In German military history, Bandenbekämpfung (German; lit. '"bandit-fighting" or "combating of bandits"; English equivalent of anti-partisan operations')...
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the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, in rear security operations (Bandenbekämpfung, literally: "gang fighting") in the Soviet Union. From July 1944 until...
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1942 from a cadre of the SS Cavalry Brigade which was involved in the Bandenbekämpfung ("bandit-fighting") operations behind the front line and was responsible...
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was sent to Axis-occupied Greece for garrison duties and to conduct "Bandenbekämpfung"; a term which, in Nazi usage, was usually a euphemism for anti-partisan...
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policies during World War II, from Partisanenkrieg (partisan warfare) to Bandenbekämpfung (bandit fighting), leading to mass crimes against humanity and genocide...
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February 1944 it was transferred to Istria to conduct security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung). A few days later it was again redesignated as the 188th Mountain...
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the later course of the war, parts of the special unit were used in Bandenbekämpfung operations against partisans in Yugoslavia before the division was...
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Luftwaffe security battalions were stationed in the Białowieża Forest for Bandenbekämpfung operations. Encouraged by Göring, they murdered thousands of Jews and...
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launched a propaganda campaign. Sometime in June 1943, Himmler issued the Bandenbekämpfung (bandit fighting) order, simultaneously announcing the existence of...
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existence, it participated in so-called bandit-fighting operations (Bandenbekämpfung) behind the front line in German-occupied Byelorussia and Ukraine and...
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train a military unit of convicted poachers for partisan-hunting (Bandenbekämpfung). On 23 March 1940, a department in the Ministry of Justice received...
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Bandit-warfare Badge (category Bandenbekämpfung)
Police, and Waffen-SS for participating in Nazi security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung). The badge was instituted on 30 January 1944 by Adolf Hitler after...
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Several regiments of the division took part in security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung) and guarded the Sarajevo railroad. As part of a wide security sweep...
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tunic, with SS rank insignia and SD diamond on lower part of sleeve Bandenbekämpfung Glossary of Nazi Germany List of SS personnel Operation Bolivar The...
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Wilson. OCLC 16655369. Blood, Philip W. (2001). Holmes, E. R. (ed.). Bandenbekämpfung: Nazi occupation security in Eastern Europe and Soviet Russia 1942–45...
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administration. [citation needed] At some time in June 1943, Himmler issued the Bandenbekämpfung (bandit fighting) order, simultaneously announcing the existence of...
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Doctrine Bandenbekämpfung...
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In February 1942, the unit was assigned to "anti-gang" operations (Bandenbekämpfung) in Belarus. Historian Timothy Snyder described how "Dirlewanger's...
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to Himmler). At trial, the court heard Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (Bandenbekämpfung chief for occupied Europe) speak of Himmler's plans to "rid Russia...
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existence, it was confined to so-called "bandit-fighting" operations (Bandenbekämpfung) behind the front line in German-occupied Byelorussia and Ukraine....
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Himmler-directed Bandenbekämpfung ("bandit warfare"), attempted to destroy UPA-North in Volhynia during Operation BB (Bandenbekämpfung). According to Ukrainian...
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Nazi military uniform award for participating in Bandenbekämpfung operations; see below. Bandenbekämpfung – "bandit fighting": anti-partisan warfare. The...
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or through frostbite. In 1942, the remaining men were assigned to Bandenbekämpfung ("bandit-fighting" against partisan supporters and Jews), first around...
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Kesselring issued a directive, "New Measures for Combating Partisans" (Bandenbekämpfung), in which he authorised measures of "utmost severity", while extolling...
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time, and then be reassigned to "bandit-fighting" operations – or Bandenbekämpfung — in the rear. Kurt Meyer embodied the voice of Waffen-SS apologists...
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all necessary logistical support. Under the guise of "anti-bandit" (Bandenbekämpfung) operations, the Wehrmacht in the Soviet Union massacred Jews and other...
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Doctrine Bandenbekämpfung...
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murdered. History portal Related to Nazi Germany: Austria victim theory Bandenbekämpfung Denazification German collective guilt HIAG (acronym translated as:...
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