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The last situation briefing at the command post of the 12. SS-Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" in Caen-Venoix on June 13-14, 1944. From left to right: SS-Obersturmbannführer Max Wünsche (Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Regiment 12), SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Fritz Witt (Kommandeur 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend") and SS-Standartenführer Kurt Meyer (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25). It can be said that this is the last photo of Divisionskommandeur Witt, because on June 14, 1944, he was killed instantly by shrapnel from a cannon fired by British ships off the coast of Normandy. As his replacement, SS-Standartenführer Meyer was appointed. At the age of 33, Meyer was recorded as the youngest division commander in the entire Wehrmacht!
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