Blood Soaked D-Day Soldbuch - Gold Beach - 352 Infanterie Division GR 916 Bulge KIA!

[Paul E]

Wonderful piece of history well researched and presented , thank you .

[mtdr]

Thanks Paul!

Wonderful piece of history well researched and presented , thank you .

[PerMilitaria]

Nice presentation Aram!
Always fun to see your research and collection!

[mtdr]

Thanks Per! More is coming up next weeks!

Nice presentation Aram!
Always fun to see your research and collection!

[mtdr]

Hello,

a good collector friend offered me this interesting Soldbuch, I am very happy with. It is the Soldbuch of Hauptmann Max Loges, he was the commander of the 4./ Grenadier-Regiment 916! So he was also the commander of Wilhelm Prünte, I am very sure they have met each other many times. I am wondering what commands Loges gave to Prünte on D-Day.

A couple of days after D-Day Loges was given command of the whole II./ Grenadier-Regiment 916, he was one of the highest officers in the 352. Infanterie-Division during the battle of Saint-Lô. Loges was wounded at the end of July 1944 in Normandy. I did a bunch of research but that's for later. He is also mentioned a couple times in the book "Normandiefront".

Hope you like these 2 "reunited" Soldbücher.

Aram

[Ian Jewison]

I remember the Loges Soldbuch...not sure if the thread still exists on here but seem to remember he was a poor officer, particularly in battle....evidence came from a book on the unit.


/Ian

[mtdr]

@Ian, indeed. In the book "Normandiefront" he is portayed as an officer who is not suitable for frontline combat and that he was nearly at a mental breakdown! Before Normandy he served as the commander of the 3./ MG-Bataillon 16 on the Channel Islands, a more quiet front.

[Voldbjerg]

Very interesting and important Soldbücher Aram!

[Daniele C]

very nice pair of D DAY soldbuecher Aram congrats! I remember the second one as well from somewhere

[mtdr]

@Mads & Dani, thanks for your replies and compliments - I appreciate them!

[mufasa]

Very nice and interesting group! Thanks to shows its.
Ciao Oriano

[mtdr]

Thanks for your kind words Oriano, glad you like it!

Hopefully he will be listed at the Volksbund in a short time.