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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
Larry, there's a "hidden extra" online with the German version of the KTB, an appendix which explains the abbreviations, code names and map squares mentioned in the diaries themselves. It's helped me a lot in making sense of things.
And you're right, MS = Motorschiff (so I guess the equivalent of the English MV for motor vessel). |
Thanks, Nick. Didn't know and never thought to look! In fact, I didn't know the Seekriegsleitung KTB had been digitized and made available on the internet. In the past, I always used this one, which is both on the internet and in print form:
http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/chronik.htm#Z
L. deZ.