Anyone know of a website that tells what the military terms were for the German Wehrmacht in the 1940s?

Im looking for something like Alpha - _____, etc.

What exactly is this fail safe language called exactly too?

Thanks for the help! [img]smile.gif[/img]

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'The "glorious" fight of the so-called partisans was nothing more then a mean, common murder.'
- Kurt Meyer, after his loyal comrade Heinz Schrott was killed by perfidious French partisans while wounded in a street.

I have it in a book that's currently at my work, I'll bring it home tomorrow and type it out for ya.

Hang tight, I'll get you the info you need soon.

Langemann

Its called the Phonetic alphabet

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Very good guys.

Gibson--can you kinda narrow the field for me and let me know what kind of Wehrmacht terms you are looking for?

Are you looking for terms of say--German Companies like US Companies--meaning: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Idem, Jack, King, and love? As of the Nam War--these were: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Easy, etc.

The Germans didnt have a "name" for their Kompanies--they were simply: A company = 1st Kompanie, B companie = 2nd kompanie etc. Mostly I have only seen or heard of German Kompanie formation using onli a number like: 15th Kompanie, 2nd Kompanie--etc.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

He's talking about Radio Comms and Callsigns.

They are, to my understanding:

Letter : German Name : "Morse code"
a : Anton : "._"
a" : Arger : "._._"
b : Berta : "_..."
c : Ca"sar : "_._."
d : Dora : "_.."
e : Emil : "."
f : Friedrich : ".._."
g : Gustav : "_ _."
h : Heinrich : "...."
i : Ida : ".."
j : Julius : "._ _ _"
k : Konrad : "_._"
l : Ludwig : "._.."
m : Martha : "_ _"
n : Nordpol : "_."
o : Otto : "_ _ _"
o" : O"dipus : "_ _ _."
p: Paula : "._ _."
q : Quelle : "_ _._"
r : Richard : "._."
s : Siegfried : "..."
t : Theodor : "_"
u : Ulrich : ".._"
u" : Uebel : ".._ _"
v : Viktor : "..._"
w : Wilhelm : "._ _"
x : Xanthippe : "_.._"
y : Ypsilon : "_._ _"
z : Zeppelin : "_ _.."

Sorry if that's confusing.

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Obergefreiter Hermann Van der Waal
25. Panzer Grenadier Division

I see my communications wires got crossed. I didnt realize that what Modus just put here was what you were looking for? How embarrassing.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Kein problem, Mein Herr.

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- Modus -
modus@thmodus.com
Obergefreiter Hermann Van der Waal
25. Panzer Grenadier Division

Danke mein freund. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Here are Gidson. Guess you must of forgot about this.

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'England confides that every man will do his duty' Nelson
'I'm a Norfolk man, and glory in being so' Nelson

Proud to be a GRUNT

Indeed I did. You and Bish bumped it up - thanks! My new post, however, did mention phonetics, but I am primarily just looking for plain old German combat terms. Just regular German's identifying targets and combat commands in battle.

[ 13 July 2002, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Gibson ]

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'The "glorious" fight of the so-called partisans was nothing more then a mean, common murder.'
- Kurt Meyer, after his loyal comrade Heinz Schrott was killed by perfidious French partisans while wounded in a street.