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    to Wehrkreis VI.: 32  Wehrkreis VII was headquartered at Munich and contained the south of the modern-day German state of Bavaria.: 2  Wehrkreis VII...
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    the Wehrkreis XX, based at Danzig, under the command of General der Artillerie Walter Heitz (11 Sep 1939 - 23 Oct 1939) (as Befehlshaber Danzig-Westpreußen)...
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  • gave up his command and became commander of the new Wehrkreis (military district) XX in Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia. On 1 December 1940, he was promoted...
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    himself at their disposal as a liaison officer in the Wehrkreis ("Defence District") XX (Danzig – Gdańsk, Poland). On the day of the attempt on Hitler's...
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  • World War II. The 196th Infantry Division was assembled in the Danzig area of Wehrkreis XX, as a division of the seventh Aufstellungswelle, on 27 November...
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  • unbekannt'). The corps was deployed again on 11 November 1944 as part of Wehrkreis XX (Danzig), using parts of the Generalkommando of Von Rothkirch, the former...
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  • of the remnants of other divisions and stationed with a home base at Wehrkreis XX. It was moved to Slovakia in 1945, where it fought its only battles (Slovakia...
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    Albert Forster (category Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia)
    established Wehrkreis (Military District) XX, consisting of the new Reichsgau. On 7 July 1940 he was elected to the Reichstag for Danzig-West Prussia...
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    assignment, and they were considering him for leadership of Wehrkreis (Military District) XX in Danzig, (today Gdańsk, Poland). After the plot failed, his participation...
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  • Bamler was appointed Chief of Staff of Wehrkreis VII (Munich) before a transfer to the same role in XX (Danzig). Bamler was then made Chief of Staff to...
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  • for the sixth Wehrkreis, which would eventually become the 154th Infantry Division. This staff was moved to the newly formed Wehrkreis XX, which was headquartered...
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    existed only in Germany and Austria and generally conformed to the existing Wehrkreis (Military Districts) of the Wehrmacht. During the Second World War, additional...
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    district. e.g. Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II). Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main...
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    In 1935, the Wehrmacht designated Königsberg as the Headquarters for Wehrkreis I (under the command of General der Artillerie Albert Wodrig), which took...
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    President) of a Prussian province. (The Commissioners of the two Austrian Wehrkreis would be elevated to the rank of Reichstatthalter in April 1940.) One...
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  • Brigade 761 was an emergency formation formed from Finland veterans in Danzig in July 1944, and the Grenadier Brigades 1131 through 1136 were rapidly...
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  • and Police Leader (HSSPF) Commands in the German Reich (By Wehrkreis) SS Designation Wehrkreis Area HQ HSSPF Dates Nordost I East Prussia Königsberg Wilhelm...
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    recruited from the Braunschweig region of north-central Germany within Wehrkreis XI. The division was established with three infantry regiments of three...
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  • Its initial personnel was formed using supplementary formations from Wehrkreis VIII: Infantry Regiment 452 was formed using the Supplement Battalions...
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