nco's officer training course notes
greetings, gents.
a question-when heer ncos trained up to be promoted to officer class, was there a standard 'schooling' process with elements the candidate had to practise and pass exams in, before officer rank was awarded?
would such class notes have become collectable, if found complete for a specific nco?
id be interested to hear from anyone who collects such items, or be directed to waf threads where the subject has been broached.
in some cases battlefield promotions happened, of course-fast tracked ideal candidates for officership made so in a moment, under interesting strains of immediate conflict.
but those not in such a position would, i take it, have to slog through a training process, made up of mock battles, supply line problems, field tactics for large bodies of men and machines, their order and designation in a column, classes, more instruction, more classes, map drawing, reports...
such a corpus of material from one man, representing the syllabus for a 'standard' heer training course from nco to officer (leut) surely would be a feast for those historians interested in the mechanics of such a metamorphosis, especially in the challenging period of spring 1943...
any help would be very welcome in this area.
thanks in advance;^)
a question-when heer ncos trained up to be promoted to officer class, was there a standard 'schooling' process with elements the candidate had to practise and pass exams in, before officer rank was awarded?
would such class notes have become collectable, if found complete for a specific nco?
id be interested to hear from anyone who collects such items, or be directed to waf threads where the subject has been broached.
in some cases battlefield promotions happened, of course-fast tracked ideal candidates for officership made so in a moment, under interesting strains of immediate conflict.
but those not in such a position would, i take it, have to slog through a training process, made up of mock battles, supply line problems, field tactics for large bodies of men and machines, their order and designation in a column, classes, more instruction, more classes, map drawing, reports...
such a corpus of material from one man, representing the syllabus for a 'standard' heer training course from nco to officer (leut) surely would be a feast for those historians interested in the mechanics of such a metamorphosis, especially in the challenging period of spring 1943...
any help would be very welcome in this area.
thanks in advance;^)