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It's a fairly well documented war crime. You can read about it in Hitler’s African Victims. The German Army Massacres of Black French soldiers in 1940 and if you're interested going in to the history of Colonial Germany as well as the Second World War then I would also recommend Germany's Black Holocaust: 1890-1945
Pervatin, cocaine and deriviates of what we know today as crystal meth were widely used both by the military and civil population in the era of Nazi Germany, but even before that! Pervatin was so normalised it was even infused in the ingredients of boxes of chocolate.
Making the general German population addicted, this led to pharmacists lobbying in the exclusive circles of the Nazi High Command to free up essential convoys on the Eastern Front to get certain ingredients instead of transporting troops, medicines etc. The huge impact of this ‘war for drugs’ imo is highly underreported in historical literature, but I recommend you all to read this scientifically argumented book. https://www.amazon.de/totale-Rausch-Drogen-Dritten-Reich/dp/3462047337
If you want to see an excellent movie about the last ditch defenders of Germany, check out this movie on Prime. It's rental for 3.99. It's supposedly based on real events. It was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film.
https://www.amazon.com/Wine-War-Frances-Greatest-Treasure/dp/0767904486
There is even a book.
See also for war’s end:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/victory-in-europe-celebration-berchtesgaden
Sure thing: Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SS
I found it interesting, and a good read. But, the author also addresses this: He wrote this originally while in the PoW camp. And then edited it years later before releasing. So it's likely that certain events were changed or toned down/white washed.
"Der Reibert" is still the manual for the soldier in Germany. Obviously with more modern and ideology-free content. Had one during my active time with the paratroopers. It was quite useful.
According to Amazon, the book was self-published by Bernau. He enlisted in 1937 and was the rank of : SS-Sturmbannführer by war’s end. With so little information online, I doubt many copies exist. You should reach out to the sellers themselves if possible to ask more about the book’s contents.
Was it the stackpole military history series book on them? Have a bunch of their books and they’re all good but I haven’t read that one in 10+ years
https://www.amazon.com/Brandenburger-Commandos-Germanys-Stackpole-Military/dp/0811732509
The ausf G transmission was good only in comparison to other versions of the Panther. It was still terrible in comparison to most late-war tanks who were required to cover long distances under their own power.
The French Army adopted the Panther ausf G and did an assessment of it in 1947, which you can read here. The French had a lot of experience operating foreign equipment so their report is excellent comparing the Panther's strength and weaknesses to late-war Allied tanks.
No problem. It's a fascinating little sub field of history. Many pilots would have a symbol for the nationality of the aircraft, and even the date that it happened.
It wasn't unusual to have paint milestones like 100 combat missions flown, or for combat decorations awarded as well.
There's an excellent book written about it too. Luftwaffe-Markings-1936-1945
His memoir is amazing. Sadly it's out of print and hard to get now. But if you can find one it's an amazing read.
Edit: I just looked it up and it's back in print.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1908476877/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_zBzsFbEAD4QXV
I spent like 50$ for a damaged first edition years ago which was all I could find at the time.
If you understand German: Georg Tessin. If you don't: Peter Strassner
edit: I should mention that these aren't the most accessible books. If you don't want to get really in-depth, or you prefer an overview, you can read any of the books that are cited in the division's Wikipedia article ( Littlejohn, Butler, etc). I also recommend Niklas Zetterling's book about the Korsun-Cherkassy pocket.
> Encyclopaedia of German Tanks of World War Two
Amazon says yes, New ed of 2 Revised edition (December 31, 1999)