Fritz Witt - Early War Campaigns - Article Index

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 - 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 - 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 - 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

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