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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.
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]
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
As of 1977, Wilhelm Bittrich served as the chairman. [17] HIAG membership was open to convicted war criminals, with the group's position being to absolve them of their responsibility. For example, the group openly embraced and advocated on behalf of Dietrich, Walter Reder, and Herbert Kappler, former SS men convicted of wartime massacres. [18]
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.
Postwar used by US to Spy on USSR; sentenced to life in prison in 1988; died under house arrest 21 April 2004 117557 4583147 Werner Haase: Born 2 August 1900. Hitler's Personal physician. Died 30 November 1950 while a POW of USSR 254.097 1 April 1941 3.081.672 Georg Ritter von Hengl: Born 21 October 1897. Commander XIX Mountain Corps. Died 19 ...
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and a general in the Schutzstaffel (SS) during the Nazi era.He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930.
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.