Members of the German Brandenburg special forces unit during WWII
This article is about the German special forces unit of World War II. For the horse breed, see Brandenburger. For the residents of the German city, see Brandenburg. For other uses, see Brandenburg (disambiguation).
Battalion – December 1939 Division – February 1943 – March 1944 Panzergrenadier-Division – 1944–1945.
Division "Brandenburg" Vehicle Insignia
Active
1939–1945
Country
Nazi Germany
Branch
German Army
Type
Special forces
Size
Company (initial) Division (at peak)
Part of
Abwehr
Garrison/HQ
Stendal Friedenthal
Nickname(s)
'Brandenburg'
Engagements
World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders
Theodor von Hippel Adrian von Fölkersam
Military unit
The Brandenburgers (German: Brandenburger) were members of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht special forces unit during World War II.[1]
Originally, the unit was formed by and operated as an extension of the military's intelligence organ, the Abwehr. Members of this unit took part in seizing operationally important targets by way of sabotage and infiltration. Being foreign German nationals who were convinced Nazi volunteers, constituent members had lived abroad and were proficient in foreign languages as well as being familiar with the way of life in the area of operations where they were deployed.
The Brandenburg Division was generally subordinated to the army groups in individual commands and operated throughout Eastern Europe, in northern Africa, Afghanistan, the Middle East and in the Caucasus. In the later course of the war, parts of the special unit were used in Bandenbekämpfung operations against partisans in Yugoslavia before the division was reclassified and merged into one of the Panzergrenadier divisions in the last months of the war. They committed various atrocities in the course of their operations.
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