Moose,I first was introduced to the world of WWII in the winter 1998 issue of Military in Scale (a modeling magazine) when they did a piece on the Second Battle Group. I had some correspondence with Andrew Coburn who heads them up in around 2000 and he seemed like an amiable chap. One of the recent WWII magazines, however, did a write-up on them that was less than complimentary. They at WWII held the opinion that the SBG tended to take their interest in the Third Reich a little too seriously. From some of the pictures I saw of them back in 2000, that wouldn't come as a complete surprise although I wasn't sure if this was some bias on the part of the article writer. Have you had any experience with the SBG? What is your opinion of the German reenactors you have run into? Obviously someone has to play the bad guy or you wouldn't have much to do other than train and be a static display. I think I would probably gravitate toward German reenacting because they had the neater gear and uniforms (in my humble opinion) assuming I had the surplus cash (a lot of it) and time for that sort of thing.
What are your thoughts?
Sir, Here in the UK the German re-enactment groups vastly outnumber the Allies. One German Group boasts a membership of 400 !!
And some of the German Groups will only talk German in the field !!!!! 
and those b*****ds the SS are well represented
as well, always a talking point because they were part of WW11 history. One of our guys playing 'dead' was asked by one of these *******
' Can I shoot you in the head with my pistol ?' But having said all that the German Groups are very professional when encountered in ' battles' ect.
The BBC did an undercover investigation on them, it did not, make good viewing.This is the SBG ( Second Battle Group ) website, take a looksee. www.sbg1.mistral.co.uk
MOOSE.