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Divisional Symbol of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring.
Divisional Symbol of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring.

The Fallschirm-Panzer-Division. 1 Hermann Göring (1st Paratroop Panzer Division Hermann Goering - abbreviated Fallschirm-Panzer-Div 1 HG) was an élite German Luftwaffe armoured division. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. The HG saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and in the East. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign The division was the creation of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and throughout the war increased in size from an abteilung to a Panzer corps. Reichsmarschall (Marshal of the Empire or Imperial Marshal in English) was the highest rank in the Armed forces of Nazi Germany during Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Goering) (12 January 1893 15 October 1946 was a German Politician, Military leader and a leading member Abteilung (shortened Abt) is a German language word often used when referring to German or Swiss military formations (although the Germans use A panzer, pronunced, is a German Tank, especially in the context of World War II. This article is about a military unit For alternative meanings see Corps (disambiguation.

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Creation and Early History - Police Administration

When Adolf Hitler's NSDAP swept to power in Germany in 1933, World War I fighter ace Hermann Göring was appointed as Prussian Minister of the Interior. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Goering) (12 January 1893 15 October 1946 was a German Politician, Military leader and a leading member In this capacity, all Police units in Prussia came under Göring's control. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force

On 24 February 1933, with the intention of creating a police unit of unswerving loyalty to the NSDAP regime, Göring authorised the creation of Polizeiabteilung z. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 b. V. Wecke (Special Police Battalion Wecke). The unit was named after its commander, Prussian World War I veteran and early NSDAP member Major der Schutzpolizei Walther Wecke. Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The abteilung was based in the Berlin-Kreuzberg neighbourhood, and quickly began to build a reputation as a ruthless and brutal Nazi enforcement unit. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Kreuzberg, since 2001 part of the combined Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte, is one of the best-known areas of Berlin Working in conjunction with Göring's secret police, the Gestapo, the unit was involved in many attacks against Communists and Social democrats, and was responsible for the capture and arrest of many of those opposed to the Nazis. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left

In June 1933, Göring expanded the abteilung and transferred control of the unit from the Berlin Polizei to the newly reformed Landespolizei (State Police). Landespolizei (or LaPo is a term used in the Federal Republic of Germany to denote the law enforcement services which patrol the German Bundesländer State police are a type of sub-national Territorial police force, particularly in Australia and the United States. The unit was renamed Landespolizeigruppe Wecke z. b. V (Special Purpose State Police Group Wecke).

In January 1934, under pressure from Hitler and Himmler, Göring gave Himmler's SS control of the Gestapo. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the To reinforce the position of his remaining unit, Göring increased its size and created the requirement that all members must pass a military training programme. The reformed unit was called Landespolizeigruppe General Göring (State Police Group General Goering). When Ernst Röhm's SA began to make demands to the NSDAP leadership, Hitler ordered Göring's LPG Wecke and Himmler's Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler to take action. Ernst Julius Röhm, (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer and later the commander and co-founder The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ( SS-LAH) founded in September 1933 was Adolf Hitler 's personal Bodyguard Regiment. During the Night of the Long Knives, LPG Wecke and the Leibstandarte executed many major SA leaders, removing the formation as a threat to the NSDAP. The Night of the Long Knives (German) or " Operation Hummingbird " was a Purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July

Luftwaffe control - early campaigns

In 1935, Göring was promoted to command of the Luftwaffe. ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. Unwilling to leave his favourite unit behind, he ordered it transferred to the Luftwaffe, renaming the unit Regiment General Göring in September 1935.

The unit was now sent for re-training and re-equipping as a Luftwaffe unit. During this period, the I. Jäger-Bataillon and 15. Pionier-Kompanie were sent to Döberitz for parachute training. Dallgow-Döberitz is a Municipality in the Havelland district in Brandenburg, Germany. These units were separated from the regiment in March 1938 and redesignated I./ Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, the first of the Fallschirmjäger units. The German 1st Parachute Division was a German military parachute-landing Division that fought during World War II. (often rendered Fallschirmjager in English; from the German Fallschirm "parachute" and Jäger, "hunter

By early 1936, the regiment was again ready for action. By this time, all organised resistance to the NSDAP had either been crushed or left Germany, and so the regiment was put to work as a personal bodyguard for Göring and providing flak protection for Hitler's Headquarters. Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military Aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces

When Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss of March 1938, the regiment was one of the first units to cross the border. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Similarly, during the invasion of the Sudetenland in October 1938 and the occupation of Prague in March 1939, the General Göring was among the first units in the German occupation force.

During the invasion of Poland, only a small part of the regiment was involved in the fighting. The Invasion of Poland (1939 precipitated World War II. It was carried out by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small German-allied The majority of the unit was to stay in Berlin to continue their duties providing flak protection and guards for Göring and the NSDAP leadership. During Operation Weserübung, elements of the regiment (a guard battalion, a motorcycle company and a flak component) took part in the campaign and acquitted themselves well. Operation Weserübung was the codename for Nazi Germany 's assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation

The main body of the regiment had been moved west to the German-Dutch border using the false designations FlaK-Regiment 101 and FlaK-Regiment 103. During Fall Gelb, this force took part in the invasion of The Netherlands and Belgium. In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The imposing fortress Eben Emael was captured and neutralised by fallschirmjägers, many of whom had previously served in the General Göring. Eben-Emael was a Belgian fortress between Liège and Maastricht, near the Albert Canal, defending the Belgian-German border

After the capitulation of the Netherlands, the regiment was broken up into several small kampfgruppes and these were attached to the panzer divisions spearheading the advance. In Military history and Military slang, the German term Kampfgruppe (pl A panzer division is an Armored division in the German Army (Panzerdivision The regiment again acquitted itself well, especially the flak troops, who often operated in an anti-armour capacity. In an engagement at Mormal Wood, heavy 8.8 cm FlaK 18s engaged French tanks at ranges of only a few yards. The 88 mm gun ( eighty-eight) is a German anti-aircraft and anti-tank Artillery gun from World War II. During this battle, the regiment gained a reputation for steadfastness under fire.

After the surrender of France, the regiment was stationed on the Channel coast, before being moved back to Paris to provide flak protection for the city. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Late in 1940, the regiment was moved back to Berlin to resume its former duties as honour guards and flak protection.

Barbarossa - North Africa

In Early 1941, the regiment was reorganised as a motorised regiment. During this time, it was redesignated Regiment (mot) Hermann Göring, as Göring had been promoted to Reichsmarschall. After this restructure, the regiment was moved east to take part in Operation Barbarossa. Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II

When Mussolini's disastrous invasion of the Balkans caused the delay of Barbarossa and the German invasion of the Balkans and Greece, the regiment was stationed in the Romanian oilfields near Ploieşti to provide flak protection. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Ploieşti (ploˈjeʃtʲ older spelling Ploeşti) is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia, Romania

Barbarossa got underway on 22 June 1941, and during the campaign, the regiment was attached to the 11.Panzer-Division, a part of Army Group South. Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II. The regiment saw action around the areas of Radziechow, Kiev and Brjansk, again proving its worth and destroying many Soviet tanks with their 8. Radziechów may refer to the following places in Poland: Radziechów in Gmina Zagrodno, Złotoryja County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Bryansk01jpg|thumb|left|200px|Forest Museum in Bryansk]]Ziu-9 Bryansk 2056 8 cm flak guns. At the end of 1941, the regiment was returned to Germany for rest and refit, having suffered moderate casualties in the campaign. The Schützen-Bataillon Hermann Göring remained at the front until May 1942.


In July 1942 the regiment was upgraded to brigade status and redesignated Brigade Hermann Göring. A brigade is a Military unit Echelon: is In October 1942, while the brigade was still being restructured, it was decided to further upgrade the status of the Hermann Göring to divisional status. A division is a large Military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to thirty thousand soldiers The division would be organised along the lines of a Heer panzer division. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 A panzer division is an Armored division in the German Army (Panzerdivision Göring arranged for veteran Heer panzer crewman to be transferred to his division, and brought the mechanised infantry component up to strength with the addition of the 5. Fallschirmjäger-Regiment, veterans of the Battle of Crete. The Battle of Crete ( German Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta; Greek Μάχη της Κρήτης) was a battle during World War II

While the division was in formation, the Second Battle of El Alamein had forced Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps to retreat from the Egyptian-Libyan border back towards Tunisia. The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ( 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) (also known as the " Desert Fox " Wüstenfuchs The German Afrikakorps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK) was the original German blocking force (Sperrverband = Armored Blocking Force in Libya This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. Still not fully formed, the Hermann Göring, under the banner of Kampfgruppe Schmid was sent to Tunisia piecemeal in an attempt to bolster Rommel's force. Despite fighting bravely, KG Schmid surrendered along with the Panzer Army Afrika. As the number of German armed forces committed to the North Africa Campaign of World War II grew from the initial commitment of a small corps the Germans developed a more elaborate With this action, the division lost all of its combat units and many of its command units. Göring immediately ordered the division to be reformed.

Panzer Division - Sicily - Italy

Several units of the Hermann Göring Division which had been completing training or awaiting transfer to Tunisia were to be used for the basis for a reformed Division. This time, the division was not only to represent a panzer division, but was to be designated Panzer-Division Hermann Göring. By mid-June, the new division was ready for combat, and was shipped to Sicily to defend against the expected allied invasion. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. When the allies launched Operation Husky on 10 July 1943, Hermann Göring was in place to defend the island. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis The division's efforts were hindered by the surrender of the majority of the Italian defenders. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The division was engaged at Gela and Priolo, but heavy allied air and naval superiority forced the German divisions to retreat to Messina. for the village in Tibet China see Gela Tibet Gela is a town in the Province of Caltanissetta in the south of Sicily, During Operation Lehrgang, the German evacuation of Sicily, the Hermann Göring formed part of the rearguard, being one of the last units to leave Sicily for the mainland.

When the Italian government surrendered to the allies, the division took part in the operations to disarm Italian troops. When the allies landed at Salerno on 9 September, the division, being stationed in the Salerno area, was thrown into the fight. The process Allied invasion of Italy, was the Allied landing on mainland Italy in September 1943 by General Harold Alexander 's 15th Army Group When the German defence began to yield, the division executed a fighting withdrawal towards the Volturno-Termoli line. The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from volvere, to roll is a River in south-central Italy. Termoli (local dialect Térml) is a town and commune on the Adriatic coast of Italy, in the Province of Campobasso, region of Molise After holding the line for as long as possible, the division fell back to the Gustav Line, where it was finally pulled out of the line for rest and refit. The Winter Line was a series of German Military Fortifications in Italy, constructed during World War II by Organisation Todt


Art rescue controversy

As the allies pushed further north, towards the Abbey of Monte Cassino, the division's workshop detachment, under the command of Oberstleutnant Julius Schlegel volunteered their services to the Abbey's monks to remove the precious artworks. An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or For information about the World War II battle see the Battle of Monte Cassino. The monks agreed, and the division's vehicles were used to transfer the irreplaceable works of art, including paintings by Da Vinci, Titian and Raphael and the remains of St. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c 1485 &ndash August 27 1576 better known as Titian, was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and Benedict himself. The cargo was deposited at the Vatican and was so spared destruction in the Battle of Monte Cassino. Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory Monte Cassino has made it the repeated scene of battles and Sieges from antiquity. Because of the Reichsmarschall's reputation as a looter of artworks, a detachment of SS military police were sent to the abbey to arrest and execute Schlegel. Military police ( MPs) are normally the Police of a Military Organization. It was only through the persuasion of the monks and the intervention by the Hermann Göring's divisional commander on his behalf that the oberstleutnant escaped punishment, and the operation continued. In thanks, the monks of Monte Cassino celebrated a special mass, and presented Schlegel with an illuminated scroll recognizing his efforts. The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. After the war, Schegel was arrested as a suspected war criminal and looter, and it was only after the personal intervention of British Field Marshal Harold Alexander that Schlegel was released. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For other meanings see Field Marshal (disambiguation Field marshal is a military officer rank Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis KG OM GCB GCMG CSI DSO

When the Americans landed at Anzio in February 1944, the division was rushed to the area and took part in the battles against the invasion force, and for a time was employed opposite the 1st Special Service Force. Operation Shingle ( January 22, 1944) during the Italian Campaign of World War II, was an Allied amphibious landing against Properly designated as the 1st Special Service Force, The Devil's Brigade was a joint World War II American - Canadian From February to April 1944, the division saw fighting at Cisterna, on the Rio Rappido and at Minturno. A cisterna (plural cisternae) comprises a flattened membrane disk that makes up the Golgi apparatus. Minturno is a city in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Liris (also known as the Garigliano) with a suburb on

Transfer to the East

In April 1944, the division was pulled out of the line to the area around Toscana to be reorganised as Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Hermann Göring (1st Parachute-Panzer-Division Hermann Goering). The change resulted in no major change in the organisation of the division, however during this time away from the front the division was refitted and received replacement troops and vehicles, bringing it back up to strength after over 8 months of continual combat. Arrangements were made for the division to be shipped to France to prepare for the expected allied invasion. Operation Overlord was the code name for the invasion of northwest Europe during World War II by Allied forces

The allied offensive towards Rome on 12 May meant that these plans were cancelled and the Hermann Göring was thrown back into the line. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Executing a fighting withdrawal towards Rome, the division held off the allied forces while the last German troops were evacuated, and on 4 June fell back behind the Italian capital, which had been declared an open city to prevent its destruction. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. The Hermann Göring settled in, defending against allied probing attacks towards Florence. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany On 15 July the division was ordered out of the line to prepare for transport to the Eastern Front. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign

During this period, several veteran cadres were drawn from the division for the formation of Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Division 2. Hermann Göring, the division's sister formation currently being formed in Radom. Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Division 2 "Hermann Göring" was formed on 24 September 1944 in the area of Radom. Radom is a city in central Poland with 227309 inhabitants It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Also, the majority of the division's supply units were removed, as were many of its staff officers. These units were to go towards the creation of Fallschirm-Panzerkorps Hermann Göring, under which the two Hermann Göring divisions were to operate.

Battle of Radzymin
Battle of Radzymin

The division was to be attached to the newly formed Heeresgruppe Weichsel, currently defending the Polish capital, Warsaw. Army Group Vistula ( Heeresgruppe Weichsel) was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on January 24[[ 945]] Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland.

The division arrived at the Vistula front in mid-September and was immediately thrown into action, fighting alongside the veteran 5.SS-Panzer-Division Wiking on the Vistula River between Modlin and Warsaw. SS Division (motorised Wiking was a German Waffen SS division recruited from foreign volunteers During heavy fighting, the division, along with the Wiking, effectively destroyed the Red Army's 3rd Tank Corps. Battle of Radzymin was one of a series of engagements between the Red Army 's 1st Byelorussian Front and the Wehrmacht Heer 's XXXIXth Panzer Corps The advent of the Warsaw Uprising brought the Soviet offensive to a halt (probably intentionally on Stalin's order for the rising to fail), and relative peace fell on the frontline as the underground Armia Krajowa fought itself to extinction. The Warsaw Uprising ( Powstanie Warszawskie) was a World War II struggle by the Polish Home Army ( Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia.

East Prussia - defeat

The Fallschirm-Panzerkorps Hermann Göring was activated in early October 1944, and the Hermann Göring Panzer division, along with its sister Panzergrenadier division, was transferred to the command of the corps. (abbreviated PzGren or Pzg) (Literally armored grenadeer is a German term for motorised or Mechanized infantry, as introduced during The Panzerkorps was then transferred to the East Prussia-Kurland region to halt the Soviet offensive which had already achieved the isolation of Army Group North in the Kurland Pocket and was now aimed at the capture of East Prussia. East Prussia (Ostpreußen; Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Prusy Wschodnie Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part Courland (Kurzeme Kurland Latin: Curonia / Couronia; Kuršas Kuramaa Kurlandia Курляндия Курляндія Kuurinmaa is one of the historical Army Group North ( Heeresgruppe Nord) was a strategic echelon formation commanding a grouping of Field Armies subordinated to the OKH during World War The Courland Pocket referred to the Red Army 's blockade or encirclement of Axis forces on the Courland peninsula during the closing months of World War II The Panzerkorps was involved in heavy defensive fighting near Gumbinnen, and when the Soviet assault petered out in late November, the Panzerkorps set up static defensive lines.


The massive Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive trapped the Hermann Göring Panzerkorps in the Heiligenbeiler pocket along with the rest of the 4.Armee. The 4th Army (4 Armee Oberkommando was a field army that fought in World War II. In February, the Heer's elite Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland was attached to the corps. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Infanterie-Division Großdeutschland (mot Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland Panzer-Korps Großdeutschland

Despite several breakout attempts, the Panzerkorps had to be evacuated by sea to Swinemünde in Pomerania. Świnoujście (Swinemünde is a City and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland Upon landing, it was thrown back into combat, defending the Oder-Neisse line against Soviet attacks through mid-March. The Oder-Neisse line (Granica na Odrze i Nysie Łużyckiej Oder-Neiße-Grenze was drawn in the aftermath of World War II as the eastern border of Germany and To bolster the corps' strength, the elite Panzergrenadier-Division Brandenburg was attached to the unit. The Brandenburgers were members of the Brandenburg German Commando unit during World War II.

In April, the remnants of the Hermann Göring panzerkorps was sent to Silesia, and in heavy fighting was slowly pushed back into Saxony. Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. On April 22, the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring was one of two divisions that broke through the inter-army boundary of the Polish 2nd Army (Polish People's Army or LWP) and the Soviet 52nd Army, in an action near Bautzen, destroying parts of their communications and logistics trains and severely damaging the Polish (LWP) 5th Infantry Division and 16th Tank Brigade before being stopped two days later. The Polish Second Army ( Polish: Druga Armia Wojska Polskiego, 2 The Battle of Bautzen (April 1945 fought on the extreme southern flank of the Spremberg-Torgau Offensive Operation saw days of pitched street fighting between forces [1] [2] [3] [4]

By early May, the Panzerkorps was positioned near the Saxon capitol of Dresden. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German The remains of the corps began breakout attempts to the west, in order to surrender to the Americans who were currently halted on the Elbe. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe. Despite valiant breakout attempts, the corps was encircled, and although several small groups successfully made it through to the west, the majority of the corps surrendered to the Soviets on 8 May 1945. As Luftwaffe men, along with the Waffen-SS and Polizei units, were seen by the Russians as war criminals, due to their involvement in atrocities committed on Eastern Front, the majority of the survivors of the Panzerkorps would not return from the Gulags of the Soviet Union. The Waffen-SS ( German for "Armed SS" literally "Weapons SS" was the Combat arm of the Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron" The Gulag was the government agency that administered the penal labor camps of the Soviet Union. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

War crimes

According to a British Government report, the Hermann Göring Division was involved in several reprisal operations during its time in Italy [1]. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at Not to be confused with a Reprise. In warfare a reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of the laws of war to punish an enemy for breaking Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest One of these occurred in and in the surrounding of the village of Civtella in Val di Chiana on 6th June 1944 where 250 citizens were killed. Civitella in Val di Chiana (official name often also Civitella di Val di Chiana, is a Comune in the Province of Arezzo, south of Arezzo in [5]


Circa 800 soldiers from the division took part in fighting during the Warsaw Uprising in the Wola district, where mass executions of civilians occurred in connection with Hitler's orders to destroy the city [2]. The Warsaw Uprising ( Powstanie Warszawskie) was a World War II struggle by the Polish Home Army ( Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw The units were:

Polish sources claim soldiers of the Herman Goering Division used civilians as human shields against tanks [4].

Commanders

Fallschirm-Panzer-Korps Hermann Göring

Unit lineage

Orders of Battle

Regiment General Göring, 1939

Regimentstab

Division Hermann Göring, November 1942

Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1 Hermann Göring, May 1944

Fallschirm-Panzerkorps Hermann Göring, November 1944

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Erickson, John: "The Road to Berlin", page 591. A panzer, pronunced, is a German Tank, especially in the context of World War II. A panzer division is an Armored division in the German Army (Panzerdivision A division is a large Military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to thirty thousand soldiers A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. This is a list of German divisions in World War II. Only ground units are covered "divisions" of aircraft are not Yale University Press, 1999.
  2. ^ D. F. Ustinov et al: "Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges" (Volume 10), page 399. Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1979.
  3. ^ von Ahlfen, Hans: "Der Kampf um Schlesien 1944/1945", pages 208-209. Motorbuch Verlag, 1977. v. Ahlfen quotes the April 27, 1945 war diary entry of Luftflottenkommando 6, noting that for all operations between Görlitz and Bautzen, involving multiple German divisions, during April 20-26, that the Soviet 94th Rifle Division was destroyed, and that the Soviet 7th Guards Mechanized Corps, the Soviet 254th Rifle Division, the Polish 1st Tank Corps (LWP), the Polish 16th Tank Brigade (LWP), and the Polish 5th, 7th, and 8th Infantry Divisions (LWP) took heavy losses. Görlitz ( is a town in Germany on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland Bautzen ( pronounced, until 1868: Budissin; Upper Sorbian: Budyšin; Lower Sorbian: Budyšyn) is a The war diary goes to state that 355 enemy tanks were destroyed, 320 enemy guns of all kinds were destroyed or captured, about 7,000 enemy dead were tallied, and that 800 prisoners were taken.
  4. ^ Grzelak, Czesław et al: "Armia Berlinga i Żymierskiego", pages 275 and 279. Wydawnictwo Neriton, 2002. As described here, after penetrating the inter-army boundary, the German attack struck the Polish 5th Infantry Division and 16th Tank Brigade (LWP) in the rear, practically destroying both units and killing the commanding general of the 5th Infantry Division. Losses for the Polish 2nd Army (LWP) in the area of Bautzen and Dresden are noted as approximately 5,000 KIA, 2,800 missing or taken prisoner, and 10,500 WIA. Overall the Polish 2nd Army lost 20 per cent of its personnel and material strength. Among these losses were 170 tanks, 56 self-propelled guns, 124 mortars, 232 guns of all calibers, 330 vehicles, and 1,373 horses.
  5. ^ Michael Geyer:Es muß daher mit schnellen und drakonischen Maßnahmen durchgegriffen werden in: Hannes Heer, Klaus Neumann (Hrsg. ): Vernichtungskrieg. Verbrechen der Wehrmacht. Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-930908. 04-02, S. 208ff.


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