Mormal, breaking their counterattack; the crews of the guns Casar and Dona kept firing at the French heavy tanks at 15 meters. The Regiment General Göring was rewarded for its excellent performance by forming part of the honour guard of the Fürher-Begleit-Kompanie (Fürher's Escort Company) for the formal armistice at Compiègne on 21 June 1940. After the capitulation of France, the RGG provided Flak defences in bunkers on the Channel coast as well as contributing to the anti-aircraft defence ring around Paris. The new regimental commander was Colonel Paul Conrath in June 1940, who was to lead the regiment and the later division until 1944. At the end of 1940 the regiment was transferred back to Berlin to resume its old job as a bodyguard and air defense unit. The invasion of the USSR At the beginning of 1941 the unit was motorized and renamed Regiment (mot.) Hermann Göring after Göring had been appointed Reichsmarschall in 1940.When Germany joined hostilities in the Balkans in April 1941, the motorized regiment was sent to Romania for intended attachment to Generaloberst Wilhelm List's 12.Armee; instead it was held in reserve and placed in the air defense of the strategic oil fields at Ploesti. In preparation for the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 the regiment had been moved into positions along the River Bug, the dividing line between the German and Soviet occupation zones of Poland; forming part II.Flak-Korps of Panzergruppe von Kleist. Organization as of 15 June 1941: Regimental Staff (Colonel Paul Conrath) Nachrichtenzug (signals platoon) Werkstattzug (Workshop train) Ammunition supply column 25t I. Abteilung (Flak) (Major Hullmann) 1. Batterie (4x 8,8 cm) 2. Batterie (4x 8,8 cm) 3. Batterie (4x 8,8 cm) 5. Batterie (12x 2 cm) IV. Abteilung (Flak) (Captain Geicke) 6. Batterie (9 x 3,7 cm) 15. Batterie (6 x 2 cm, 6x 3,7 cm) 16. Batterie mot S. Ketten (12 x 2 cm) Schützen-Bataillon (Captain Funck) 8. Batterie mot. S. Räder (12 x 2 cm) 1. Schützen-Kompanie 3. Schützen-Kompanie Kradschützen-Kompanie II. / Flak-Regiment 43 (Major Karlhuber) 6. Batterie (4 x 8,8 cm) 7. Batterie (4 x 8,8 cm) 8. Batterie (4 x 8,8 cm) 9. Batterie (4 x 8,8 cm) 10. Batterie (12 x 2 cm) Reinforced supply column division I./200 (Major Buchmann) During Operation Barbarossa, the regiment was attached to the 11th Panzer Division, a part of Army Group South. The regiment saw action in