500 Motorized Battalion SS Geological Warfare

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500 Motorized SS Battalion SS (Wehrgeologen-Bataillon 500) - specialist military unit of the Third Reich Army during the Second World War

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The branch was formed at the end of 1942 in Hamburg. He was directly under SS-Führungshauptamt. It was headed by the geologist Dr Rolf Höhne, who received the SS-Obersturmbannführer degree. Subordinates were commanded by officers in the degree of doctor. In the summer of 1943 one company was sent to the Italian province of Reggio Emilia. In Italy about 200 Italians joined the unit. In mid-March 1944, the entire unit (three companies) was transferred to the French Brittany, where it was used for the construction of coastal defense and preparatory work to flood the coastal areas. His tasks included seismic exploration of the explosions caused by V1 missiles. After resting in Holland, Hengelo was transported to mid-September in northern Italy. He was stationed in Trento, preparing defensive positions in mountainous terrain. He also did archeological work on the personal orders of SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler. He also participated in anti-partisan actions. He counted about 650 people divided into 4 companies. All officers were geologists or engineers. In the first days of May 1945, the division retreated to the Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße, where in mid May of that year he surrendered to the American 88th Infantry Division. By the end of the war, the loss of the unit was about 100 killed and wounded. Organizational composition

500 History of Motorized SS Battalion Battalion (English) Bibliography

Kurt Mehner, Reinhard Teuber, The Waffen SS and Police 1939-1945 (Series Leadership and Troop Volume 3), 1995

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