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2 unusual facts about Abteilung


Franz Siebert

Franz Siebert (17 March 1915 – 17 January 1999) was a German Oberfeldwebel (staff sergeant) who served with the 3 Kompanie/Panzerjäger Abteilung 306 during World War II.

SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers

As an Abteilung, the unit had several more war-correspondent units attached to it, enabling it to cover the actions of all the Waffen-SS formations in the field.


503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion

The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion (abbreviated s.Pz.Abt. 503) was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung (a battalion-sized unit) equipped with Tiger I tanks and Panzer IIIs.

510th

510th Heavy Panzer Battalion, German heavy Panzer-Abteilung equipped with Tiger I and later Tiger II Königstiger tanks

Alexander Catsch

As early as 1956, Catsch was at the Biophysikalische Abteilung des Heiligenberg-Instituts, in Heiligenberg, Baden, Germany.

Battle of Westerplatte

Marine-Stoßtrupp-Kompanie (elite naval infantry company, later renamed Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 531) and an attached Pioneer platoon from Dessau-Roßlau

Boyo Ockinga

Kitchen, K.A. & Ockinga, B., "A Memphite Monument of the Vizier T3 in Sydney", Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo 48 (1992), pp.

Brummbär

Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 217 was formed on 20 April 1944 at the Grafenwöhr Training Area from cadres provided by Panzer-Kompanie 40 and Panzer-Ersatz Abteilung 18, although it did not have any armoured fighting vehicles until 19 'Sturmpanzer's' were delivered at the end of May It departed 1/2 July for the Normandy Front.

Erich Schütze

Erich Schütze first came to notice in his first combat assignment with Flieger-Abteilung (Flier Detachment) 201, when he and his observer were credited with an aerial victory over a SPAD on 27 May 1917 over Craonne, France.

Ernst Hess

He then joined Flieger-Abteilung (Flier Detachment) 9 as an Unteroffizier, when they were operating in the vicinities of Lille and Arras, France.

Ernst Wiehle

He underwent aviation training at Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 5 in Hannover and Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 9 in Darmstadt.

Jagdstaffel 41

Jasta 41 was founded at Flieger-Abteilung (Flier Detachment) 4, Posen on 18 June 1917.

Jagdstaffel 76

Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 1 at Schleißheim on 7 September 1917.

Joseph A. Farinholt

In the enemy's final attempt on November 26, they attacked with a heavy force that included Tiger I tanks from schwere Panzer Abteilung (Funklenk) 301 (translated as the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion radio control).

Julius Buckler

He trained in FEA 6 (Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 6), and by the summer of 1915 was flying artillery direction missions over Verdun as an Observer in FA(A) 209 before training as a pilot.

Leopold Bürkner

On 15 June 1938 Captain Bürkner was appointed head of the foreign liaison section (Abteilung Ausland, later Amt Ausland) of the Abwehr, the intelligence organization of the

Oflag VII-B

As of 2012 the site of the camp is occupied by the barracks and training school of II. Bereitschaftspolizeiabteilung ("2nd Riot Police Division") of the Bavarian State Police.

Prussian Navy Department

A Royal Naval Division (Königliche Marine-Abteilung ) was established in Berlin, as a department of the Prussian Minister of War, with Lieutenant Colonel von Wangenheim Bogun as head in the years 1848-1853.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

In Call for the Dead, le Carré's debut novel, a key character is Hans-Dieter Mundt , an assassin of the Abteilung, the East German Secret Service, who is working under diplomatic cover in London.

Ukrainian Military Organization

In May 1923, Yevhen Konovalets and Friedrich Gempp - the chief of the Reichswehrministerium Abwehr-Abteilung signed an agreement according to which the UVO would conduct espionage work against Poland (providing Berlin with political, military and economic information), while the German side was to provide financial aid and military equipment for "revolutionary activity".


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