The 19th Grenadier Division (German: 19. Grenadier-Division) of the German Army in World War II was formed in October 1944 from the depleted 19....
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The 553rd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 553. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during World War II that fought...
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Volksgrenadier Division. Later that month, the division was reconstituted as the 78th Grenadier Division, by renaming the 543rd Volksgrenadier Division then in...
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Infantry Division.: 13 Following a directive by OKH on 15 October 1942, every single infantry regiment in the German army was redesignated as a "Grenadier Regiment"...
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The division was initially re-formed on 21 July 1944 as the 31st Grenadier Division, but was soon re-designated as the 31st Volksgrenadier Division and...
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the division was designated 544th Grenadier Division (German: 544. Grenadier-Division). The division, initially designated 544th Grenadier Division, was...
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The 562nd Grenadier Division (German: 562. Grenadier-Division) was an infantry division of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. The division was formed on 24 July...
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The 542nd Grenadier Division (German: 542. Grenadier-Division) was a German military unit during World War II. The 542. Sperr-Division was created on 8...
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45th Division was again rebuilt as the "45th Volksgrenadier Division" in the autumn of 1944 in Poland, by renaming the short-lived 546th Grenadier Division...
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battalions were operating independently. On the divisional right flank just south of Bayeux, Grenadier Regiment 915, (with 2 battalions) were positioned...
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Kullmer (15 July 1944 - 5 april 1945) Generalleutnant Werner von Bercken (5 april 1945 - 28 Apr 1945) 558. Grenadier-Division 558. Volks-Grenadier-Division...
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15 September 1944. The division was formed on 26 August 1944 at the Döllersheim area in Austria as the 564th Grenadier Division, and was renamed Volksgrenadier...
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Volksgrenadier (redirect from Volksgrenadier Division (Germany))
Volksgrenadier, also spelt Volks-Grenadier, was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the autumn of 1944 after the double loss of...
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560th Grenadier Division, itself created on 1 August 1944 under the command of Erich Hofmann. It contained the 1128th, 1129rd and 1130th Grenadier Regiments...
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redesignating the 563rd Grenadier Division, under the command of Ferdinand Brühl. It contained the 1147th, 1148th and 1149th Grenadier Regiments, and the 1563rd...
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The 548th Grenadier Division was a German Infantry Division during World War II. The division was formed in Lithuania on 11 July 1944 and fought on the...
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Nachrichten-Bataillon 22 Pionier-Bataillon 22 Divisionstab Grenadier-Regiment 16 Grenadier-Regiment 47 Grenadier-Regiment 65 Artillerie-Regiment 22 Panzerjäger-Abteilung...
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1944 to 1945. It was formed as the 549th Grenadier Division in July 1944 and became a volksgrenadier division several months later. Fighting on the Eastern...
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having been formed from the so-called Schatten-Division Döllersheim. At the end of November Grenadier-Regiment 330 was destroyed at Geilenkirchen during...
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July 1944, it was originally designated as the 561st Grenadier Division. The 561st Grenadier Division was raised in July 1944 and placed under the leadership...
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massif. In January the division was assigned the Ost-Btl. 555 as III./755; temporarily renamed Stab III and 9.-12. Kp. Grenadier-Rgt. 755 in early 1944...
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553. Grenadierdivision - (later Volksgrenadierdivision) - Oberst Erich Löhr 1119. Grenadier-Regiment 1120. Grenadier-Regiment 1121. Grenadier-Regiment...
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infantry divisions in the summer of 1944, they started organizing volksgrenadier ("people's grenadier") divisions, which were new infantry divisions with...
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on 3 August 1944 as the 36th Grenadier Division and renamed the 36th Volksgrenadier Division in October 1944. The division was formed in October 1936 with...
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Ullrich replacing him as divisional commander. In 1945 he was tasked with raising a new division, 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar, which he...
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Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 326 Grenadier-Regiment 751, I and II Battalions Grenadier-Regiment 752, I and II Battalions Grenadier-Regiment...
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division were surrounded in the Heiligenbeil Pocket. Its commander was Generalleutnant Wolf Hagemann. 541. Grenadier-Division 541. Volks-Grenadier-Division...
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212th Signal Detachment Supply Troops 316th Grenadier Regiment 320th Grenadier Regiment 423rd Grenadier Regiment 212th Fusilier Battalion 212th Field...
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According to Scherzer as leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 3 "Oberrhein" (553. Volksgrenadier-Division). According to Scherzer as commander of the...
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Pencz, R. (2010). For the Homeland: The 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division in World War II. Stackpole military history series. Stackpole Books...
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