The Kalm before the Sturm

(September 25th - Oberkommando das Heer)
(OKH) Generalmajor Veygar, Kommandeur 1. Kampfgruppe, 33. Infanterie Division, wrote home:: " Meine Liebchen, Today I get another group of boys to lead against the Allies. I always wonder to myself if they know what they are getting into, or if it is just the blind love of the Fatherland that drives them to me. It seems that with every new Kampagne the soldaten get younger and younger. I have long forgotten why I picked up my first rifle, all I know is that I don't trust our future to anyone else. These kinder need leadership, they will need mentorship, who better to provide for them than an warhorse like myself? I can teach them how to prepare themselves, how to aim true, and how to care for each the fallen.The Brigade gets our orders Wednesday, I do not know where they will place us. Once I find out I will write again. I am hoping that it will be somewhere in the north, the Netherlands would be nice. The tulips will be out this time of year, hopefully I could get there before the tanks destroy them, if we are really lucky I can send home some bulbs for your garden! I also think the sea air might ease my nerves, my XO said I was a little up tight last Kampagne, right before I got him promoted to his own Kampfgruppe! Ah well, maybe I am getting too old for this, that can't be it, maybe just a little bitter.Fresh Truppen, new supplies, a new Komandant. Same me. I will show the Korps what a finely tuned instrument can sound like! The thunder of our Panzers will shake the Earth, the staccato of our rifles will sound off with great abandon! When I return from the Front your Vater will have no choice but to let us marry! I will return victorious, and prove that I am worth giving your hand to.I await the time with patience and longing for your sweet kiss!"