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The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (German: 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend" ) was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II . [ 7 ] The majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from members of the Hitler Youth , while the senior NCOs and officers were from other Waffen-SS ...
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups ( Kampfgruppen ).
III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps; IV SS Panzer Corps (formerly VII SS Panzer Corps) V SS Mountain Corps; VI SS Army Corps (Latvian) VII SS Panzer Corps (see above ↑ IV SS Panzer Corps) VIII SS Cavalry Corps (planned in 1945 but not formed) IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) X SS Corps (made up of disbanded XIV SS Corps headquarters ...
Vietnam Memorial, Austin, Texas; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington, D.C. Vietnam Women's Memorial, adjacent; Vietnam Memorial of Los Angeles County, Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall-USA), an online memorial; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona [4]
Member of LSSAH. 1938 part of Anschluss-company commander in SS Regiment Der Führer later part of 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. Also member of 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS and 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen. Awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Died while a POW 19/20 April 1945 17127
Operation Stösser (English: Operation Hawk) was a paratroop drop into the American rear in the High Fens area during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.Its objective was to take and hold the crossroads at Belle Croix Jalhay N-68 - N-672 until the arrival of the 12th SS Panzer Division.
The memorial to the 20 Canadian soldiers killed by SS in the Abbey garden. A memorial was unveiled in the garden of the Abbaye on 6 June 1984. After the names of those murdered, an inscription reads: On the night of June 7/8, 1944, 18 Canadian soldiers were murdered in this garden while being held here as prisoners of war.
SS-Gruppenführer: Werner Ostendorff: 21 October 1944 – 15 November 1944 SS-Standartenführer: Hans Lingner: 15 November 1944 – 9 January 1945 SS-Standartenführer: Gerhard Lindner: 9 January 1945 – 21 January 1945 SS-Standartenführer: Fritz Klingenberg: 21 January 1945 – 22 March 1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer: Vinzenz Kaiser: 22 March ...