Grenadier-Regiment 48.

Don't forget tomorrow to come out and see us at the Indiana Military Museum to see our group in action, panzerschrecks and all! 😉

Can't wait for another great event at Indiana Military Museum. We hope to see you there! Come out on Labor Day Weekend to have a great time and talk with the numerous reenactors, meet the veterans, and have a great time watching the battles!

We will be at the Indiana Military Museum once again. Don't forget to come out and see us on Labor Day weekend to see a great show!

Another job well done! We all had a great time at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum.

After the Ruhr Pocket's destruction would be the end of the war for the men of the 12. Volksgrenadier Division, of the few who survived. The division had suffered tremendous losses since those first days of fighting on the outskirts of Aachen. Those surviving the war to this point were either wounded that had been pulled from the front or more likely, now in a Prisoner of War camp and some may be among the masses in these few photos of prisoners from the Ruhr Pocket. For them, the war was over with a great deal of uncertainty thanks to years of N**i propaganda claiming the Allies would completely destroy Germany, for many these fears were probably on their minds.

On April 18, 1945, the Ruhr Pocket would finally surrender with 317,000 German soldiers being taken prisoner. The Ruhr Pocket would be the final fight for many famous divisions of World War II, including Lehr Division, the 116. Division, 2., and 3. fallschirmjäger division, and of course our division the 12. Volksgrenadier Division.

Another interesting period of interest for the unit is the first winter on the Eastern Front where veterans of the unit would have earned their Eastern Front Medal. Thanks to Lexikon Der Wehrmacht we can share positioning of the unit from November 1941 to April 1942, the period in which the award was earned.

In the comments below tell us what your favorite units to study were and what periods they fought in!

One of the most important parts of our unit is researching the history of our unit and figuring out the back stories of the unit with what the veterans would have survived. One of those major events is the Demjansk Pocket, which requires a lot of piecing together information, but one of the most useful sources is Lexikon Der Wehrmacht where we can find month-by-month maps of where the unit was positioned. the 12. Infanterie Division would play a very important part in the defense of Demjansk.

Some more pretty cool Kriegsmarine transfers from the war!

Another event of the brothers together!

Links, zwei, drei, vier! Wir ziehn durch die Welt!

You have your orders, you know what you must do! We must break through the Soviet lines and reach our brothers encircled!

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Killing time like a pro. Nothing like some period fun and goofing around for some future photo recreations!

What are some fun things you like to do during downtime at events?

Today we will be helping with a small display in celebration of National Medal of Honor Day (March 25th) at the Museum of 20th Century Warfare. We will be helping to celebrate and honor two heroes of World War II who earned the Medal of Honor and would have their ceremonies held at Fort Harrison. Come out today and learn more!

Do you know who these men are? They are two heroes from World War II who earned the Medal of Honor for their actions. On Sunday, March 24th we will be helping the Museum of 20th Century Warfare to host a special display to honor these men who were honored at Fort Harrison after World War II. Come out and hear about their heroics!

Soldiers Thru Time is nearing once again. Make sure to come out and talk to reenactors and living historians from multiple eras and see loads of cool stuff rarely seen today! This event is probably one of our favorites as any period of history can be put on display for the public to see!

Dates: May 4th and 5th
Location: Fort Harrison State Park, Lawrence, Indiana

It's nice to be safe in the bunker again after the long fighting at the front. Now to do a lot of reading up!

Nothing like a hot meal in the field right? What is your favorite meal to have at events?

Signs, signs, everywhere and not enough time to translate!

Joking aside, we love finding photos of the original signs from WW2!

Just a few photos from our event together again. We had a great deal of fun putting on a show for the public!

Taking a quick snooze in the field after fighting all those Russians!

Something seems a little bit different here can you find it?

Got to love those unique little details!

We are rolling out to Fort Harrison now! Hope to see you there tomorrow!

Don't forget to come out on March 2nd and see us at the Eastern Front event!

From last Saturday's Marching with Soldiers event at Fort Harrison!

Marching with Soldiers 2024 We had a fun time thanks to the museum! Thank you to all the volunteers and attendees for a great time!Museum page:https://www.facebook.com/M20CWOur website:...

Still waiting on the event photos to drop but we had a bit of fun playing a speed bump to the US Army a few weekends ago!

More from our Year in Review!

Just some of our photos from our unit members favorite photos from this year looking back on this marvelous year of reenacting! More to come soon but we want to wish you all a Happy New Year!