Hi all, Just looking for interesting info re. Major Wilhelm Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg (KIA 11d6m1944), and a place to post some queries and associated links. All the best, Rm. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6nburg-Waldenburg,_Wilhelm_Prinz_von&prev=search Edit - Schönburg-Waldenburg, Wilhelm Prinz v. - TracesOfWar.com Soldaten im Einsatz on Tumblr: PANZER LEHR AT NORMANDY The First Engagement Panzer Lehr Division was to move into position with its right flank up against 12....
Place to paste some links re. the above As I was looking into: http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/60805-sherman-firefly-the-tank-and-how-best-to-use-it-etc/#entry703322 I was finding more and more info on this chap so to avoid drifting too far off the topic of the "Firefly and how best to use it etc." I've started this thread. The Schonburg-Waldenburg family (on Royaltyguide): http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/schonburg/schonburgwaldenburg2.htm Some detail here on p34: "Panzer IV vs Sherman: France 1944 - By Steven J Zaloga, Richard Chasemore" : https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nGFzCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Wilhelm+Prinz+von+Sch%C3%B6nburg-Waldenburg+Panzer+Lehr&source=bl&ots=K8qOcmLKw7&sig=ZBdL_VVzEGDIbvUA_dPcG0v-SX4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLw7G7odnLAhVE7g4KHe6iDdQQ6AEINDAD#v=onepage&q=Sch%C3%B6nburg-Waldenburg&f=false And a discussion here re. the "crests" mentioned in the above: http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=266314 Which says "The prince's own tank (and possibly some others?) apparently had a proper heraldic shield (with lance-notch in the top-left corner)." And: "I don't think the exact position of the Prince or the 6pdr is recorded anywhere, but II./Pz-Regt 130 was attacking across the open valley from the Fontenay-le-Pesnel area towards a point just to the west of Point 103 (the high, egg-shaped contour on your map) and partially succeeded in inserting itself between the SRY and 24th Lancers. The 6pdrs of 238th Anti-Tank Battery, 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA were deployed along the lane leading west from the Tilly to Audrieu road (that's the red line running east-west just to the south of Point 103), where they had good lines of fire down the slope, toward St Pierre." And a discussion thread showing some examples of how this was applied to the tanks here: http://www.network54.com/Forum/47207/thread/1097153740/New+Panzer+Lehr+wreck+in+Normandie
Schönburg-Waldenburg, Wilhelm Prince of – Metapedia (de-metapedia-org.translate.goog) The allied invasion of Normandy seems to be being referenced here as the "US Invasion of Europe" Even here - Anglo-American invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944 - Metapedia (de-metapedia-org.translate.goog) It is referenced as the "Anglo-American" which then leaves a lot of the other allies out.