Hallo! I was searching for squad field tactics and maneuvers and found this, http://www.lonesentry.com/intelbulletin ... eries.html which had some documents for the German squad in battle, weapons, tactic doctrine, and other stuff. Just wondering about the credibility of this and the accuracy.
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Verifying these sources?
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Verifying these sources?
Potz, Mohren, Blitz und Kreuzelement,
Wer den Fritz und seine Soldaten noch nicht kennt!"
Damn bloody hell
Upon anyone still not knowing Fritz and his soldiers!"
Wer den Fritz und seine Soldaten noch nicht kennt!"
Damn bloody hell
Upon anyone still not knowing Fritz and his soldiers!"
Re: Verifying these sources?
While I'm in no position to verify it myself, I can give some advice for doing so. The best way to verify it is to simply check other sources on the same topic, and if they confirm what was written there, chances are that it is credible enough.DerFreiKorpMann wrote:Hallo! I was searching for squad field tactics and maneuvers and found this, http://www.lonesentry.com/intelbulletin ... eries.html which had some documents for the German squad in battle, weapons, tactic doctrine, and other stuff. Just wondering about the credibility of this and the accuracy.
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Re: Verifying these sources?
While Allied intelligence information was sometimes correct, it was also often flawed. While intelligence manuals gives some information about how the Allies perceived the German army, it should not be used as a direct source.DerFreiKorpMann wrote:Hallo! I was searching for squad field tactics and maneuvers and found this, http://www.lonesentry.com/intelbulletin ... eries.html which had some documents for the German squad in battle, weapons, tactic doctrine, and other stuff. Just wondering about the credibility of this and the accuracy.
Except it isn't. The accuracy of a source is not determined by popular vote. Many English-language books on the German army are based on Allied intelligence documents, meaning that the same incorrect information is repeated ad nauseam.pintere wrote:While I'm in no position to verify it myself, I can give some advice for doing so. The best way to verify it is to simply check other sources on the same topic, and if they confirm what was written there, chances are that it is credible enough.
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I'm no stranger to this sort of thing, having encountered it myself many times. And that did actually come to mind as I was writing. Though I maintain that although never a guarantee of historical accuracy, multiple confirmation by different sources is usually a good indicator of accuracy.Christian Ankerstjerne wrote:Except it isn't. The accuracy of a source is not determined by popular vote. Many English-language books on the German army are based on Allied intelligence documents, meaning that the same incorrect information is repeated ad nauseam.