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Wilhelm Bittrich (26 February 1894 – 19 April 1979) was a high-ranking Waffen-SS commander of Nazi Germany. Between August 1942 and February 1943, Bittrich commanded the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer , in rear security operations ( Bandenbekämpfung , literally: "gang fighting") in the Soviet Union.
Field Marshal Walter Model (left) conversing with Wilhelm Bittrich in the Arnhem sector Under a creeping barrage in the morning mist, Kampfgruppe Volker, supported by Tiger II tanks, struck at Heuvel against the 7th Green Howards, the left-hand battalion of the 50th Northumbrian Division 's 69th Brigade ; here fighting raged all day.
The 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" was a German Waffen-SS cavalry division during World War II.It was formed in 1942 from a cadre of the SS Cavalry Brigade which was involved in the Bandenbekämpfung ("bandit-fighting") operations behind the front line and was responsible for the killing of tens of thousands of the civilian population. [1]
At its formation, Hohenstaufen was commanded by SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich. [5] The title Hohenstaufen came from the Hohenstaufen dynasty, a German noble family who produced a number of kings and emperors in the 12th and 13th centuries AD. [6]
The II SS Panzer Corps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.It was commanded by Paul Hausser during the Third Battle of Kharkov and the Battle of Kursk in 1943 and by Wilhelm Bittrich on the Western Front in 1944.
Wilhelm Bittrich: 14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer: Matthias Kleinheisterkamp: 31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942 SS-Obergruppenführer: Georg Keppler: 19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943 SS-Brigadeführer: Herbert-Ernst Vahl: 10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943 SS-Oberführer: Kurt Brasack: 18 March 1943 – 29 March 1943
A Commemorative Project plaque was unveiled on 23 June 2009, to commemorate the unique military and historical ties between Canada and the Netherlands. A hole, a par five, on the south course (Hylands Golf Course Uplands) in Ottawa, Ontario was named "Arnhem, in honour of the Royal Canadian Artillery squadrons that took part in Second World War ...
SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich. 9. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Hohenstaufen, SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer. ... Air Force Combat Units Of World War II.
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