In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard. - Wilhelm Bittrich

About Wilhelm Bittrich

Wilhelm Bittrich (February 26, 1894 – April 19, 1979) was a high-ranking Waffen-SS commander of Nazi Germany. Between August 1942 and February 1943, Bittrich commanded the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, in rear security operations (Bandenbekämpfung, literally: "bandit fighting") in the Soviet Union. From July 1944 until the end of the war Bittrich commanded the 2nd SS Panzer Corps in Normandy, during Market Garden and in Hungary. He was a SS-Oberfuhrer (Senior Colonel or Brigadier) from 1939-1940 and then promoted to SS-Brigadefuhrer (Brigadier or General) in 1940 and then finally got promoted to SS-Gruppenfuhrer (General) in 1941) and SS-Obergruppenfuhrer (General) in 1942 where he remained until 1945 .