What is "kampfgruppe"

In military history and military slang, the German term Kampfgruppe (pl. Kampfgruppen; abbrev. KG, or KGr in Luftwaffe usage during World War II) can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the German Wehrmacht and its allies during World War II and, to a lesser extent, in World War I. It also referred to bomber groups in Luftwaffe usage, which themselves consisted of three or four Staffeln (squadrons), and usually (but not exclusively) existed within Kampfgeschwader bomber wings of three or four Kampfgruppen per wing.

Kampfgruppe is the concept of a flexible combat formation.

Kampfgruppe may also refer to:

• The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KdA,) - paramilitary organisation in East Germany
• In the Luftwaffe, a Kampfgeschwader bomber unit consisted of several Kampfgruppen, which in terms of size were situated somewhere between squadrons and groups of Anglo-American air forces.