Do you have any other info on this KG Harmel? I have heard about it, but didn't find any info on it.Doppelkopf wrote:Hi!
During this time frame (spring 1945) there was another division sent to Kärnten (Carinthia) - Divisionskommando z.b.V. 438 under Gen.Lt. Ferdinand Noeldechen (a RK and DKiG holder) and this unit took over the command of "Schutzengebietes Kärnten". Noeldechen was subordinated to Rösener (Befehlshaber des rückwärtigen Gebietes HG "F") and interestingly enough he was ordered by Rösener to send a KG (this would be known as KG Harmel - SS-Brigf.Heinz Harmel - and was composed among others also from the SS-Karstjägerbrigade) to Tarvis and establish a defense line against the advancing Allied and Yugoslav forces.
So is the general on the photo maybe Gen.Lt. Noeldechen?
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