Talk:1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring

message: I wonder if Goering's elite soldiers were fighting in the Spanish Civil War, along with the Legion Condor? Especially because the German Luftwaffe played a very important role there. - Does anybody know the facts? 79.193.0.83 (talk) 19:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  were they in the Spanish Civil War? 

message: Hmm, there seems to be something wrong about the 1944 history. The article states that the division arrived to the area in mid-September, roughly 1,5 months after the uprising started. Yet, it also claims that it took part in the fights against the Soviet offensive that was halted... on August 3rd. //Halibutt 16:07, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Destruction 

message: The text stated the Polish 1st Division was destroyed by the HG PzDiv in mid-April, 1945.  This cannot be true, because the Polish 1st Division (Polish People's Army = LWP) was near Berlin at that time, and the HG PzDiv was in the vicinity of Dresden.  However, from April 22-24, the HG was in the 4. PzArmee, which attacked the inter-army boundary of the Polish 2nd Army (LWP) and the Soviet 52nd Army.  Penetrating the boundary, the HG and one other division enjoyed two days of overrunning the communications and logistics trains of the two opposing armies.  Finally, on April 24, the German attack was stopped by the Soviet 5th Guards Army.  As far as I can determine, no divisions of the LWP were destroyed by the Germans, the closest thing to this sort of event being the heavy casualties taken by the LWP 1st Division at Lenino in late 1943. Postscript: See the main article citation for Hans von Ahlfen, detailing the Soviet and Polish units the Germans believed to have strongly damaged or destroyed.  I believe the article's original reference to the "Polish 1st Division" was a confused reference to the Polish 1st Tank Corps (LWP).  PPS: Correction to above.  According to a thorough Polish reference on the LWP in World War II, Polish losses in this battle were indeed severe.  See the citation in the main article for details. W. B. Wilson 15:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attack near Königsbrück on April 22, 1945 

message: the fourth citation is confusing, as it is claimed in the article to verify alleged war crimes.  but when one reads the citation it says nothing about human shields but simply states how many Polish soldiers were killed. can someone who has the "source" clarify this?
--Jadger 04:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: war crimes

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:PGDA - FPD HG.jpg

message: The Order of Battle of the Hermann Goring Division through November 1942 detailed at this article does not indicate it included the 5. Fallschirmjager Regiment.  That regiment did in fact fight in Tunisia, but there is no indication it was part of the "Hermann Goring Division" (operating then as Kampfgruppe Schmid commanded by Generalmajor Joseph Schmid).  See extensive history of its role in the battle here: 5. Fallschirmjager Regiment in Tunisia, Part 1, November-December 1942.  If it can be established that the 5 Fallschirmjager fought under Kampfgruppe Schmid in Africa the claim may be restored. Wikiuser100 (talk) 23:30, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  5. Fallschirmjager Regiment in Tunisia