Passage: The unit was split into two regiments in December 1939, with Fegelein in charge of both. By March 1941 their strength was 3,500 men. In July 1941, they were assigned to the Pripyat swamps (punitive operation), tasked with rounding up and exterminating Jews and partisans. The two regiments were amalgamated into the SS Cavalry Brigade on 31 July, twelve days after the operation started. Fegeleins final report, dated 18 September 1941, states that they killed 14,178 Jews, 1,001 partisans, and 699 Red Army soldiers, with 830 prisoners taken. The historian Henning Pieper estimates the actual number of Jews killed was closer to 23,700. The SS Cavalry Brigade took serious losses in November 1941 in the Battle of Moscow, with casualties of up to 60 per cent in some squadrons. Fegelein was appointed as commander of the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer on 20 April 1943. This unit saw service in the Soviet Union in attacks on partisans and civilians. In addition, SS Cavalry regiments served in Croatia and Hungary.
According to Fegeleins final report, which two groups suffered the most deaths? How many months after Fegelein issued his final report did the SS Cavalry Brigade suffer serious losses in the Battle of Moscow? How many months after Fegelein took charge of both regiments was he appointed as commander of the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer? How many months after the unit was split into two regiments were the two regiments amalgamated into the SS Cavalry Brigade? How many months was the unit split into 2 regiments prior to being amalgamated into the SS Cavalry Brigade? How many more Jews did Henning Pieper estimate were killed than were reported in Fegeleins final report? How many more Jews were killed according to Fegeleins final report than Red Army soldiers? How many more Jews were killed according to Fegeleins final report than partisans? How many more partisans were killed according to Fegeleins final report than Red Army soldiers? How many total killed did Fegeleins final report state? What date did the punitive operation begin? What date did the two regiments begin the operation in Pripyat swamps? Who all did Fegeleins final report state were killed?