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3 unusual facts about Heinz Harmel


Heinz Harmel

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich, on March 13, 1938, Harmel moved with his unit to Klagenfurt, capital of Carinthia.

With SS-Infanterie-Division (mot.) "Reich" (Later known as 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"), under the command of the SS-Gruppenführer Paul Hausser, Harmel took part in fights near Jelna.

On April 20, 1943, Harmel was promoted to the rank of SS-Standartenführer.



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