CMFDR Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hey there, pretty familiar with the NATO's OSMEALQ order format, I was wondering how things were done during WW2, especially by Italians, Germans and Commonwealth soldiers. Would anybody have resources on that matter? Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Commonwealth: INFORMATION Equivalent to Situation in SMEAC format INTENTION Broadly equivalent to Mission in SMEAC format METHOD Equivalent to Execution in SMEAC format ADMINISTRATION Same as Administration in SMEAC format INTERCOMMUNICATION Equivalent to Command & Signals in SMEAC format Example towards the bottom of the link here: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/war_3rdBde.htm Some stuff about the planning processes of the US, Germans and Red Army here: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a227390.pdf Similar on the US modern approach and the German WW2 approach with the outline headings here: http://www.intelros.ru/pdf/JFQ/57/26.pdf Somebody will probably be able to dig up a better German example but I couldn't find one in a hurry. Italians - no idea but the general trend for these things is pretty much the same across the piece. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Thanks a lot Combatintman, kudos on the piece of art of yours humbly named "Planning tutorial" by the way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, CMFDR said: Thanks a lot Combatintman, kudos on the piece of art of yours humbly named "Planning tutorial" by the way. No worries, thanks and I hope you got something from it because that was the reason for doing it. It was a much bigger project than I thought it would be. I think I spent about four months putting it all together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Just found an article about the German Operations Orders, on @Michael Dorrosh's website?https://web.archive.org/web/20080303150400/http://www.deutschesoldaten.com/procedures/opsorder.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) If you´re patient enough digging through all those materials, you can find quite a lot original captured german orders sheets here (assuming you can read and understand german) : http://germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1-rossiysko-germanskiy-proekt-po-otsifrovke-trofeynyh-kollektsiy just remembered the "German Tactical Doctrine" PDF has a few examples on german orders in the appendix: https://fas.org/irp/doddir/navy/german.pdf Edited January 17, 2019 by RockinHarry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Thank you Harry! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) To illustrate Combatintman's answer above, here's an excerpt from the Canadian wartime manual "Infantry Training, Part I: The Infantry Battalion (Ottawa, H.M. Stationery Office, 1944)." Edit: And even more! Company Commander's verbal orders in various tactical situations. Orders for machine gun units | Wartime Canada Edited February 4, 2019 by CMFDR Moar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Great resource, thanks! Just downloading this and other quite interesting PDF´s from the list. Well supplementing my collection of similar US and German FM´s from other sources. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) On 1/16/2019 at 2:51 AM, CMFDR said: Just found an article about the German Operations Orders, on @Michael Dorrosh's website?https://web.archive.org/web/20080303150400/http://www.deutschesoldaten.com/procedures/opsorder.htm just to supplement. A german original orders hint sheet for Bn size orders (in german) Edited March 17, 2019 by RockinHarry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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