Parachute Division (German: 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division) was an elite German military parachute-landing division that fought during World War II. A division of...
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Brigade Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment Fallschirmjäger-Regiment Hübner, subordinated to the 8. ''Fallschirmjäger'' Division. Other parachute units Waffen-SS...
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The 2nd Parachute Division (German: 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division) was an airborne division of the German Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht during World War II...
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of Stendal and transformed into the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, the first paratrooper unit of the Wehrmacht. The regiment participated in the so-called...
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organized along the lines of a standard infantry division, but composed of a variety of German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units, Tunis Field Battalions...
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II Parachute Corps (Germany) (redirect from II Parachute Corps (Wehrmacht))
Fallschirmjägerdivision Fallschirmjäger Aufklarungs Abteilung 3 Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5 I Battalion Fallschirmjäger Regiment 8 I Battalion Fallschirmjäger Regiment...
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Mittler. p. 286. Georg Tessin (1970). Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 - 1945 (in German). Vol. IV:...
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Hans Kroh (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers]...
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leader of Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon Paul (under control of the 334. Infanterie-Division). According to Scherzer as shooter in the 7./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment...
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Kurt Student (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
a paratrooper force to be known as the Fallschirmjäger, and as the most senior member of the Fallschirmjäger, commanded it throughout the war. Student...
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Wolfgang Erdmann (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers]...
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Walter Koch (paratrooper) (redirect from Walter Koch (Fallschirmjäger))
Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers]...
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Brandenburgers (redirect from German Panzergrenadier Division Brandenburg)
Brandenburgers (German: Brandenburger) were members of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht special forces unit during World War II. Originally, the unit was formed...
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Richard Schimpf (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers]...
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The 9th Parachute Division (German: 9. Fallschirmjäger-Division) was one of the final parachute divisions to be raised by Nazi Germany during World War...
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up with the Fallschirmjäger of Generaloberst Kurt Student's airborne forces, the 7.Flieger-Division and the 22.Luftlande-Infanterie-Division. Fall Gelb—the...
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(navy), the Fallschirmjäger (paratroops), and the Waffen-SS. The 1945 Leibermuster was planned to be issued to both the SS and the Wehrmacht, but it appeared...
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World War II. Terms such as M40 and M43 were never designated by the Wehrmacht, but are names given to the different versions of the Model 1936 field...
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Albert Stecken (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
1945 as Major im Generalstab and Ia (operations officer) of the 8. Fallschirmjäger-Division Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 292. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 331. Fellgiebel...
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assault guns of the division's Panzer battalion and Oberst (colonel) Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte's 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment, attacked...
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the Wehrmacht placed Serbia proper, the northern part of Kosovo (around Kosovska Mitrovica) and the Banat under a military government. The division was...
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List of German brigades in World War II (redirect from 100th Brigade (Wehrmacht))
list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II. Brigades, in German army parlance prior...
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Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers]...
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Walter Gericke (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
Crete as a Fallschirmjäger battalion commander. He later commanded the Fallschirjäger-Regiment 11 (part of the 4. Fallschirmjäger-Division) and fought...
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Ludwig Heilmann (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
and commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 412th Oak Leaves on 2 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 67th Swords on...
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Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
of a regiment of the 2nd Fallschirmjäger Division in January 1944. By the time of Operation Overlord, the 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment had been attached...
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Hans Teusen (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
(platoon leader) in the 6./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 German Cross in Gold on 10 September 1944 as Hauptmann in the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 16 Officer Cross...
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battalions of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 (6th Parachute Regiment) of the 2nd Fallschirmjäger-Division. The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, ordered to...
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Erich Walther (category Fallschirmjäger of World War II)
and commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 411th Oak Leaves on 2 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 131st Swords...
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Reichssicherheitsdienst. The Wehrmacht's armored Führerbegleitbrigade was held in readiness nearby but, as a part of the Heer's elite Großdeutschland Division, was used...
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