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Wilhelm Bittrich, 1894-1979
Wilhelm Bittrich (1894-1979) was a SS General who played a major part in the defeat of the Allied attack on Arnhem in 1944, and became one of the last recipients of the Swords to the Knights Cross.
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Bittrich served in the German army during the First World War, both as an army officer and a pilot. He won the Iron Class 1st Class during the conflict. Immediately after the war he joined a Freikorps, before joining the post-war army.
He benefited from the surprisingly close links between the German military and the Soviet Union, undergoing pilot training at secret bases inside the Soviet Union.
By 1934 Bittrich was a trained staff officer, and he was recruited into the SS to help form junior officer and NCO schools.
As a professional officer he helped give the Waffen SS its tactical knowledge, but was never really trusted by Hitler.
Bittrich commanded the SS Panzer Regiment Deutschland during the invasion of Poland in 1939, France in 1940 and the Sov