SS-Jagdverband Ost
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- Published: 27 December 2010 27 December 2010
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Men from this unit took part in Operation Brauner Bär, supplying the Ukrainian guerilla movement led by Stefan Bandera.
It later fought the Red Army at Hohensalza (near Posen) were it was almost completly destroyed.
It was soon reformed at fought at Neustrelitz and at Sachsenhausen. A company was attached to Heeresgruppe Mitte and fought in Silesia and Czechoslovakia before being wiped out in May.
Commanders
SS-Sturmbannführer Adrian Baron von Foelkersam (? 1944 - 21 Jan 1945)SS-Sturmbannführer Heinze (? Jan 1945 - ? 1945)
SS-Sturmbannführer Alexander Auch (? 1945 - ? 1945)
Order of battle
SS-Jagdeinsatz OstlandSS-Jagdeinsatz Russland
SS-Jagdeinsatz Polen
Sources used
Kurt Mehner - Die Waffen-SS und Polizei 1939-1945Antonio J. Munoz - Forgotten Legions: Obscure Combat Formations of the Waffen-SS