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by Tom Peters » 18 Sep 2018 02:21
IPW/G-2 reports
With regards to the British and American POW/enemy unit information, there are a wide variety of sources, all of which vary widely in quality and detail. For US divisions, some have decent G-2 info, some do not. These will be found in the -2.1 (G-2 periodic reports) files. For example, the G-2 periodic reports for the 90th division are filed under 390-2.1. Some divisions have IPW files (-2.13).
At the corps level there is a little more consistency, but still a wide variation. These will be found also under -2.1. For example, G-2 periodic reports of the V corps would be 205-2.1. I have virtually all the NW Europe corps G-2 periodic reports from September 44 to March 45. Some corps have IPW files (-2.13).
There are also IPW reports at the Army level, but it appears many files are missing. Third army has IPW reports (-2.13) for March and April 45. First Army has them for October and later. 7th Army does not have them in RG407, but rather 498 for some odd reason. 9th Army has them for Sept and later.
For British units, you want the INT SUM files which are the equivalent of the US G-2 periodic reports. I have most of these for the period of Sept-March 45, except for the British I corps, which I would love to get my hands on, but are missing from the British Archives.
For French units, the G-2 reports are available at NARA and the French Archives. I have a few scatted files of these.
At higher levels there are also CSDIC files from the British. THese are available at the BA. The US equivalent DIC-MIS files are available in RG165 at NARA.
Mad Dog