Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939) but it produced co-operation difficulties. A solution to the problem was twofold. Fighter units defending the North Sea coast were subordinated to "Luftgaukommando" XI (Air District Command 9) in Hanover. These fighter units would function as an autonomous fighter command, or "Jagdfliegerführer" (Fighter Flyer Leaders). The command of Fighter Command unit was given to "Oberstleutnant" Carl-August Schumacher, a former commander of II./"Jagdgeschwader" 77. Schumacher had served in the "Kaiserliche Marine" (Imperial German Navy) during the First World War and as an officer cadet had seen combat at the Battle of Jutland. It was hoped with his naval background and easy
Battle of the Göhrde the battle she was wounded and soon afterwards succumbed to her injuries in the hospital at Dannenberg. A reconstruction of the battle occurs every two years at Dahlenburg. At the Heimatmuseum in the town a diorama of the battle is on permanent display, with 1500 tin soldiers. Battle of the Göhrde The battle of the Göhrde was a battle of the War of the Sixth Coalition on 18 September 1813 between French and Coalition troops at Göhrde in Germany. The French troops were defeated and withdrew to Hamburg. It occurred near what is now the site of the Göhrde State