What year did Heinrich Himmler join the unit that used the concept of Wehrbauer to refer to soldiers designated as settlers for the lands conquered during the German invasions of the Soviet Union and Poland?
Wehrbauer Wehrbauer (] , "soldier peasant") was a concept used by the "Schutzstaffel" (SS) of the Nazi Party to refer to soldiers designated as settlers for the lands conquered during the German invasions of the Soviet Union and Poland.
Battle of Kiev (1941) The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II. This encirclement is considered the largest encirclement in the history of warfare (by number of troops). The operation ran from 7 August to 26 September 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. In Soviet military history, it is referred to as the Kiev Strategic Defensive Operation, with somewhat different dating of 7 July – 26 September 1941.