Fritz Witt - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Fritz Witt: Encyclopedia Ii - Fritz Witt - Paris - Kharkov
In the early months of 1942, Witt's battalion continued defensive actions along the Mius. In May 1942, the division went back on the offe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia Ii - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Normandy Campaign
On 6 June 1944, the Western Allies launched Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy. The HJ, along with the 21.Panzer-Division, was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Early History 1923-1933
In the earliest days of the NSDAP, it was realised by the leaders that bodyguard units comprising trustworthy and loyal men would be a wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - Membership
The original membership of the Hitler Youth was confined to Munich, and in 1923, the organization had just over one thousand members. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - Kharkov And The Hitlerjugend Division
By Meyer's return, the LSSAH had been transformed into SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'. After the II SS-Korps...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Early War Campaigns
During the initial stages of the Polish September Campaign, the LSSAH was attached to the 17.Infanterie-Division and tasked with providin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Brigade Status – Balkans
After the conclusion of the Western campaign, the LSSAH was expanded to brigade size. Despite this, it retained the designation regiment....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Trial By Fire – Leibstandarte Expands
In early 1934, Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsführer-SS, ordered that the Leibstandarte be renamed Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - Organization
The Hitler Youth was organized into corps under adult leaders, and the general membership comprised of boys aged fourteen to eighteen. Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - The Flags For The Deutsches Jungvolk Dj
Boys of an age between 10 and 14 years became members of the "Deutsches Jungvolk" (DJ). The "Jungbann" flags of this suborganisation of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - End Of The War - War Crimes Trials
Meyer was held as a prisoner of war until December 1945, when in the town of Aurich Germany he was charged with five war crimes. After a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Barbarossa
Following the LSSAH's outstanding performance during Marita, Himmler ordered that it should be upgraded to divisional status. As such, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Kharkov
The LSSAH spent the remainder of 1942 refitting as a panzergrenadier division. Thanks to the efforts of the Reichsführer-SS, along with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Orders Of Battle
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler - Infanterie-Regiment mot Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler - April 1941 - Operation Marita. Regimentstab (S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - Doctrine
The Hitler Youth had the basic motivation of training future "Aryan supermen" and future soldiers who would serve the Third Reich faithfu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Eastern Front
The division was posted to XLVIII.Panzer-Korps, a part of 4.Panzer-Armee, which was struggling to hold the line near Shitomir. The divisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Italy
The division travelled back from the front, stopping at Innsbruck in Austria, where it disembarked. The division was re-equipped with veh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler - Kursk
The spring rasputitsa halted offensive operations, giving the Leibstandarte time to rest and refit. By early June 1943, the division had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - Normandy And The Battles Around Caen
On June 6 1944, the Allies launched the greatest amphibious invasion in history - Operation Overlord. The Western front now existed. Afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - Final Battles In Normandy - Falaise Pocket
While the Division rested and refitted, Meyer went to visit Erwin Rommel, the overall commander of the Western Front. When he requested a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - The Flags For The Hitler Youth
The basic unit of the Hitler Youth was den "Bann", the equivalent of a military regiment. Of these Banns there were more than 300 spread ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia Ii - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Formation And Training
The idea of a Waffen-SS division composed of Hitlerjugend (HJ) members was first tabled by SS-Gruppenführer Gottlob Berger in January 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - Origins
The Hitler Youth was founded in 1922 as the Jungsturm Adolf Hitler. The group was based in Munich, Bavaria, and served as a recruiting gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - Hitler Youth In World War Ii
In 1940, Artur Axmann replaced Schirach as Reichsjugendführer and took over leadership of the Hitler Youth. Axmann began to reform the g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia Ii - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Hungary - Austria
On 20 January 1945, Dietrich's 6.SS-Panzer-Armee was ordered east to Hungary where it was to take part in an offensive to recapture the H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia Ii - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Withdrawal - Wacht Am Rhein
Hitlerjugend was given a brief respite, but received virtually no reinforcements or equipment. The division was soon thrown back into bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Encyclopedia Ii - German 12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - War Crimes
In all, over 100 Canadian soldiers were executed by their captors in the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend" Panzergrenadier Division. Their murders, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - Barbarossa
Meyer's Abteilung took part in the June 1941 Operation Barbarossa as a part of Heeresgruppe Süd. His lightning quick actions during this...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - Campaigns In Poland France And The Low Countries
Though the command of a static Anti-Tank company did not suit Meyer at all, he performed admirably during the Fall Weiss, the Invasion of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - The Balkans And Greece
Following the Western Campaign, the 15 Kradschützenkompanie was reorganized into the LSSAH's Aufklärungsabteilung (Reconnaissance detac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler Youth - The Flags For The Hitler Youth
The basic unit of the Hitler Youth was the Bann, the equivalent of a military regiment. Of these Banne, there were more than 300 spread t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - Early Life
Kurt Adolph Wilhelm Meyer was born in Jerxheim in Niedersachsen on 23 December, 1910. He came from a lower class family, his father being...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fritz Witt: Encyclopedia Ii - Fritz Witt - Hitlerjugend Command
In February 1943, the SS had begun formation of a new Waffen-SS division composed primarily from Hitler Youth members born in 1926. The d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fritz Witt: Encyclopedia Ii - Fritz Witt - Early War Campaigns
On 1 September 1939, the Polish September Campaign began, sparking the Second World War. Witt was still in command of the 3./SS-Standarte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fritz Witt: Encyclopedia Ii - Fritz Witt - Early Life - Pre-war Ss Service
Fritz Witt was born on 27 May 1908 in Hohenlimburg, a suburb of the city of Hagen. Witt's family was middle class, his father being emplo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fritz Witt: Encyclopedia Ii - Fritz Witt - Balkans - Barbarossa
Witt, an SS-Sturmbannführer since late May 1940, was again transferred to command of the Leibstandarte's I.Battalion on 26 March 1941. T...   » Read the article