"Book Review: The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company" Topic

"The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 German Army Pamphlet – Merkblatt 25a/16 is the second book by Bernard Kast (Military History Visualized) and Christoph Bergs (Military Aviation History). Much like their first book, The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company is a translation of a German tactical pamphlet, but on a closer look it's a lot more than that.

Same as their first book, both the original German text and English translation are provided side by side. This book does not merely offer a translation, but also an interpretation of the original text. Since the German language and military terminology are not the same today as they were in the 1940s, footnotes are provided to notify the reader of the changes. There are also some concepts or terms that the original reader would have been expected to be familiar with, but a modern reader is not likely to know. Those are also explained either in the footnotes or in the glossary. Any potential ambiguities that could have arisen in a translation to English are also explained in footnotes. All diagrams were redrawn from the originals, and text is presented in both German and English…."
Full Review here
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Armand

This is the kind of resource work that I hope will be rewarded with encouraging sales and be expanded to other subjects/periods.

TVAG

(smile)

Armand