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    : 234  Wehrkreis XI was the home district of the XI Army Corps, which was formed on 1 October 1936 with headquarters at Hanover.: 194f.  Wehrkreis XII was...
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    commanded the 3rd Mountain Division, 5th Mountain Division, LXIX Corps, Wehrkreis XI and the Army Corps Ringel. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of...
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  • 1944 in Wehrkreis V; initially equipped with Panzer Detachment 2112, Panzergrenadier Regiment 2112 and Brigade Units 2112. Redeployed from Wehrkreis V to...
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  • Hanover was the headquarters (Hauptquartier) of Military District XI (Wehrkreis XI), which was responsible for Braunschweig, Anhalt, and part of Hanover...
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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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    During the Second World War, Braunschweig was a sub-area headquarters of Wehrkreis XI (one of Germany's military districts), and was the garrison city of the...
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    Panzer Role Armoured warfare Size Division Part of Wehrmacht Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XI: Magdeburg Engagements World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of the...
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  • Branch Army Type Panzer Role Armoured warfare Size Division Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XI: Hanover Engagements World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Moscow...
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  • Dessau area in Wehrkreis XI as part of the 35th (and last) draft wave. It was formed from high school students throughout Wehrkreis XI, as well as remnants...
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  • Landesschützen and infantry units in Ulm and Rinteln across Wehrkreis IX and Wehrkreis XI, drawing personnel from parts of the 214th Infantry Division...
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    August 1939, the 71st Infantry Division was set up in Military District XI (Wehrkreis XI) and was mainly recruited from soldiers from what is now Lower Saxony:...
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  • the Bundesheer into the Wehrmacht. Muff was General of Infantry for Wehrkreis XI in Hanover from 1 September 1939 until 28 February 1943 when he retired...
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    leader of a Kampfgruppe in der Division Deneke ("Gneisenau-Einheit" of Wehrkreis XI). According to Scherzer as leader of the 2./SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon...
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    approximately 17,200 men. The division was based at Hameln and was part of Wehrkreis XI. The 216th Infantry Division did not participate in the Invasion of Poland...
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  • as part of the eighth Aufstellungswelle in the Magdeburg are within Wehrkreis XI. It initially consisted of Infantry Regiments 516, 517 and 518, as well...
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  • 13th SS Police Regiment Country  Nazi Germany Branch Schutzstaffel Type Security Size Regiment Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XI...
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  • World War II. It was created on 24 September 1942, in Military Region (Wehrkreis) VIII as the LXIV Reserve Corps with the mission of supervising reserve...
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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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  • during World War II. The 129th Infantry Division was formed in Hanau, in Wehrkreis XI on 20 October 1940 as Division 11 and incorporated personnel from Hessen...
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  • the authority of Oberbefehlshaber West (Army Group D) in Hanover in Wehrkreis XI. It was subordinate to the 7th Army from July 1943 to June 1944 and subsequently...
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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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    SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien Panzer Division Holstein HQ, Wehrkreis II as corps-level field command (stellv. II): Swinemünde Defensive Region...
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    commander, Wehrkreis IV (Dresden) Nebe, Arthur, chief of Criminal Police Olbricht, Lieutenant General Friedrich, chief of staff to General List, Wehrkreis IV...
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  • static division of the 13th Aufstellungswelle in the Braunschweig area in Wehrkreis XI. Its initial recruits were drawn, among others, from parts of the 267th...
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  • Telschow served as a member of the Defense Committee for Wehrkreis (Military District) XI from 22 September 1939. On 15 November 1940, he was made the...
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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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    areas formerly covered by the corps each became the responsibility of a Wehrkreis (military district, sometimes translated as corps area). The military...
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     German Army Type Panzer Role Armoured warfare Size Division Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis IV: Dresden Engagements World War II Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation...
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    Luftwaffe was organized into Luftgaue (Air Districts), based on the army's Wehrkreis ("military districts"). A Luftgau was responsible for all administrative...
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  • areas formerly covered by the corps each became the responsibility of a Wehrkreis (military district, sometimes translated as corps area). The military...
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