SS Cavalry Brigade

SS Cavalry brigade
SS Cavalry Brigade of the Waffen-SS, 23 September 1941 USSR
Active1940–1942
Country Nazi Germany
BranchSchutzstaffel Waffen-SS
TypeCavalry
SizeBrigade
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Hermann Fegelein

The SS Cavalry Brigade (SS-Kavallerie-Brigade) was a unit of the German Waffen-SS during World War II. Operating under the control of the Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS, it initially performed rear security duties in German-occupied Poland. During the Invasion of the Soviet Union, the brigade operated in the rear of the German forces, in the Army Group Rear Area Command. It engaged bypassed Red Army units and carried out murders of Jews, Communists and suspected Soviet partisans. In 1942, the brigade was disbanded and its personnel was transferred to the newly formed SS Division Florian Geyer.


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