Cavalary Actions of Axis

[johnny_bi]

... I think that it would be better to change the thread ... There could be some misunderstandings ...

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[Robert Hurst]

Hi Napoli

Just thought you'd like these pics, that I've taken from 'Cavalry of the Wehrmacht 1941-1945', by Klaus Christian Richter.

Regards

Bob

[Napoli]

Thankyou for those, as said earlier any photo's appreciated!!

[tyskaorden]

During the War with Poland the Germans deployed the 1st Cavalry Brigade. On 23 September 1939 German Cavalry clashed with the Polish 25th Uhlans in classic style with sabres and lances. The Poles where successful in the begining but when they dashed on, German machine guns opened up and the Poles where cut to pieces.

Info from Axis Cavalry in World War II by Dr. Jeffrey T. Fowler and Mike Chappell (Osprey Men at Arms 361)

Best regards,
Marcus Karlsson

[Napoli]

Italian cavalry on operation in Russia, there appears to be 40+ riders.
Photo from Ardire website. Will try to track down more if possible.

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[Napoli]

During the War with Poland the Germans deployed the 1st Cavalry Brigade. On 23 September 1939 German Cavalry clashed with the Polish 25th Uhlans in classic style with sabres and lances. The Poles where successful in the begining but when they dashed on, German machine guns opened up and the Poles where cut to pieces.

Info from Axis Cavalry in World War II by Dr. Jeffrey T. Fowler and Mike Chappell (Osprey Men at Arms 361)

Best regards,
Marcus Karlsson

Hi,
By the use of lance, would such an item be around 7ft long as I was suprised to once see a WW1 movie with German cavalry charging a line using such an item with what appeared to be white linen cloth wrapped over their faces and head. I can only imagine that the cloth might have been used for possibly the protection of face from constant brushes with tree's, or maybe some other reason that someone else could explain?

[tyskaorden]

Napoli,
Sorry the lenght of the lances where not mentioned. About the linen cloth I agree they where probably protection against trees and insects. Or maybe they where a early type of Gasmask.

[Napoli]

Getting a bit off track here, but WW1 photo showing German horseman with both lance and gas mask, but as mentioned earlier, I have seen a version of one wearing a cloth wrap over face

[Ostuf Charlemagne]

Hi Napoli and all of you...pretty interesting,particularly the stories about hungarians hussars.....now you will like to know that in this famous charge of the Savoia Cavalleria,col.Bettoni was leading the charge with an ethiopian scimitar he captured years ago during the Abyssinian campaign.
About the last cavalry charge of the war at large scale,it happened in the very last month of the war when the SS cossacks of Von Pannwitz (XV SS Kosaken Korps) charged with sabers the vanguards of the soviet army,in Yugoslavia.
I would like to ask the rumanians comrades if they have some infos about the two rumanians SS regiments,where they fought,and if somebody may scann one or two pictures of rumanians SS.Thanks a lot .

[Victor]

At the beginning of 1945, two regiments (each with two battalions) were ready for action. Horia Sima managed to convince the Germans not to use them against Romanian troops. The 3,000 men of the Waffen SS Grenadier Regiment Rumänische Nr. 1 saw action in Pomerania, north of Stettin, where they were almost completely wiped out. The second regiment was transformed into an AT regiment: Waffen SS Panzer-Zerstörer Regiment Rumänische Nr. 2. Despite the name, it was equipped with … bicycles. They were all taken prisoners by the Western Allies in May 1945. A third regiment began training, but because the end was near, they were used mainly as work teams.

[Maresal-06]

There's a pretty seldom seen book on this subject, by Richard Landwehr: