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    Task Force Thiele (German: Kampfgruppe Thiele) was an organizational unit of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. It was named after its commander...
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  • 1944. While participating in the Battle of Berlin, Mohnke commanded Kampfgruppe Mohnke (Combat Group Mohnke) and was charged with defending the government...
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    August Thiele (category Vice admirals of the Kriegsmarine)
    appointed commander of the Kampfgruppe II (2nd battle group) in the Baltic Sea on 28 July 1944 and commander of Kampfgruppe "Thiele" on 23 March 1945....
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    members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    shortly after World War II, 318 German sailors and servicemen of the Kriegsmarine received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 316 presentations...
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    Commanding: Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 2, Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1, Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 9 16. Luftlande-Infanterie-Regiment of the 22. Infanterie-Division...
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  • Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, police, and other organizations. It appears also to be related to Kampfgruppe Raithel and/or Kampfgruppe Semmering...
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    various security units and head for Warsaw. Upon arrival, his forces (Kampfgruppe Reinefarth) were included in the Korpsgruppe von dem Bach of General...
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  • Befehlshaber der Kampfgruppe (B.d.K.) and the position assumed by Rear Admiral Rudolf Peters, who held the title until the end of the war. The Kriegsmarine had in...
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    Friedrich Bonte (category Kriegsmarine personnel killed in World War II)
    Kapitän zur See and Führer der Zerstörer (leader of the destroyers) and of Kampfgruppe Narvik Dörr 1995, p. 68. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 139. Scherzer 2007, p. 234...
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    members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (air force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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  • Ib (Quartermaster general) of the 14. Panzer-Division and leader of Kampfgruppe "Sauerbruch" Fellgiebel 2000, p. 302. Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000)...
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    Birmingham. The next night, a large force hit Coventry. "Pathfinders" from 12 Kampfgruppe 100 (Combat Group 100 or KGr 100) led 437 bombers from KG 1, KG 3, KG 26...
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    members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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  • Joseph Schmid; who was promoted to Generalmajor shortly after. This Kampfgruppe Schmid was committed into battle dispersed and attached to various Army...
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    members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    heavy cruisers (often termed pocket battleships) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. Ordered by the Weimar government...
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    radio service. The Condor Legion, upon establishment, consisted of the Kampfgruppe 88, with three squadrons of Ju 52 bombers and the Jagdgruppe 88 with...
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  • on 23 August 1944 for service with the Kampfgruppe Gottberg. He ended the war as a commander of a Kampfgruppe in the IV Army in East Prussia. Hannibal...
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  • Poetschke was commander of the 1st SS Panzer Battalion that was part of “Kampfgruppe Peiper”. Poetschke was identified by various persons involved and eyewitnesses...
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    Action in the Oslofjord occurred late on 8 April 1940 in World War II. As Kampfgruppe 5 of the German invasion force proceeded towards Oslo, it encountered...
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  • Iron Cross on 24 May 1940 as Oberstleutnant and Gruppenkommandeur of Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 11 Fellgiebel 2000, p. 147. Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]...
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  • to fall back. On the morning of 9 June Luck's command was designated Kampfgruppe von Luck, and in addition to the elements of the 125th Panzer Grenadier...
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    ordered to return to Germany on 8 September, leaving behind a small Kampfgruppe attached to the SS Division Das Reich. The division losses during the...
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    formations themselves, corps, and divisions. The army used the German term Kampfgruppe, which equates to battle group in English. These provisional combat groupings...
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    spotted the German Kampfgruppe 5 heading north as part of the German invasion of Norway. Despite being seriously outnumbered - the Kampfgruppe consisted of...
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    members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    Operation Weserübung (category Naval operations of the Kriegsmarine)
    trigger a limited, last-minute alert. Late in the evening of 8 April 1940, Kampfgruppe 5 was spotted by the Norwegian guard vessel Pol III. Pol III was fired...
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    Soviet breakthrough was eliminated.[citation needed] Ostendorff led Kampfgruppe Das Reich on the Eastern front from February to June 1942, earning the...
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