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    Ostlegionen (redirect from Ost battalion)
    Ostlegionen ("eastern legions"), Ost-Bataillone ("eastern battalions"), Osttruppen ("eastern troops"), and Osteinheiten ("eastern units") were units in...
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  • Ost-Bau-Pionier-Bataillon 559 (Eastern Construction Engineering Battalion 559) was an auxiliary unit of the Wehrmacht (Nazi Germany) during World War...
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    Schutzmannschaft/Lettische Polizei Ost Bataillon 16, 21 March 1942 – 18 May 1942 Schutzmannschaft Front Bataillon 17 Vidzeme, 21 December 1941 – May 1943...
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    Battalion Ost-Bataillon 635 (Russian) (CP: Donville-les-Bains) Ost-Bataillon 795 (Georgian) (Hauptmann Stiller – CP: Turqueville) Ost-Bataillon 797 (Georgian)...
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    Courseulles-sur-Mer, and for one more day under the ‘influence' of Ost-Bataillon 441./Infanterie-Division 716. The 7th Canadian Infantry (Assault) Brigade...
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  • The 658th Eastern Battalion (German: Ost Bataillon 658) was an Eastern Front World War II military unit of the Wehrmacht composed of Estonians. It was...
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  • Union) Bau-Bataillon (Nazi Germany) Luftwaffen-Bau-Bataillon Litauische Bau-Bataillon Ost-Bau-Pionier-Bataillon 559 Bau-Bataillon 87 Bau-Bataillon 121 Bau-Bataillon...
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    Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 256. According to Scherzer as Major. According to Scherzer as commander of the Ost-Bataillon (estn.) 658 in the Kampfgruppe...
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  • (Finnish: Erillispataljoona 6). Formed originally by the Germans as Ost-Bataillon 664, the battalion consisted of volunteering, non-prisoner-of-war, Ingrian...
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    "Zabel" (one infantry battalion from the 9. Panzer-Division and one Ost-Bataillon); Three Ost-Bataillonen; About 200 Feldgendarmen; One security battalion (I...
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  • Arko 140 Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 439 Korps-Nachschub-Truppen 439 Ost-Bataillon 439 schwere-SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 Kampfgruppe 1001 Nachtes Panzer-Division...
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    Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 1 (Scherzer) As commander of Füsilier-Bataillon "Deba" [commander Fester Platz Tarnopol] (Scherzer) As commander of the...
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  • Infantry Division (326. Infanterie-Division) was the only Eastern Front (Ost Front) veteran division to have fought in the battles of Normandy. It was...
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  • III./712 being pulled out and not replaced until April 30, 1944 by Ost-Bataillon 662. At the end of April 1944, a third grenadier regiment was added...
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    the SS in Italy, Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff, despatched the 263rd Ost-Bataillon as well as SS and police troops to suppress the partisan movement in...
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    the Naval Beach Drenching Fire Programme. Driving south, Kompanie 2./ Ost-Bataillon 441., positioned southeast of Courseulles-sur-Mer, at Les Rotys, attempted...
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  • Kämpfen des Bataillons Edgar André. Strasbourg: Ed. Prométhée, 1938 Joachim Priewe: Begegnung mit Etkar André: Ein Lebensbild. Berlin (Ost) 1986. Newspaper...
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    SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 11 SS-Flak-Abteilung 11 SS-Pionier-Bataillon 11 SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 11 SS-Feldersatz-Bataillon 11 Kommandeur der SS-Divisions-Nachschubtruppen...
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    The I. Bataillon (Major Röhr) was set up by the Gebirgsjäger-Ersatz-Regiment 137 (Mountain Ranger Replacement Regiment 137). The II. Bataillon was formed...
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  • Staff Battalion (French: Bataillon d'état-major de la brigade mécanisée 1) 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (French: Bataillon d'exploration 1) 12th Panzer...
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    North of Creully Bataillon III./726. Stab & Kompanie 9/10/11/12 – Grandcamp-les-Bains: Attached to 352.Inf.Div Bataillon IV./726. 439.Ost-Battalion: Attached...
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    Lapland War; although hostilities had already begun elsewhere (see Tanne Ost). Though open fighting had erupted already in mid September at Gogland between...
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    SS-Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny's SS-Jäger-Bataillon 502 operating within SS-Jagdverband Mitte, but mostly to the SS-Jagdverband Ost until the end of the war. Only...
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    Großdeutschland was in Berlin/Moabit Barracks being upgraded/expanded from Wach-Bataillon Berlin a ceremonial guard unit. Commanded Heeresgruppe Nord during Operation...
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  • HJ-Abteilung "Herbert Norkus" SA Brigade 28 "Horst Wessel" (Berlin-Ost) SA-Bataillon "Horst Wessel" SA-Abteilung "Wilhelm Gustloff" SA-Brigade 29 (Berlin-Nord)...
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  • later Ostreiter-Regiment 454) 454th Eastern Pioneer Battalion (Ost-Pionier-Bataillon 454) 829th Signals Battalion (Nachrichten-Abteilung 829) 454th Divisional...
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    the Reserves zur Verwendung (for disposition) and chief of the 1./Bau-Bataillon 132. According to Scherzer as a Richtschütze (gunner) in the 2./SS-Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung...
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    According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 671. According to Scherzer as commander of Grenadier-Regiment 545. According...
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    Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 77 (russisches Nr. 6) Russisches Bataillon Nr. 654 Bataillon Murawjew Waffen-Artillerie-Regiment der SS 30 SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung...
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    defenders. This tactic had been developed by Captain Willy Rohr and Sturm-Bataillon Nr. 5 (Rohr) which delivered the attack. French survivors engaged the...
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