Thanks for a very useful review, Simon.
I have the Campbell book and it sounds like it is quite a bit more detailed than the Michaelis work. Campbell provides employment/activity data for the battalions through to the end of the war as if they were still operating under their original number before they became I., II, III. of such-and-such regiment in June 1942. While Campbell is stronger on some battalions than others, he used good primary and secondary sources that lend his work a ring of authority and a fresh look at where these battalions were and what they were doing during the war. One further advantage is that his book is in English and this makes his information available to a wider audience than R.M.'s book.
I have the Campbell book and it sounds like it is quite a bit more detailed than the Michaelis work. Campbell provides employment/activity data for the battalions through to the end of the war as if they were still operating under their original number before they became I., II, III. of such-and-such regiment in June 1942. While Campbell is stronger on some battalions than others, he used good primary and secondary sources that lend his work a ring of authority and a fresh look at where these battalions were and what they were doing during the war. One further advantage is that his book is in English and this makes his information available to a wider audience than R.M.'s book.
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