Battle for the Reichstag
Battle for the Reichstag
Hey,
looking for info about units/divisions/... involved in the battle for the Reichstag
What I have:
overall commander: General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
*33 SS Freiwilligen GrenDiv Charlemagne
*Muncheberg Pz Div - GenMaj der reserve Werner Mummert
*18th PzGrenDiv
*SS Pz Regt 11 'Hermann von Salza' - SS Obersturmbahnfuhrer Kausch consisting of:
----SS PZ Abt "HvS" - SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Grathwol
----SS Pz Abt 503 - SS Sturmbahnfuhrer Herzig [KingTigers]
*SS No. 101 Spanischen Freiwilligen Company
*11 SS PzGrenDiv Nordland
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AXIS:
+more info on more units/divisions/regimenten is welcome
+how many and what kind of panzers were still fighting on april 30th?
+what units were where placed: tiergarten / reichstag / kanzelarei / Zoo Flak tower
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RUSSIAN:
some names of which russian armies are welcome although details are not needed
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thanks in advance
looking for info about units/divisions/... involved in the battle for the Reichstag
What I have:
overall commander: General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
*33 SS Freiwilligen GrenDiv Charlemagne
*Muncheberg Pz Div - GenMaj der reserve Werner Mummert
*18th PzGrenDiv
*SS Pz Regt 11 'Hermann von Salza' - SS Obersturmbahnfuhrer Kausch consisting of:
----SS PZ Abt "HvS" - SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Grathwol
----SS Pz Abt 503 - SS Sturmbahnfuhrer Herzig [KingTigers]
*SS No. 101 Spanischen Freiwilligen Company
*11 SS PzGrenDiv Nordland
*****************************************
AXIS:
+more info on more units/divisions/regimenten is welcome
+how many and what kind of panzers were still fighting on april 30th?
+what units were where placed: tiergarten / reichstag / kanzelarei / Zoo Flak tower
*****************************************
RUSSIAN:
some names of which russian armies are welcome although details are not needed
*****************************************
thanks in advance
According to the book "With our backs to Berlin", the commander of the the defence of the Reichtag was SS-Lieutenant Babick of the 2nd Regiment of the SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. With him was the "Potential leaders company" of Spreehagen, about 100 man strong. Also, about 250 sailors sent to Berlin by Dönitz to protect the fuhrer ended up defending the Reichtag, being called "The Dönitz contribution". Further, a company of paratroopers from the 9th Parachute Divison, plus appox 100 Volkssturm and stragglers defended the Reichstag. In all, no more than 550 combatants as opposed to the 5000 Russians attacking.
thank you !Ljunggren wrote:According to the book "With our backs to Berlin", the commander of the the defence of the Reichtag was SS-Lieutenant Babick of the 2nd Regiment of the SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. With him was the "Potential leaders company" of Spreehagen, about 100 man strong. Also, about 250 sailors sent to Berlin by Dönitz to protect the fuhrer ended up defending the Reichtag, being called "The Dönitz contribution". Further, a company of paratroopers from the 9th Parachute Divison, plus appox 100 Volkssturm and stragglers defended the Reichstag. In all, no more than 550 combatants as opposed to the 5000 Russians attacking.
I appreciate this!
Koen
2x KonigsTiger sSSPzAbt 503:
Unterscharfuhrer Karl-Heinz Turk
Unterscharfuhrer Georg Diers [tank 314]
overall commander: General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
*33 SS Freiwilligen GrenDiv Charlemagne
*Muncheberg Pz Div - GenMaj der reserve Werner Mummert
*18th PzGrenDiv
*SS Pz Regt 11 'Hermann von Salza' - SS Obersturmbahnfuhrer Kausch consisting of:
----SS PZ Abt "HvS" - SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Grathwol
----SS Pz Abt 503 - SS Sturmbahnfuhrer Herzig [KingTigers]
*SS No. 101 Spanischen Freiwilligen Company
*11 SS PzGrenDiv Nordland [Skandinavier]
*9. Fallschirmjäger
*Dutch Waffen-SS soldiers
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