Panzertruppen Hasso Eccard von Manteuffel. (Corrected & Checked by Doc Snafu - while processing in September 2022) PRELIMINARY REMARK (1) Authentic records, for instance, war diaries, orders, documents, etc. were not at my disposal. The reports of the commanding officers (the commanding generals and division commanders) cannot be looked upon as authoritative. As a body of evidence, they only count as statements concerning dates and troops, as the commanders emphasize what they themselves and the troops subordinate to them have personally met with, without...