SS units in Berlin 1945
SS units in Berlin 1945
Old question but never resolved totally. What SS unit are in Berlin during the last battle?
Nordland division, Sturmbataillon Charlemagne, Lettland bataillon (???), Ezquerra Unit, also????
Waffen SS
Nordland division, Sturmbataillon Charlemagne, Lettland bataillon (???), Ezquerra Unit, also????
Waffen SS
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What is so amazing about dying in a pointless battle for an horrible ideology fostered by an psychpathic dictator who didn't give a s*** about you?
And the W-SS foreign units weren't the "last" soldiers to defend Berlin. Panzer Division Müncheberg fought tenaciously and valiantly in the Berlin city center, as did many other Heer troops and militia units from the RAD. Volksstrum, Hitler Youth etc.
And the W-SS foreign units weren't the "last" soldiers to defend Berlin. Panzer Division Müncheberg fought tenaciously and valiantly in the Berlin city center, as did many other Heer troops and militia units from the RAD. Volksstrum, Hitler Youth etc.
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SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers was a propaganda and war correspondents unit, and was technically a department of the SS-FHA. It's headquarters were in Zehlendorf, a suburb of Berlin. Administrative troops from this unit were probably caught up in the final phase of the Battle of Berlin, but I wanted to point out that war correspondents by definition usually are assigned in ones and twos to cover specific units, so the "unit" isn't designed to fight as a coherent formation.Some members of SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers
Yes I am well aware of that, all I wanted to point out was that members of the Kurt Eggers actually where in Berlin during the time of the battle, but without any real mission.Rob - wssob2 wrote:SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers was a propaganda and war correspondents unit, and was technically a department of the SS-FHA. It's headquarters were in Zehlendorf, a suburb of Berlin. Administrative troops from this unit were probably caught up in the final phase of the Battle of Berlin, but I wanted to point out that war correspondents by definition usually are assigned in ones and twos to cover specific units, so the "unit" isn't designed to fight as a coherent formation.Some members of SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers
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Rob,
That is great info concerning Panzer Division Müncheberg who also fought in the last days of the Battle of Berlin. What is your source?
There is no doubt that the Waffen-SS foreign volunteers who fought until then end should be respected, those volunteers were fightings against bolchevism, I can say the same about the psychopath Stalin, why the Red Army fought for him? Anyway, this is a research forum...
Regards
That is great info concerning Panzer Division Müncheberg who also fought in the last days of the Battle of Berlin. What is your source?
There is no doubt that the Waffen-SS foreign volunteers who fought until then end should be respected, those volunteers were fightings against bolchevism, I can say the same about the psychopath Stalin, why the Red Army fought for him? Anyway, this is a research forum...
Regards
As far as I have understood it the types of panzers the Nordland division had during the Battle of Berlin was Köningstigers and Stugs. There is a well known photo of a Tiger in Berlin that I have seen one source claim to be from SS-Pz.Rgt 11 "Hermann von Salza", but as far as I understood it that is miscredited and it actually belongs to Münchenberg.
Other than that Nordland had several SPW´s in Berlin.
Other than that Nordland had several SPW´s in Berlin.
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Re: SS units in Berlin 1945
This topic needs to be studied more.
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Re: SS units in Berlin 1945
Hi Edward,
Why?
I would have thought that the SS units present have already received a disproportional share of attention.
Surely it is the Army, Volkssturm, HJ, etc., that need to be studied more, as it is their roles that seem more obscure.
Cheers,
Sid.
P.S. The weak French battalion is often referred to as "Sturmbataillon Charlemagne". Is there any evidence that it was actually called this at the time?
Why?
I would have thought that the SS units present have already received a disproportional share of attention.
Surely it is the Army, Volkssturm, HJ, etc., that need to be studied more, as it is their roles that seem more obscure.
Cheers,
Sid.
P.S. The weak French battalion is often referred to as "Sturmbataillon Charlemagne". Is there any evidence that it was actually called this at the time?