Führer Begleit Brigade
The Führerbegleitbrigade (also spelt Führer-Begleit-Brigade; abbreviated FBB; Führer escort brigade) was a German armoured brigade and later an armoured division (Panzer-Führerbegleitdivision), in World War II. It grew out of the original Führer-Begleit-Battalion formed in 1939 to escort and protect Adolf Hitler at the front. It was formed in November 1944 and destroyed in April 1945.
Key facts
- Military unit.unit_name
- Führer Escort Brigade
- Military unit.native_name
- Führerbegleitbrigade
- Military unit.image
- 150px
- Military unit.caption
- Standard for the "Führer Escort Battalion" (reverse)
- Military unit.dates
- 1939 – 30 April 1945
- Military unit.type
- Armored
- Military unit.size
- Brigade
- Military unit.patron
- Adolf Hitler
- Military unit.battles
- World War II 20 July plot Battle of Berlin
- Military unit.disbanded
- 1945
- Military unit.notable_commanders
- Erwin RommelOtto Ernst Remer
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- The ''Führer-Begleit-Battalion'' (FBB), 1939–1940
- The ''Führerbegleitabteilung, Panzergrenadierdivision'' "''Großdeutschland''"
- ''Führerbegleitbrigade''
- ''Führerbegleitdivision''
- Orders of Battle
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
The Führerbegleitbrigade (also spelt Führer-Begleit-Brigade; abbreviated FBB; Führer escort brigade) was a German armoured brigade and later an armoured division (Panzer-Führerbegleitdivision), in World War II. It grew out of the original Führer-Begleit-Battalion formed in 1939 to escort and protect Adolf Hitler at the front. It was formed in November 1944 and destroyed in April 1945.
==The Führer-Begleit-Battalion (FBB), 1939–1940== Before the 1 September 1939 attack on Poland, Adolf Hitler's personal military bodyguard came from two distinct, independent units based in Berlin: the Chancellery Guards, originally assigned by the army, and then the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS bodyguard regiment Adolf Hitler; LSSAH), which replaced the Chancellery Guards. When hostilities started, Hitler ordered the LSSAH to participate in the campaign against Poland, leaving him with no large military type of bodyguard formation (a small contingent of the Leibstandarte, remained stationed in Berlin).