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WORLD WAR TWO US WAR DEPARTMENT GERMAN MILITARY
DICTIONARY MANUAL AND A US ARMY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
GERMAN MILITARY ABBREVIATIONS MANUAL – VERY INTERESTING
SET: During World War Two, the US War
Department prepared these manuals to aid the soldiers on
the front lines who were coming in contact with the
German forces. This two volume set was found together
in the estate of a former Ordnance officer.
The first, TM-30-506 GERMAN MILITARY DICTIONARY
was published on May 20, 1944. The 446 pages provide
German to English, and English to German translations of
an almost limitless listing of the terms in use on a day
to day basis by soldiers, sailors, and airmen in all
branches of the military. This manual is complete with
no loss of pages. It shows some shelf and handling
wear, but no more than one would expect to see on a
manual of this age.
The accompanying manual, GERMAN MILITARY
ABBREVIATIONS was published on April 12, 1943.
Prepared by the Military Intelligence Service of the War
Department, this 246 page manual provided a
comprehensive alphabetized glossary of the abbreviations
used by the German military in reports, radio and
courier messages, vehicle markings, directional sign
posts, etc. Each abbreviation, in the form
standardized within the German military, is listed alphabetically,
expanded to the full term in German, and then translated
into English, i.e.:
Pz. Kpfw…………Panzerkampfwagen…………tank
This manual is complete with no loss of pages. It
shows some shelf and handling wear, commensurate with
its age.
This is a rare set of World War Two manuals which were
certainly provided to the front line units in North
Africa, Italy and France. This would be a great set to
add to a WWII display. (0219) $75 for the set
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