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March 1942, Germany,
Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering ordered the expansion of Regiment "General
Goering" into brigade strength. 15th July 1942, France, the regiment
was officially renamed as Brigade "Hermann Goering". The regimental
commander, Generalmajor Paul Conrath, became brigade commander. The combat
troops in the brigade had one headquarters company, one motorized rifle
regiment and one motorized antiaircraft regiment. The Schuetzen-Regiment
"HG" (mot.) had three battalions. The III. Bataillon was responsible
for providing fire support in the regiment. The battalion had one motorcycle
rifle company, one motorized engineer company, one motorized antitank
company and one tank company with workshop platoon. The 10. Kradschuetzen-Kompanie
was former 13. Kradschuetzen-Kompanie in the old regiment and commanded
by Hauptmann Kiefer. The brigade soon expanded to divisional strength.
15th October 1942, France, the brigade was officially renamed as Division
"Hermann Goering". The brigade commander, Generalmajor Paul
Conrath, became divisional commander. The division had one headquarters
company, two motorized grenadier regiment, one motorized Jaeger-Regiment,
one tank regiment, one motorized antiaircraft regiment, one motorized
artillery regiment, one motorized reconnaissance battalion, one motorized
engineer battalion and other supportive troops. The organization was the
same as Heeres Panzer-Division, but the real combat strength was much
alike the Waffen-SS Division (mot.). The 10. Kradschuetzen-Kompanie became
the cadre for the new motorized reconnaissance battalion. The company
expanded into 1. Kradschuetzen-Kompanie and 2. Volkswagen-Kompanie in
the battalion. This picture was taken in the period between July to October
1942 when the company was freshly formed.
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