Unternehmen Bamberg, which units took part?

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Unternehmen Bamberg, which units took part?

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Post by Joda » 05 Apr 2022, 16:23

Among the units which partecipated to Operation Bamberg, some authors include also Dirlewanger Brigade.
Is this true?
Which are ALL the units involved in the operation?

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Post by Joda » 07 Apr 2022, 14:03

Anyone...?


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Post by Orlov » 12 May 2022, 14:43

SS-Sdr.Kdo. Dirlewanger did not participate in this Wehrmacht oder Heer anti-partisan pacification planned by General der Infanterie Max von Schenckendorff - Befehlshaber des Rückwärtigen Heeresgebietes der Heeresgruppe Mitte. Unternehmen Bamberg was his "Pilotprojekt".
Unternehmen "Bamberg", which took place from March 26 to April 6,1942 in the area Glusk (Глуск) - Parichi (Парычы) - Oktyabrsky (Акцябрскі), south of Bobruisk (Бабруйск).
Units took part in this operation:
- 707 Infanterie Division
- 203. Sicherung Brigade,
- Slovak Peši Pluk 102 of Zaisťovacia divízia (102 infantry regiment)
- 315. Polizei. Bataillon police battalion.
The debut of SS-Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger on the front of the fight against partisans took place on March 2–28, 1942 in the area of Osipoviche (Асiповiчы) and Kliczevo (Клічаў), that is near Bobruisk. From the dates you can see that some authors do not take into account that even Übermenschen of SS-Sdr.Kdo. Dirlewanger had to rest after their first "Aktion".

Sources
Gerlach Chr. Kalkulierte Morde... p. 889 and 899;
Lieb P. Die Judenmorde der 707. Infanteriedivision 1941— 1942 / Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitge­ schichte. München, 2002. Heft 4. S. 550—551.
Pohl D. Die Herrschaft der Wehrmacht... p. 285;
Дмитрий Жуков, Иван Ковтун, Oхотники за партизанами. Бригада Дирлевангера [Ivan Kovtun, Dmitryy Zhukov, Partisan Hunters. Dirlewanger Brigade] (Москва: «Вече», 2013). p. 90-91
Igor Baka, Účasť Pešieho Pluku 102 Zaisťovacej Divízie na nemeckých protipartizánskych akciách v juhovýchodnom Bielorusku v marci a začiatkom apríla 1942 [in:] Vojenská história 2017 (21/2), p. 84-108.

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Post by Joda » 12 May 2022, 15:02

Many thanks!

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Post by Orlov » 12 May 2022, 15:17

You're welcome!
PS: „Die Masse der Partisanen muss es verstanden haben, rechtzeitig auszuweichen, nachdem sie ihre Waffen vorher verborgen hat. Die an sich hohe Zahl der gemeldeten Feindverluste ist irreführend. Unter den von der Division als Partisanenhelfer gemeldeten befinden sich anscheinend viele, die zu den Partisanen nur sehr lose in Verbindung unterhalten haben.“
J. Hasenclever: Wehrmacht und Besatzungspolitik in der Sowjetunion. Die Befehlshaber der rückwärtigen Heeresgebiete 1941–1943, p. 384

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