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egonzinc · Nov 11, 2007

Command Group - Part TWO ( and all for now)
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"
Normandy, France 1944

SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Rolf Schulz
Abteilung Commander
SS-Sanitatsabteilung 12
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

Commander of the Division's medical unit.

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SS-Sturmbahnfuhrer Gerhard "Gerd" Bremer
Commander 12.SS-Aufklarung-Abteilung
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

Bremer was born on 25 July 1917 in Düsternthal Germany. He was awarded the Iron Cross II on 1 October 1939, and the EK I on 7 June 1940. He was awarded the Knights Cross on 30 October 1941 in command of I.Kompanie; SS Aufklärungsabeitlung 1. For most of the war his direct supperior was Kurt Meyer.

He was the commander of the Division's Aufklärungsabteilung or Reconnaisance detachment, which were among the first Divisional elements to reach the front on June 7. Upon arrival they traveled through 8 miles of no mans land to the Division's far left flank and there established a security line. The Abteilung repulsed numerous heavy attacks from June 7-11.

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SS-Obersturmbahnfuhrer Max Wunsche
Regimental Commander
SS-Panzer Regimant 12
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

On June 1943 SS-Sturmbannführer Max Wünsche recieved orders to transfer to a new division under going formation: the 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend", of which Wünsche was assigned to command the Panzer Regiment.

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SS-Sturmbahnfuhrer Arnold Jurgensen
I Battalion Commander
SS-Panzer Regiment 12
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

Commander of the First Battalion of the Division's Panzer Regiment.

SS-Obersturmführer Helmut Gaede
2.Company Commander
I./SS Pz Rgt 12
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop
3.Company Commander
I./SS Pz Rgt 12
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

Rudolf Von Ribbentrop was born on 10 May 1921 in Wiesbaden. His father was the German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop.
On 13 March 1943 Ribbentrop took command of 7 Kompanie, and was the Kompanie Commander during the recapture of Kharkov. Following Kharkov's recapture, Ribbentrop was placed as a Regimental Adjutant. One month later he was given the responsibilty of training Luftwaffe members that were sent to the LSSAH. On 15 June he was back in field command, and was appointed commander of 6 Kompanie. One month later he was awarded the Knight's Cross.
On 1 August he was transfered to the newly formed 12.SS Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend", and was charged with commanding two Junior officer training courses. Four months later he was appointed commander of the 3 Kompanie, I./Pnz.Regt 12. On 3 June 1944, heading back to Le Neubourg following a training excersize, his car was attacked by a Spitfire, and Von Ribbentrop was wounded for the fourth time; again a back/lung wound. He was taken to Bernay Hospital, and by 9 June, was back in command of his Kompanie.

SS-Sturmbannführer Karl-Heinz Prinz
II Battalion Commander
SS-Panzer Regiment 12
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

Commander of the Second Battalion of the Division's Panzer Regiment.

SS-Hauptsturmführer Heinrich Bräcker
7.Company Commander
II./SS Pz Rgt 12
12.SS Pz Division "Hitlerjugend"

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