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    Eugen Meindl (16 July 1892 – 24 January 1951) was a German paratroop general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of...
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  • Meindl is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anthony Meindl (born 1968), American actor Eugen Meindl (1892–1951), German general...
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    advance go slowly. Meanwhile, the II. Fallschirmjäger Corps of General Eugen Meindl charged the U.S. formations at Groesbeek and Mook, but failed to force...
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    of the 2nd Parachute Corps, commanded by General der Fallschirmtruppe Eugen Meindl. The 29th Infantry Division attacked through the hedgerows to the northeast...
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  • Allies in 1945. Under the command of the Werner E. Kranz. Generalleutnant Eugen Meindl, 5 November 1943 – 5 May 1945 September 1944 3rd Fallschirmjägerdivision...
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  • under the command of Oberst Fritz Henke? General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division, Generalmajor Walter Wadehn Fallschirmjäger-Regiment...
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    November 1939 – 31 August 1940 Eugen Meindl, 1 September 1940 – 21 May 1941 Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, 21 May-18 June 1941 Eugen Meindl, 19 June 1941 – 26 February...
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    against the defending Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) under the command of Eugen Meindl. Thereupon the town, 85% of which had already been destroyed, was occupied...
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    Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS. Bruno Bräuer Paul Conrath Richard Heidrich Eugen Meindl Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke Alfred Schlemm Kurt Student General (Germany)...
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    Group under the code-name "Comet", commanded by German paratroop general Eugen Meindl. The allied forces in the area were the 21st, 22nd and the 23rd battalions...
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    XLVII Panzer Corps (Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz) II Parachute Corps (Eugen Meindl) LXXXVI Corps (Erich Straube) Heeresgruppe B Generalfeldmarschal Walter...
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    Siegfried Macholz, Generalleutnant Erich von Manstein, Generalfeldmarschall Eugen Meindl, Luftwaffe General der Fallschirmtruppe Herbert Olbrich, Luftwaffe Generalleutnant...
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    Battalion Seventh Army SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser Generalleutnant Eugen Meindl 5th Fallschirmjäger Division Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke 13th, 14th...
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    Military offices Preceded by none Commander of Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1 2 November 1939 – 31 August 1940 Succeeded by Generalmajor Eugen Meindl...
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    Valley, Chania Souda, Rethymno Gruppe West (Group West) Comet Generalmajor Eugen Meindl Maleme Gruppe Ost (Group East) Orion Oberst Bruno Bräuer Heraklion...
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    Schimpf, 17 February 1944 – 20 August 1944 General der Fallschirmtruppe Eugen Meindl (acting), 20 August 1944 – 22 August 1944 Generalmajor Walter Wadehn...
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    nearly 400 men out of 600, including their commander Major Otto Scherber. Eugen Meindl, the regiment's commander, was shot through the chest during his parachute...
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    According to Scherzer as commander of Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1. Eugen Meindl's nomination by the troop was approved by each of his commanding officers...
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    sequential number "154" and presentation date were assigned by the AKCR. Eugen Meindl's nomination by the troop was approved by each of his commanding officers...
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  • Headquarters Luftlande Sturmregiment - Generalmajor Eugen Meindl, then Col. Ramcke, Maj. Braun Unit Commander Remarks 1st Battalion Major Walter Koch Glider...
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    According to Scherzer as commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3. Eugen Meindl's nomination by the troop was approved by each of his commanding officers...
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    Saint-Lô, driving back General der Fallschirmtruppen Eugen Meindl's II Parachute Corps. Meindl's paratroopers, together with the 352nd Infantry Division...
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    Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Bittrich was member of the AKCR. Eugen Meindl's nomination was approved by each of his commanding officers. However...
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    Colonel Karl Prettner - Major Alexander Edler von Karchesy - Major Adolf Meindl - Major Eduar Müller 17th Imperial-Royal Landwehr Infantry Regiment (Rzeszów)...
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