The 2nd SS Infantry Brigade (mot.) (German: 2. SS-Infanterie-Brigade) was formed on the 15 May 1941, under the command of Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld with...
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The 1st SS Infantry Brigade (German: 1. SS-Infanteriebrigade) was a unit of the German Waffen SS formed from former concentration camp guards for service...
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The SS Cavalry Brigade (SS-Kavallerie-Brigade) was a unit of the German Waffen-SS during World War II. Operating under the control of the Kommandostab...
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motorized SS Infantry Brigades (1st and 2nd) and two SS Cavalry Regiments combined into the SS Cavalry Brigade, totaling about 25,000 Waffen-SS troops....
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Division (brigade size only, division title used as deception) 1st SS Infantry Brigade 2nd SS Infantry Brigade 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade 4th SS Volunteer...
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south near Lake Ladoga. At the end of 1942, it was merged with the 2nd SS Infantry Brigade. In January 1943, Dutch troops were heavily involved in defending...
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82nd Airborne Division (redirect from 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division)
1st Brigade Headquarters & Headquarters Company 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry 3rd Battalion, 504th Infantry 2nd Brigade Headquarters...
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Fritz Freitag (category SS-Brigadeführer)
German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he commanded the 2nd SS Infantry Brigade, the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, and the SS Division...
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101st Airborne Division (redirect from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (United States))
the 12th Infantry Brigade either at Camp Custer or Fort Sheridan, Illinois, while the infantry regiments trained primarily with the 2nd Infantry Regiment...
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the SS (1st Belarusian), originally called the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian), was a short-lived German Waffen-SS infantry division...
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list of German brigades in World War II. The list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World...
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Guard Brigade) 135th Infantry Regiment (1st Minnesota Infantry) 136th Infantry Regiment (2nd Minnesota Infantry) 127th Machine Gun Battalion (2nd Squadron...
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SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH (German: 1. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf...
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Gebirgsjäger (redirect from 23rd Mountain Infantry Brigade (Bundeswehr))
edelweiss. During World War II the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS raised a number of mountain infantry units, identified by the edelweiss insignia worn on their...
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(Stumme) 10th Pz, 2nd Pz, 258th ID XLVI Panzer Corps (von Vietinghoff) 5th Bz, 11th Pz, 251nd ID LVII Panzer Corps (Kuntzen) 20th Pz, SS "Das Reich" Mot...
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to the Red Army. The division was formed in January 1944, from 2 SS Infantry Brigades with the addition of a newly raised third regiment, Waffen Grenadier...
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amalgamation of the 71st (Highland) Light Infantry (as the 1st Battalion) and the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (as the 2nd Battalion) as the city regiment of...
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War, adopting the designation "2nd Canadian Infantry Division". It was initially composed of volunteers within brigades established along regional lines...
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3rd Canadian Division (redirect from Canadian 9th Infantry Brigade)
Canadian Infantry Division, with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade under command, landed in two brigade groups, the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade and the...
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Andrew Jackson. The Germans nicknamed this division "Roosevelt's SS". The 30th Infantry Division, involved in 282 days of intense combat over a period from...
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group reserves: 10th Panzer Division, 73rd Infantry Division, 206th Infantry Division and 208th Infantry Division. On the morning of 1 September 1939...
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Stewart Army Subpost. 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment is an infantry component serving with the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base...
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Russian People's Liberation Army (redirect from Kaminski Brigade (SS RONA))
1944, the brigade was absorbed as part of the Waffen-SS. With its transfer to the Waffen-SS, the brigade was renamed Waffen-Sturm-Brigade RONA, and Kaminski...
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3rd Separate Assault Brigade (Ukrainian: 3-тя окрема штурмова бригада, romanized: 3-tya okrema shturmova bryhada) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground...
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police units, the Black Brigades, or for labor. On 23 November 1943, 13 Miliz-Battalions pledged their loyalty before being moved to SS-Ausbildungsstab Italien...
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the Provisional Tank Brigade (the 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks), 67th Infantry Regiment (Medium Tanks), and 68th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks))...
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The Dirlewanger Brigade, also known as the SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger (1944), or the 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (German: 36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division...
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Parachute Brigade, Brigadier-General Stanisław Sosabowski (arrived September 21st) 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel M. Tonn 2nd Parachute...
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The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen"...
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incorporated into the 2nd SS Infantry Brigade, and redesignated the 2nd SS Latvian Brigade (later 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)). On August...
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