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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Fritz Witt | | | |  Fritz Witt: Encyclopedia II - Hitler Youth - The flags for the Hitler YouthThe basic unit of the Hitler Youth was den "Bann", the equivalent of a military regiment. Of these Banns there were more than 300 spread throughout Germany, each of a strength of about 6000 youths. Each unit carried a flag of almost identical design, but the individual Bann was identified by its number, displayed in black on a yellow scroll above the eagle's head. The flags measured 200 cm long by 145 cm high. The displayed eagle in the center was adopted from the former Imperial State of Prussia. In its talons it grasped a white coloured sw ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 1943. Berger approached Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler with the proposition, and Himmler soon became an enthusiastic advocate.
The plan for a combat division made up of all HJ members born in 1926, was passed on to Adolf Hitler for his approval. Hitler was also enthusiastic about the idea, and on 10 February 1943, the official order for the creation of an HJ division was issued. Berger nominated himsel ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 ground for new Stormtroopers of the SA. The group was disbanded in 1923 following the abortive Beer Hall Putsch but was re-established in 1926, a year after the Nazi Party had been reorganized.
The second Hitler Youth began in 1926 with an emphasis on national youth recruitment into the Nazi Party. Kurt Gruber, a law student and admirer of Hitler from Plauen in Saxony, home to many blue-c ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 group into an auxiliary force which could perform war duties. The Hitler Youth became active in German fire brigades and assisted with recovery efforts to German cities affected from Allied bombing. The Hitler Youth also assisted in such organizations as the Reich Postal Service, Reichsbahn, fire services, and Reich ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 Hungarian oilfields and open the way to Budapest, where 45,000 men of the IX.SS-Gebirgskorps had been encircled.
While the division was in transit, the IV.SS-Panzerkorps launched several ill-fated relief operations. The HJ, alongside the LSSAH as a part of I.SS-Panzerkorps arrived in Hungary in early February 1945, only a few days before the city fell. The division was thrown into action against the G ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 battle, and took part in the fighting withdrawal to the Franco-Belgian border. By September 1944, the division counted less than 2,000 men, without armour or heavy equipment. On 6 September, Kurt Meyer was captured by Belgian partisans. Meyer had removed his SS uniform and was wearing the uniform of a regular German army officer. In the confusion of the withdrawal, the division was unable to undertake a ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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, and the consequent search for justice, is well documented in the book Conduct Unbecoming: The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy by Howard Margolian (ISBN 0802083609) (University of Toronto Press, 1998).
When the division was first engaged in action in June 1944, there were several cases of atrocities being committed. On June 8, thirty-six Canadians were executed by Wilhelm Mohnke's SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26. Tha ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 campaign resulted in the nickname 'Schnelle Meyer' (lit. Speedy Meyer). The Abteilung's actions in the capture of Mariupol on the Black sea, where the Meyer ordered his men to literally 'charge the guns', resulted in the capture of not only the city, but also virtually a whole Soviet division. This battle is a typical example of Meyer's style of command. Daring and brave (Meyer was always at the ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 Poland. The LSSAH was attached to Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt's Heeresgruppe Süd during the campaign.. He was wounded on the 7th September 1939, receiving a shot through the shoulder. Despite this, Meyer continued to command the Anti-Tank company, and received the Iron Cross second class on 25 September 1939.
After the campaign in Poland, Meyer requested a more mobile command. He received it, ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: Encyclopedia II - Kurt Meyer Panzermeyer - The Balkans and Greece Following the Western Campaign, the 15 Kradschützenkompanie was reorganized into the LSSAH's Aufklärungsabteilung (Reconnaissance detachment) and Meyer was promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer (Major).
Mussolini's ill-fated invasion of the Balkans resulted in the Barbarossa campaign being delayed, and German forces brought to bear on the Yugoslav and Greek forces. Meyer's detachment was to cut off the Greek III Corps currently retreating from Albania. Meyer's Abteilung had to storm the formidable Klissura Pass, drive like hell for Lake K ...
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 throughout Germany, each of a strength of about 6000 youths. Each unit carried a flag of almost identical design, but the individual Bann was identified by its number, displayed in black on a yellow scroll above the eagle's head. The flags measured 200 cm long by 145 cm high. The displayed eagle in the center was adopted from the former Imperial State of Prussia. In its talons it grasped a whit ...
See also:Hitler Youth, Hitler Youth - Origins, Hitler Youth - Doctrine, Hitler Youth - Organization, Hitler Youth - The flags for the Hitler Youth, Hitler Youth - The flags for the Deutsches Jungvolk DJ, Hitler Youth - Membership, Hitler Youth - Hitler Youth in World War II, Hitler Youth - Post World War II Read more here: » Hitler Youth: Encyclopedia II - Hitler Youth - The flags for the Hitler Youth |
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| | | | | Fritz Witt: 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 employed as a factory worker. In 1914, his father joined the Imperial German Army and served as an NCO in the First World War, obtaining the rank of Sergeant Major before dying from wounds received in battle.
Meyer attended school in Jerxheim. After completing his education, Meyer was found work on a factory assembly line, then as a miner. He applied to join the Mecklenburg Landespolizei (Police force), seeing it perhaps as an escape from a labo ...
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| | | | | 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 division was designated 12.SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend. To provide officers this new division, a number of Veteran Leibstandarte officers and NCOs were transferred. Witt, along with Max Wünsche, Kurt Meyer, 'Gerd' Bremer, Wilhelm Mohnke, Hugo Kraas and Rudolf von Ribbentrop were among those transferred. On 1 July 1943, Witt was promoted to SS-Oberführer, and at the end of the month he was ...
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| | | | | 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 Deutschland, and although the Deutschland played a mostly supporting role to Kempf's panzers, Witt's company saw some heavy fighting and he served well during the campaign. For personal bravery in combat, Witt was awarded both the first and second ...
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| | | | | 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 employed as a textiles salesman. After attending school Witt followed his father's trade, working as a textiles salesman from 1925 until 1931. During this period of time, he witnessed the rise of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP, becoming a strong supporter. Witt saw the Nazis as the answer to the chaos and poverty of the Weimar Republic. On 1 December 1931, Witt applied to join both the NSDAP (Nr.816 769) and the SS ...
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| | | | | 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. The Leibstandarte was poised to take place in Operation Marita, the invasion of the Balkans and Greece. I.Battalion was to play a crucial role.
On 10 April, Witt's Battalion was reinforced with artillery and a battery of 8.8cm Flak 18s and renamed Kampfgruppe Witt. KG Witt was tasked with clearing resistance from the Klidi Pass and opening the way to the heart of Greece. The Pass was strongly defended ...
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