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	Kompanie 1 WWII Re-enactment Society - 12th SS
		As a result, the Division was ordered to swing left and follow the advance line of the remainder of the 1st SS Division.
		The 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" was the first unit to be portrayed by Kompanie 1.
		We chose to portray the 12th SS for a number of reasons not least the wide variety of uniform choice and the fact that it was one of the first units to engage the allies at Normandy.
	www.kompanie1.co.uk /HTML/Units/Units_Hitlerjugend.php (1880 words)

	12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hitlerjugend was unique because the majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from members of the Hitler Youth born in 1926, while the NCOs and officers were generally veterans of the Eastern Front.
		In the confusion of the withdrawal, the division was unable to undertake a rescue attempt.
		When the division was first engaged in action in June 1944, there were several cases of atrocities being committed by both sides (for example, the killing of surrendered members of the Panzer-Lehr Division, and the abuse and death of Obest Luxenberger by members of the Inns of Court Regiment on 8th June, 1944).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend (4064 words)

	2nd SS Division Das Reich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The SS Division Das Reich was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded by the Waffen-SS during World War II.
		The joint allied invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord), meant that the division was in action again, and was pulled up to support the defence of France alongside the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend and the elite German Panzer Lehr Division fighting north of Caen.
		The division is infamous for the massacre of 642 French civilians in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, on 10 June 1944, in Limousin region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SS_Division_Das_Reich (2043 words)

	Science Fair Projects - SS Division Hitlerjugend
		The 12th SS was remarkable because the motorized infantry of its two Panzergrenadier regiments were drawn entirely from members of the Hitler Youth born in 1926.
		Meyer led the division in its defense of the Carpiquet Aerodrome and the villages of Authie and Buron.
		The Hitlerjugend Division was part of the 1st SS Panzer Corps, the lead German formation in the Battle of the Bulge.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/SS_Hitlerjugend_Division (694 words)

	Background : Meyer_nor - World War Two
		In spring, 1944, the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Division was moved from its training camp in Beverloo, Belgium, to an area south and southwest of Rouen.
		But, the bulk of his 12th SS was delayed by the shortage of fuel, and the assembling 21st Panzer was forced onto the defensive by a British attack on Lebisey wood.
		In essence, the 12th SS Panzer was used as an lite fire brigade, hurled repeatedly into breaches in the line to seal off breakthroughs of vastly superior enemy forces and torestore the shattered main battle line.
	www.valourandhorror.com /DB/BACK/Meyer_nor.php (1495 words)

	Battle of Caen: The Stalingrad of the Hitler Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		SS Corps ordered the remnants of the 12th SS tank and reconnaissance battalions to attack and recapture Hill 112, which the British had taken the day before.
		The Division lost 80 percent of its tanks, 70 percent of its armored vehicles, 60 percent of its artillery and mortars and 50 percent of the rest of its vehicles.
		SS Major General Hugo Kraas, the last commander of the 12th SS Panzer Division, gave his men free reign to follow their natural inclination to escape the clutches of the approaching Russian troops by moving west toward the American lines.
	mars.wnec.edu /~grempel/tours/normandy/battle.html (5975 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: 12th SS Panzer Division
		The 12th SS Panzer Grenadier Division began formation on February 10, 1943 and consisted of 17 year-olds from the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend), as well as experienced men from the 1st SS Panzer Division and Wehrmacht officers who had previously been in the Hitler Youth.
		Although originally formed as panzer grenadier division, the 12th SS was redesignated as a panzer division in October of 1943.
		The 12th SS Panzer Division was well to the east of Omaha Beach when Miller was receiving his map updates, while Miller and his men were setting out to the west to travel to Neuville.
	www.sproe.com /t/12th-ss-panzer.html (349 words)

	Wiking Ruf.com :: Europaïsche Freiwilligen in the Waffen-SS.
		During the autumn 1941, the Division was handed over to the battle-hardened Finnish General Siilasvuo (this was the only time that an SS Division was commanded by a foreign Officer), and took positions at Louchi/Kiestinki.
		The division fought on the eastern front but most of it was destroyed during the Soviet offensive though some parts fought in the battle of Berlin and some surrendered to the western allies.
		The division fought the soviet forces southeast of Berlin and when it was overrun, the survivours were attached to the Nederland, 30 Januar and Dirlewanger divisions.
	www.wiking-ruf.com /ssdivisions.html (5086 words)

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		Many of the lower level control and command positions within the HJ SS Panzer Grenadier Division were given to HJ members who had received exceptionally high marks in leadership and military training skills during their days in the HJ before and right after the start of the war.
		The first divisional commander was SS Oberführer Fritz Witt, who, when he received this command, was quite young to command a division at only 34 years of age.
		After the British and Canadian forces had liberated Caen, the HJ SS Panzer Grenadier Division was one of the 24 German combat divisions, which became encircled in the Falaise pocket.
	www.freewebs.com /barkmanncod/12thsshjhistory.htm (1800 words)

	books about: hitlerjugend (ss-panzerdivision panzerdivision) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		SS HITLERJUGEND : The History of the 12th SS Division 1943 - 1945
		SS-Hitlerjugend: The History Of The Twelfth SS Division 1943-45 by Third Reich and World War II expert Rupert Butler is a close and meticulously accurate study of the German military unit formed in 1943 from veterans of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division and members of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) organization.
		Between 1933 and 1945 the entire youth of Germany became a limb of the Nazi Party, educated and trained to serve the needs and desires of National Socialism in its quest to establish a 1,000-year Reich.
	www.very-clever.com /books/hitlerjugend (263 words)

	Waffen SS Normandy 1944 List
		The fighting soldiers of the SS quickly established a reputation for ferocious fanaticism and military professionalism both in attack as well as defence.
		The figures are based on three elite SS Divisions - Leibstandarte, Das Reich and the 12th SS Division, the Hitlerjugend.
		This Sdkfz251/6 Halftrack is the personal command vehicle of Oberfurer Kurt Panzer "Meyer who took over the command of the 12th SS Hitlerjugend after the death of Fritz Witt during the battle of Caen in June 16,1944.
	www.sierratoysoldier.com /catalog/waffen_ss_normandy_1944_295739_products.htm (1163 words)

	12. SS-Pz.Div.
		At first glance, the division might have appeared to be a very strong formation on 1 June 1944.
		The division remained in the Caen area for the remainder of the campaign.
		Also, the division was not involved in such costly fighting between 11 and 18 July as would be implied by the table.
	home.swipnet.se /normandy/gerob/pzdiv/12sspzdiv.html (2050 words)

	Panzer Lehr Division inquiry (WWII Research Request) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lehr Division was virtually destroyed during the breakout at St. Lo, and escaped the Falaise Gap with the rest of the Army Group B. It was reduced to a Kampfgruppen and rebuilt in time to see action in the Ardennes the following December.
		In mid-war the ss attached their tiger battalions to the 1st and 2nd ss panzer divisions but even these had been separated by early '44.
		On rare occasions when a panzer division had its panther battalion detached it may have had a tiger battalion subordinated for a short period of time but as I said this was very rare.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/1272388/posts (1134 words)

	Defeat of the 12th SS
		Though the young soldiers of the division were uncertain of what actually awaited them, the first acts in a conflict that would claim most of their lives were being performed.
		The 12th SS withstood the heavy barrage, however, and it became painfully obvious that a counterattack was necessary to regain the village.
		Though Hubert Meyer maintains that the Hitlerjugend had not conducted armoured operations that early in the day, suggesting that the Canadians had simply erred, it is evident that 3rd Division was assuming the next blow would fall in the area of Bretteville.
	info.wlu.ca /~wwwmsds/haller.htm (6089 words)

	::The Proving Grounds::
		The 3rd SS Division was formed from the Totenkopf units that took part in the Polish Campaign and with other members of the Totenkopfverbande and the Allgemeine SS.
		From Kharkov, the Division was sent into the massive battles for the Kursk Salient, fighting in some of the most bloody and fierce combat of the war and the largest tank battle in all of History.
		The Division stayed on defensive operation in the south and central sector of the German front for nearly a year, and during this time, in October, 1943, the Division was reformed and renamed as a Panzer Division.
	www.the-proving-grounds.com /research_results.html?sku=96 (5364 words)

	WWW.WAFFEN-SS.NO "38. SS Division Nibelungen"
		The division was formed on 27 March 1945 from personnel and students of the SS-Junkerschule at Bad Tölz.
		The division was raised in the upper Rhein regions Freiburg, and Todtnau in Schwarzwald, with the divisional headquarters in Geschwend bei Todtnau.
		Although battered the division put up a determined resistance until the ceasefire was called on 5 May. The division surrendered to the American forces on 8 May 1945.
	www.waffen-ss.no /38.SS-Division-Nibelungen.htm (615 words)

	The Centennial: Omar Nelson Bradley
		The division had been repeatedly levied for officers and noncommissioned officers; over 1,600 had gone to OCS or aviation training since the division was mobilized.
		The 34th Infantry Division, maligned by the British as a unit with poor fighting qualities, fought the crucial battle and dislodged the Germans from strong defensive positions astride Hill 609, the highest terrain in the corps sector.
		The 9th Armored Division, under the command of Bradley's classmate John Leonard, captured intact the Ludendorff railway bridge at Remagen on 7 March.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/bradley/bradley.htm (7564 words)

	Operation Epsom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Because of strong German positions on high ground to the west (the British right flank), 49th Division (known as the Polar Bears after their distinctive shoulder badge) were to attack Fontenay and Rauray a day before the main assault to secure the high ground the Germans occupied.
		The Germans - initially the 12th SS Panzer Division - had turned the route of the advance into three lines of fortifications of barbed wire entanglements, machine gun nests, trenches, minefields and artillery and mortar positions.
		Battle-hardened on the Eastern front, the SS had been taught to with-hold their fire until point-blank range, to inflict maximum casualties, then switch positions so that they would seem more numerous to the attackers than they actually were.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalsignals/32sigregt/ex_tartan_terrain/operation_epsom.htm (905 words)

	Waffen SS
		The divisional sign on the sidecar shows they belong to the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend" Division.
		Among them is Obestgruppenfuhrer "Sepp" Dietrich commander of the 1st SS Panzer Corps.
		Next to him is Brigadefuhrer Fritz Witt, Commanding Officer of the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend".
	www.soldiergallery.com /contents/en-us/d5.html (349 words)

	Waffen SS Two
		Hasso Von Manteuffel, C,O, The 7th Panzer Division was one of the outstanding armored units of WWII, and became famous during the Battle of France in 1940.
		The author was a machine gunner in the SS Mountain Infantry Regiment 11 "Reinhard Heydrich" and fought in 18 months of combat against the Soviets and Americans, from long range patrols in the frozen taiga of northern Karelia, fierce fighting in the snow-decked Vosges Mountains, to capitulation in the mud of the war's last spring.
		This volume of the two-part history covers the formation of the division in 1939, its employment during the so-called "Phony War" prior to the campaign in France in 1940, its participation in the later stages of that campaign and, finally, its commitment in the East in the northern theater of operations.
	www.aberdeenbookstore.com /waffen_ss_two.htm (14949 words)

	Axis History Factbook: 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend
		Many of the lower level control and command positions within the HJ SS Panzer Grenadier Division were given to HJ members who had received exceptionally high marks in leadership and military training skills during their days in the HJ before and right after the start of the war.
		The first divisional commander was SS Oberführer Fritz Witt, who, when he received this command, was quite young to command a division at only 34 years of age.
		At this time, the HJ SS Panzer Grenadier Division was ordered to hold the German lines on the northern edge of the pocket so that the trapped divisions could escape as best they could.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=1963 (1880 words)

	The 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend"
		The Division was to be a symbol of the willingness of the German youth to sacrifice itself and of it's will to achieve total victory." Hubert Meyer, History of the 12.
		Included are: Pre and early war Waffen-SS History, The Hitlerjugend movement, The recruitment drive and formation of the division.
		The operational history of the Division, from the grim defense of Caen, through Wacht am Rhein until the Division's eventual surrender in Austria.
	home.att.net /~SSPzHJ/Index.html (345 words)

	Interesting SS Soldbuch - MILITARIA COLLECTING FORUM
		From: Yorkshire, UK Here's a SS Soldbuch that I have had for years but it is only recently that I found what happend to the original holder.
		His rank when the Soldbuch was issued was SS Rottenführer, with the Heer equivelant rank written in brackets next to that (Obergefreiter).
		Eicke's division was not "a happy ship" unless one were as rabidly National Socialist as Papa Eicke himself.
	www.militariacollecting.com /index.php?showtopic=14432 (1541 words)

	Hand Painted Military Miniatures. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		During WWII, the Waffen SS was known for it's tough fighting qualities.
		Spaniards, Walloons, Frenchmen, Croats, Cossacks, Volga Tatars, Georgians, North Caucasians, Armenians, Danes, Flemings, Norwegians and Netherlanders were just a few of the nationalities which fought in the armed SS in their fight against the spread of Bolshevism.
		WS 48: This set of Waffen SS is set to "Advance to Attack".
	www.militaryminiature.com /waffenss.html (608 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| World War II: 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division Fought in Normandy
		In the summer of 1944, the mostly teenage soldiers of the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division threw itself against the mighty Allied onslaught to retake Europe.
		Organized in Antwerp, Belgium, in July 1943, the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Division, of which the 25th was part, had been formed around a cadre of veterans from the 1st SS Panzer Division, the army and the Luftwaffe.
		But first, Meyer's 25th Regiment, which was located with the rest of the division to the west of Paris and south of Rouen, had to reach the battlefield.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/world_war_2/3024746.html (1430 words)

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