In German military history, Bandenbekämpfung (German; lit. '"bandit-fighting" or "combating of bandits"; English equivalent of anti-partisan operations')...

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...

the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, in rear security operations (Bandenbekämpfung, literally: "gang fighting") in the Soviet Union. From July 1944 until...

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...

policies during World War II, from Partisanenkrieg (partisan warfare) to Bandenbekämpfung (bandit fighting), leading to mass crimes against humanity and genocide...

February 1944 it was transferred to Istria to conduct security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung). A few days later it was again redesignated as the 188th Mountain...

Police, and Waffen-SS for participating in Nazi security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung). The badge was instituted on 30 January 1944 by Adolf Hitler after...

the later course of the war, parts of the special unit were used in Bandenbekämpfung operations against partisans in Yugoslavia before the division was...

Luftwaffe security battalions were stationed in the Białowieża Forest for Bandenbekämpfung operations. Encouraged by Göring, they murdered thousands of Jews and...

existence, it participated in so-called bandit-fighting operations (Bandenbekämpfung) behind the front line in German-occupied Byelorussia and Ukraine and...

launched a propaganda campaign. Sometime in June 1943, Himmler issued the Bandenbekämpfung (bandit fighting) order, simultaneously announcing the existence of...

train a military unit of convicted poachers for partisan-hunting (Bandenbekämpfung). On 23 March 1940, a department in the Ministry of Justice received...

Several regiments of the division took part in security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung) and guarded the Sarajevo railroad. As part of a wide security sweep...

administration. [citation needed] At some time in June 1943, Himmler issued the Bandenbekämpfung (bandit fighting) order, simultaneously announcing the existence of...

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...

Wilson. OCLC 16655369. Blood, Philip W. (2001). Holmes, E. R. (ed.). Bandenbekämpfung: Nazi occupation security in Eastern Europe and Soviet Russia 1942–45...

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....

Nazi military uniform award for participating in Bandenbekämpfung operations; see below. Bandenbekämpfung – "bandit fighting": anti-partisan warfare. The...

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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...

Kesselring issued a directive, "New Measures for Combating Partisans" (Bandenbekämpfung), in which he authorised measures of "utmost severity", while extolling...

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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...

Himmler-directed Bandenbekämpfung ("bandit warfare"), attempted to destroy UPA-North in Volhynia during Operation BB (Bandenbekämpfung). According to Ukrainian...

time, and then be reassigned to "bandit-fighting" operations – or Bandenbekämpfung — in the rear. Kurt Meyer embodied the voice of Waffen-SS apologists...

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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volunteers and conscripts. While in Estonia, the unit participated in Bandenbekämpfung (anti-partisan operations). Upon realizing that the war was lost, Schäfer...