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Pre-War History

From formation as II./JG135 through I./JG333 and I./JG54 to II./ZG1 (November 1938 to September 1939)

 

 

II./Zerstörergeschwader 1

Polenfeldzug - Campaign in Poland, September 1939

Sitzkrieg, winter 1939-40

Blitzkrieg - Campaign in Netherlands, Belgium and France - May - June 1940

Swiss interlude - june 1940

 

 

III./Zerstörergeschwader 76

Battle of Britain - Campaign against Great Britain, July - November 1940

Coastal patrols, Norway - November 1940 - March 1941

 

 

II./Schnellkampfgeschwader 210

Operation Barbarossa - July 1941 - October 1941

Operation Taifun - November - January 1942

 

 

II./Zerstörergeschwader 1

Retreat from Moscow - winter battles - January - March 1942

Operation Blau - summer 1942

Battle of Caucass - Autumn 1942

Battle of Stalingrad - December 1942 - February 1943

Battle of Kharkov - Spring 1943

Mediterranian Theater - April - August 1943

Defending U-Boats, August - November 1943

Reich Defence - October 1943 - April 1944

Patrols over Black Sea - April - May 1944

Last battles over Hungary and Romania, May - July 1944

 

 

III./Jagdgeschwader 76

Reformation, Re-equipment with Bf109G-14 - Summer 1944

Operations in France and Retreat into Germany - August - October 1944

 

 

IV./Jagdgeschwader 53

Battle for Bulge - December 1944

Operation Bodenplatte - January 1945

Last operations - spring 1945

 

 

BRGDS, I./ZG1_Panzerbar