Description
Luftwaffe Herman Göring Panzer-Division
The Herman Göring Panzer-Division unit was named after the Reichsmarschall started out as a Prussian Police regiment under Goring’s control during the period of consolidation of Nazi power. With the outbreak of war, it became a ground combat unit of his Luftwaffe. This size of the unit increased throughout the war and became an armoured division and by 1945 a Parachute Armoured Corps” of two-division strength.