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COMMANDER // 1894–1979

Willi Bittrich

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Lifespan

1894 – 1979

1900192519501975World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Battle of the Bulge — Dec 1944–Jan 1945 · Germany · World War II

Active service 1944 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 50.

Profile

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 the Soviet Union. From July 1944 until the end of the war Bittrich commanded the 2nd SS Panzer Corps in Normandy, during Market Garden and in Hungary.

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Battles (1)

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