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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.
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Canada has several monuments and memorials that to varying degrees commemorate people and groups accused of collaboration with Nazi forces.. Monuments and memorials include or have included a statue of Draža Mihailović in Ontario, two monuments in Ontario and Alberta connected with the Waffen-SS, a statue of Roman Shukhevych, streets and parks named after Alexis Carrel and Philipp Lenard, a ...
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) expanded rapidly and substantially during the Second World War, with vessels transferred or purchased from the Royal Navy and US Navy, and the construction of many vessels in Canada, such as corvettes and frigates. The RCN ended the war with the third-largest naval fleet in the world, and an operational reach ...
Wilhelm Bittrich (1894–1979) 15 February 1943: 29 June 1944: 1 year, 135 days: 2: SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller (1902–?) 29 June 1944: 10 July 1944:
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Formation Patch Active 1915–1919 1939–1945 Country Canada Branch Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Army Type Infantry Size Brigade Part of 2nd Canadian Division Engagements World War I Western Front World War II Allied occupation of Iceland Dieppe Raid Normandy The Scheldt The Rhineland Battle of Groningen Commanders Notable ...
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.
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