In military history, the German term Kampfgruppe (pl. Kampfgruppen; abbrev. KG, or KGr in Luftwaffe usage during World War II, literally "fighting group"...
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Wilhelm Mohnke (redirect from Kampfgruppe Mohnke)
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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Joachim Peiper (redirect from Kampfgruppe Peiper)
Battle of the Bulge, from which battles his eponymous battle group – Kampfgruppe Peiper – became notorious for committing war crimes against civilians...
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Kampfgruppe 100 (KGr 100) was a specialist unit of the Luftwaffe during the early stages of World War II. It is best known as the first unit to use the...
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Kampfgruppe is the concept of a flexible combat formation. Kampfgruppe may also refer to: The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen...
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Kampfgruppe 1001 Nights (German: 1001 Nacht) was a German Kampfgruppe formed on the Oder front during the final German offensive of the Second World War...
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Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945). Soldiers of Kampfgruppe Peiper summarily killed eighty-four U.S. Army prisoners of war (POWs)...
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added: Col. Friedrich August von der Heydte was to lead a Fallschirmjäger-Kampfgruppe (paratrooper combat group) in Operation Stösser, a night-time paratroop...
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Auschwitz Combat Group (redirect from Kampfgruppe Auschwitz)
The Auschwitz Combat Group (German: Kampfgruppe Auschwitz, Polish: Grupa Bojowa Oświęcim) was international left-wing resistance organization in Auschwitz...
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3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf (redirect from Kampfgruppe Eicke)
Death's Head Division. The division was formed through the expansion of Kampfgruppe Eicke, a battle group named – in keeping with German military practice...
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Kampfgruppe is a computer wargame designed by Gary Grigsby and published in 1984 by Strategic Simulations for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, and...
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Combat Groups of the Working Class (redirect from Kampfgruppe der Arbeiterklasse)
The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KdA) was a paramilitary organization in the German Democratic Republic...
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The Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit (KgU) (German for "Combat Group against Inhumanity") was a German anti-communist resistance group based in West...
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initially probed the Soviet line with a mixed Panzer and Panzer Grenadier Kampfgruppe and succeeded in breaking through the line at dawn. Subsequently, he...
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Walter Schimana (redirect from Kampfgruppe Schimana)
Walter Schimana (12 March 1898 – 12 September 1948) was an Austrian functionary in the German SS during the Nazi era. He was SS and Police Leader in the...
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Kurt Meyer (redirect from Kampfgruppe Meyer)
Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany. He served in the Waffen-SS (the combat...
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increasingly despotic as more disparate troops join his command, named Kampfgruppe Herold. These troops include Freytag, a kind, aging rifleman who is made...
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Task Force Thiele (redirect from Kampfgruppe Thiele)
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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Nickmann Kampfgruppe "Brinkmann" Kampfgruppe "Bruhn" Kampfgruppe "Harder" Sperrverband "Harzer", Gerhard MG Bataillon 47 Marine Kampfgruppe 642 Kampfgruppe "Schörken"...
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1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring (redirect from Kampfgruppe Schmid)
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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(Generalleutnant Rudolf Sieckenius) Kampfgruppe Dörnemann Kampfgruppe Stempel Kampfgruppe von Holtey Kampfgruppe von Doering LXXVI Panzer Corps General...
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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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Warlord (DC Thomson) (redirect from Kampfgruppe Falken)
included Iron Annie, about a heroic Junkers Ju 52 'Iron Annie' crew, and Kampfgruppe Falken which followed the exploits of a German penal battalion on the...
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or "tank wedge") was an offensive armoured tactic developed by German Kampfgruppe (battle groups) on the Eastern Front during World War II. The Panzerkeil...
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and 1,188 men, were withdrawn to Belgium for rest and refit, however a Kampfgruppe was left behind. On 25 March, the 1st Panzer Army was encircled in the...
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Karl-Heinz Euling crossed the Rhine at Pannerden as the 500 man strong 'Kampfgruppe Euling', used the still intact Waal Bridge and dug in at the Hunnerpark...
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Garden. It features eight playable missions following a Panzer Elite Kampfgruppe in occupied Netherlands that is bracing itself for one of the largest...
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was assigned to Kampfgruppe Fischer advancing north through the Østerdalen Valley, while the other two were assigned to Kampfgruppe Pellengahr advancing...
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SS-grenadiers of Kampfgruppe Hansen joined then and tanks plus halftracks firing with everything they had overrun the Soviet positions. Kampfgruppe Peiper and...
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operational purposes into mission-related organizations such as the German Kampfgruppe or the U.S. Combat Team (Army) and Task Force (Navy) during the Second...
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