Gruss gott

[grieffenberg]

Hello I am Dietrich, I am a former Canadian solider, and currently work as a chief. I have an associates degree in history and cultural anthropology. my interest in ww2 re-enactment comes from wanting to better understand to a certain extent what my grandfathers would have experienced during ww2, I also miss the camaraderie I had well in the forces.

[Peiper]

Welkommen kamerad

[Heeresbergführer]

Grüß Di' Dietrich,

Herzlich Willkommen! We look forward to your input to the group.

What did your grandfathers do during the war?

Mit einem kameradschaftlichen Horrido!

Patrick

[grieffenberg]

my paternal grandfather was an infantry general in the wehrmacht, and my maternal grandfather was a fallschrimjager but spent most of the war as a pow in Canada. I never got a chance to get to know my paternal grandfather as he passed away before I was born.
thank you for the warm welcomes, I hope that i canhave some valuble input on the forums

[Heeresbergführer]

Servus Dietrich,

So your paternal grandfather was Hans, who attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for the school year 1932-1933 as a foreign student and a Major in the German Army at the time? Cool stuff.

Regards,
Patrick

[grieffenberg]

I was not aware he had attended an officers school in the us, but then again I do not know much about him other then his rank and that he died in 1951. but it could very much be him , I also know he wrote some books on warfare, one I believe on fighting insurance or something like that.