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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.
During World War II, 457 servicemen of the Waffen-SS, including volunteers and conscripts from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands and Norway, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 411 presentations were formally made and evidence of the award is available in the German Federal Archives.
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.
German ambassador to Vichy France during World War II: 1903–1958: also: convicted war criminal, imprisoned until 1954 Franz Augsberger: 20th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division: 1905–1945 also: Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Major general of the Waffen-SS); killed in action Werner Ballauff Commander SS-Waffen-Junker-School Braunschweig: 1890–1973
Bittrich ordered Hohenstaufen to occupy Arnhem and secure a vital metal girder bridge (later torn down, rebuilt in concrete and named John Frost Bridge). [15] The division encountered stiff resistance from the British Rote Teufeln (Eng. " Red Devils ") 1st Airborne Division. [ 16 ]
Projekt Burgundy (projected creation of a "Model Aryan Pan-European State" by the SS in 1940, initially from the Franche-Comté to Burgundy, then a restoration of Lotharingia. Never carried out due to German Occupation of France not including Vichy France territories, and Himmler moving to the Eastern Front.) [ 17 ]
From Normandy to the Ruhr With the 116th Panzer Division in World War II. Aberjona Press. ISBN 9780966638974. Hinsley, Francis Harry (1988). British Intelligence in the Second World War: Without special title Volume 3, Issue 2 of British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 393.
Pages in category "Infantry regiments of Canada in World War II" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
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