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Eastern Front, April 1944. 501st is attached to 4th Panzer Army in May, and 3rd Army in June. [10] On 12 March, the battalion joined the 256th infantry division in a counterattack north of Nipinzy; by the next day, the enemy forces were surrounded and destroyed. By 1 April, spare parts had been delivered and 27 tanks were operational. [10]
501st Heavy Panzer Battalion - original unit surrended in Tunisia campaign, reformed and destroyed on Eastern Front; 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion - redesignated 511th on 5 January 1945; 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion - largely destroyed in Normandy, refitted and deployed on Eastern Front; 504th Heavy Panzer Battalion; 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion
The 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was at full strength except for the 4th (Light) Company. Each panzer company possessed 14 Tiger IIs, gave a total strength of 45. However the battalion was plagued with maintenance problems and mechanical breakdowns, it is probable that only around 30-35 Tigers actually participated in the initial advance of ...
On 9 June the 101st finished consolidating, with the 502nd PIR guarding the right flank along the upper Douve River, the 506th PIR deployed across the Carentan highway, and the 327th GIR on the left in positions along the Douve River opposite Brévands. [1] The 501st PIR was the division's reserve and guarding the left flank east of the 327.
SS-Panzer Artillerie Regiment 9 Abteilung I, SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Spindler; SS-Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmführer Viktor Eberhard Gräbner; SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmfürer Klaus von Allworden; SS-Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung 9, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Möller; SS-FlaK-Abteilung 9, Obersturmfürer Gropp
The I SS Panzer Corps also included a number of ad hoc vanguard units, including Kampfgruppe Peiper (forming part of the 1st SS Panzer Division), which contained a panzer battalion (72 mixed Panzer IV and Panther tanks) from the 1st SS Panzer Regiment, the 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion (45 Tiger Is) and the 3rd SS Panzer Grenadier Battalion. [67]
A small town in eastern Ohio has been rocked by a train derailment that spilled a number of hazardous chemicals into the air and ground, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and sparking ...
The 512th Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion (German: Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 512) was an independent tank destroyer battalion of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Formed and organised during the winter of 1944 to 1945, it was active in February.