Begleit-Bataillon_Reichsführer-SS

Begleit-Bataillon Reichsführer-SS

Begleit-Bataillon Reichsführer-SS

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Begleit-Bataillon Reichsführer-SS was formed in May 1941 from Himmler's personal escort. The Begleit-Bataillon fought on the eastern front during Operation Barbarossa. Further, when SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke formed Kampfgruppe Mohnke (Battle Group Mohnke) during the Battle of Berlin it was made up in part by 600 men from this battalion.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Stein, George (1984) [1966]. The Waffen-SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War 1939–1945. Cornell University Press, p. 162. ISBN 0-8014-9275-0

Composition

Composition – May 1941:

  1. Schützen Kompanie
  2. Schützen Kompanie
  3. Schützen Kompanie
  4. Maschinen Gewehr Kompanie
  5. Infantrie Geschütz Kompanie
  6. Panzerjäger Kompanie
  7. Sturmgeschütz Kompanie
  8. leichte Flak Batterie [2.0 cm]
  9. schwere Flak Batterie [8.8 cm]

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