Dragon 1:35 Hermann Goering Division (Tunisia 1943)

Dragon 1:35 Hermann Göering Division (Tunisia 1943)

Hermann Göring (German Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring) is the name of the German tactical association that was part of the Luftwaffe during World War II. The roots of the unit date back to the beginning of 1933, when a special police battalion was established, transformed a year later into the Landespolizeigruppe General Göring. In 1935 the unit from the police force became purely military and changed its name to Regiment General Göring. The unit under this name took part in the Anschluss of Austria and the activities of Czechoslovakia. She also fought in 1940 on the Western Front in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. In 1941, the regiment was assigned to the South Army Group and fought on the Eastern Front. In 1942 it was transformed into a brigade, and shortly later - in the same 1942 - into a division (Division Hermann Göring). As a division, the unit was transferred to North Africa, where it took part in the last Afrika Korps battles in Tunisia, being almost completely annihilated. Of the few surviving soldiers, the unit was recreated in Sicily in July 1943 under the name Panzerdivision Hermann Göring. In this form, it takes part in battles in Italy, where it suffers heavy losses in equipment and personnel. In July 1944, the division, already known as the Hermann Göring Panzer and Parachute Division, was transferred to the Eastern Front, taking part to some extent in suppressing the Warsaw Uprising. Until the end of the war, the unit fought on the Eastern Front, fighting in Pomerania, on the Odra and Neisse lines, and in Saxony. The remains of the unit surrendered to the Allied and Soviet troops. It should be added that during the fights on the In the Apennines and in Poland, divisions have committed at least a few proven war crimes.