IMAGES OF WAR: 8th SS Cavalry Division “Florian Geyer”
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The German Army of the Second World War was famous for its hard-fighting Panzer units. However, many horse-drawn and horse-mounted units continued to serve, especially in the wide-open spaces and primitive road networks of the Eastern Front. Among these was the 8th SS Cavalry Division, the subject of this Images of War volume.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.
