8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer

8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"
Unit insignia
Active1941–45
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Waffen-SS
TypeCavalry
RoleBandenbekämpfung
Size300 Division
EngagementsWarsaw Ghetto Uprising
Siege of Budapest
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Gustav Lombard
Bruno Streckenbach
Hermann Fegelein
Wilhelm Bittrich

The 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" was a German Waffen-SS cavalry division during World War II. It was formed in 1942 from a cadre of the SS Cavalry Brigade which was involved in the Bandenbekämpfung ("bandit-fighting") operations behind the front line and was responsible for the killing of tens of thousands of the civilian population. It continued "pacification" operations in the occupied Soviet Union, leading to further atrocities.

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