SS-Panzer-Brigade “Westfalen”
HistoryThe brigade was formed from reserve and training units around Paderbornand Schloss-Neuhaus, on 29 March 1945, as a special reserve for H.Gr.H.The brigade went into action on 31 March 45. By 5 April the unit waswithdrawing toward the Teuburger Forest in the Harz Mountain area, wherethe German high command was trying to form a new 11th army, which wasitself cut off and surrounded. That new pocket was the end of BrigadeWestfalen. Organization
CommandersHans Stern |