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Sonderabteilung U
Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion. Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes. List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete) * Sonderabteilung Altreich * Sonderabteilung Hela * Sonderabteilung Lola * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt * Sonderabteilung Stralsund * Sonderabteilung U See also * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 500th SS Parachute Battalion * 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany) The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ... {{Germany-mil-stub Military units and formations of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English (language)
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderabteilung Lola
''Sonderabteilung'' Lola (in Norway also known as ''Rinnanbanden'' (Rinnan gang) was an independent group under the German ''Sicherheitsdienst'' in Trondheim, KDS Drontheim Referat IV. The '' Sonderabteilung'' ("Special Unit") consisted of around known 50-60 Norwegian informants who worked for Henry Rinnan, many of whom were former frontline soldiers in the ''Waffen-SS''. This group was not known to the vast majority of Norwegians, including the members of the Nasjonal Samling party, until after the war. Under cover the group contacted people who were anti-Nazi, through whom they infiltrated the Norwegian resistance movement. After a period of active work in the resistance group, both to gather information and build trust, the network was rolled up and the participants arrested and interrogated. These kinds of infiltration operations were called "provocation business", to expedite action and subsequently arrest the suspects. Rinnan even called this a "game in the negative sector". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
999th Light Afrika Division (Germany)
The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal military unit. While all members of Nazi punishment units were labeled "criminals", a significant proportion of the brigade's members had been transferred to it for holding, or being perceived to hold, anti-Nazi ideas. The division was not fully-formed when Axis forces in North Africa began to collapse. Consequently, the elements of the division that fought in Tunisia generally did so as independent battalions or companies, which suffered high losses (in terms of casualties and captured) before being withdrawn. Fighting mostly against US Army forces, many members of the division reportedly surrendered their positions to the Americans without a fight. Afterwards, the severely depleted division was sent to Greece for garrison dutie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
500th SS Parachute Battalion
The 500th SS-Parachute Battalion (german: SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500) was the parachute unit of the ''Waffen-SS''. The idea to form a paratrooper unit within the ''Waffen-SS'' allegedly came directly from ''Reichsführer-SS'' Heinrich Himmler. Creation Adolf Hitler supposedly got the idea in September 1943, after Operation Eiche ("Oak") which was launched on 12 September and included an airborne raid on Gran Sasso. The operation was planned by Kurt Student. During this raid, a group of German parachutists freed deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Otto Skorzeny commanded the raid by order of German dictator Adolf Hitler. The raid included a daring military-based assault on the Campo Imperatore Hotel at Gran Sasso and managed to rescue Mussolini, only firing a single shot. Considering that the new ''Waffen-SS'' unit of parachutists had to be employed in dangerous actions behind enemy lines, it was decided to extend enlistment to those in the SS disciplinary units wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36th Waffen Grenadier Division Of The SS
, image = File:Dirlewanger Crossed Grenades symbol.svg , image_size = 180 , caption = Symbol of the Division , dates = 1940–45 , country = , branch = Waffen-SS , type = Infantry , role = Bandenbekämpfung (security warfare; literally "combating banditry") , size = BrigadeDivision , command_structure = , equipment = , nickname = Black Hunters , battles = World War II * Anti-partisan operations in Byelorussia *Warsaw Uprising *Slovak National Uprising The Dirlewanger Brigade, also known as the SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger (1944), or the 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS ( de , die 36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS), or The Black Hunters ( de , Die schwarzen Jäger), was a uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderabteilung U
Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion. Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes. List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete) * Sonderabteilung Altreich * Sonderabteilung Hela * Sonderabteilung Lola * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt * Sonderabteilung Stralsund * Sonderabteilung U See also * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 500th SS Parachute Battalion * 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany) The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ... {{Germany-mil-stub Military units and formations of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderabteilung Stralsund
Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion. Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes. List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete) * Sonderabteilung Altreich * Sonderabteilung Hela * Sonderabteilung Lola * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt * Sonderabteilung Stralsund * Sonderabteilung U See also * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 500th SS Parachute Battalion * 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany) The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ... {{Germany-mil-stub Military units and formations of Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderabteilung Reinhardt
Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion. Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes. List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete) * Sonderabteilung Altreich * Sonderabteilung Hela * Sonderabteilung Lola * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt * Sonderabteilung Stralsund * Sonderabteilung U See also * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 500th SS Parachute Battalion * 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany) The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ... {{Germany-mil-stub Military units and formations of Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderabteilung Nachlässe
Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion. Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes. List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete) * Sonderabteilung Altreich * Sonderabteilung Hela * Sonderabteilung Lola * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt * Sonderabteilung Stralsund * Sonderabteilung U See also * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 500th SS Parachute Battalion * 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany) The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ... {{Germany-mil-stub Military units and formations of Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderabteilung Hela
Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion. Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes. List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete) * Sonderabteilung Altreich * Sonderabteilung Hela * Sonderabteilung Lola * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt * Sonderabteilung Stralsund * Sonderabteilung U See also * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 500th SS Parachute Battalion * 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany) The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ... {{Germany-mil-stub Military units and formations of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German (language)
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderabteilung Altreich
Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion. Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes. List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete) * Sonderabteilung Altreich * Sonderabteilung Hela * Sonderabteilung Lola * Sonderabteilung Nachlässe * Sonderabteilung Reinhardt * Sonderabteilung Stralsund * Sonderabteilung U See also * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 500th SS Parachute Battalion * 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany) The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ... {{Germany-mil-stub Military units and formations of Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
