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Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:22 pm
by Dili
Maybe people already knows, but i hope this will help someone.
http://niehorster.orbat.com/600_pto/41- ... acific.htm
The wonderfull site of Mr.Niehorster WW2 OOBs
http://niehorster.orbat.com/index.htm
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:03 pm
by Buck Beach
That is a great site. Thanks
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:47 pm
by BartM
overflow of information ! heh wonderful site Dili, thank you
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:56 pm
by Jaws_slith
Great thanks[:)]
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:23 pm
by 11Bravo
Simply an amazing site. Thanks Dili for posting it.
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:58 pm
by Montbrun
If you have questions for Dr. Niehorster, he's a frequent poster at
www.Feldgrau.com....
Brad
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:47 pm
by Caranorn
He also used to reply to emails (but that was before he dropped off the face of teh earth for a few months, haven't tried yet since). So you can probably contact him (I assume his new email is aso on the site).
He's certainly quite good at the stuff he does (some is copied from other web sources, but much is his own research).
Marc aka Caran...
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:05 pm
by esteban
Can we get this thread made into a sticky? Or moved into some kind of reference section? It's pretty valuable info.
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:59 pm
by Montbrun
Caranorn,
1) He had a massive heart attack. You tend to "drop off the face of the earth for a few months" when this happens.
2) His German TOE and OOB is ALL original research from German archives.
Brad
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:20 pm
by Caranorn
ORIGINAL: Brad Hunter
Caranorn,
1) He had a massive heart attack. You tend to "drop off the face of the earth for a few months" when this happens.
2) His German TOE and OOB is ALL original research from German archives.
Brad
1) I had not heard about the heart attack. I do recall some specualtion of him being busy with research for a future publication etc. In any case I was not accusing him of anything, just stating that he used to reply to emails, so now that he's back I expect he will do so once again.
2) I know about his research into the German military organisation, it's actually what I contacted him about a while ago. I originally thought he was only copying other websites (though adding the graphic schemas), so I used to check his pages, but did not contact him until he published his errata for Tessin's on the web.
His website is definitelly one of the best webresources to look for OOB material. Though of course from the strategic wargamer's perspective it has one flaw, not convering the whole war:-). But then I wouldn't blame him for that as what he has provided so far is already invaluable (I plan to use part of his december 1941 OOB for a Malaya campaign game I am thinking of right now (combined arms, though the massive size of the area makes finding a map scale tough (so I begin to understand WitP's design team's dillema a bit better))).
Marc aka Caran...
RE: Online Pacific OOB 7/8 December 1941
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:27 pm
by Montbrun
No problem - I just like to see facts instead of speculation - Military Press has picked up Dr. Niehorster's "German World War II Organizational Series," and will continue to publish the series...also, I suggest investing in the following set of books for WitP:
Davis Hughes, "British Armies of the Second World War: An Organizational History," 10 Volumes (so far)
This set includes the CW armies as well - available from The Nafziger Collection site.
Brad