The 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" was a German Waffen-SS cavalry division during World War II. It was formed in 1942 from a cadre of the SS Cavalry Brigade which was involved in the Bandenbe
SS Cavalry Brigade 23 September 1941 USSR
SS cavalry in the occupied Soviet Union, June 1942
SS Cavalry Division on a Bandenbekämpfung sweep, May 1943
Wilhelm Bittrich
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Wilhelm Bittrich was a high-ranking Waffen-SS commander of Nazi Germany. Between August 1942 and February 1943, Bittrich commanded the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, in rear security operations in
8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer
…SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein (April 1942 – August 1942) SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich (August 1942 – 15 February 1943) SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag (15 February 1943 – 20 April 1943…
Bittrich in 1942
Bittrich (far right) at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp during tour with Heinrich Himmler (center), June 1941.
Field Marshal Walter Model (far left), with Bittrich and other German officers at Arnhem, September 1944