The 100th Jäger Division (German: 100. Jäger-Division), initially designated 100th (Light) Infantry Division (100. (leichte) Infanterie-Division), was a...

117th Jäger Division was a German infantry division of World War II. The division was formed in April 1943 by the reorganization and redesignation of...

Jäger (German: [ˈjɛːɡɐ]; German for 'hunter'; sg. [der] jäger, pl. [die] jäger) is a German military term referring to specific light infantry units. In...

The 1st Mountain Division (German: 1. Gebirgs-Division) was an elite formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II, and is remembered for its...

Infantry Division (later 101st Jäger Division) 102nd Infantry Division 104th Jäger Division (previously 704th Infantry Division) 106th Infantry Division 110th...

SS-Jäger-Bataillon 502 (502nd SS Light Infantry Battalion) was a special forces unit of Nazi Germany's SS from 1943-1944. Formed in June 1943, the unit...

mountain troops (Gebirgstruppe) of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The word Jäger (meaning "hunter" or "huntsman") is a characteristic term used for light...

Wehrmacht, the regiment was under German military jurisdiction and direct German command throughout its existence, serving as part of the 100th Jäger...

the divisions were raised from 200,000 - 250,000 Luftwaffe ground, support, and other excess personnel. They were initially organized with two jäger (light...

The 5th Mountain Division (German: 5. Gebirgs-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was established in the Wehrkreis...

August and early September 1943, the division redeployed again, this time to Bihać, relieving the 114th Jäger Division which redeployed to the Adriatic coast...

involved in talks with Germany about forming a Finnish Jäger battalion as part of the Wehrmacht. Paavo Juho Talvela (originally Thorén) was born 19 January...

Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3438-7. Ripley, Tim (2003). The Wehrmacht: The German Army in World War...

1 July 1943 for the 334th Infantry Division with two grenadier battalions. The regiment replaced the Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 756, which was destroyed in...

Brandenburgers (German: Brandenburger) were members of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht special forces unit during World War II. Originally, the unit was formed...

Jäger Regiments. A division sized formation, despite its name, formed predominantly of elite Jäger Regiments. Another division formed of elite Jäger Regiments...

4th Polizei Division, a battalion of 5th Jäger Division. After being rebuilt at Pasewalk in March 1945, a kampfgruppe formed from the division joined XXXII...

served in the 28th Infantry Division but had become unnecessary as the 28th Division was restructured into a Jäger Division. The Soviet 16th Army was dislodged...

list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II. Brigades, in German army parlance prior...

The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935)...

1943, Utz was appointed commander of the newly reconstituted 100th Jäger Division, which had been destroyed at the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. Promoted...

provided detailed reports to their superiors. The Jäger Report, filed by Commander SS-Standartenführer Karl Jäger on 1 December 1941 to his superior, Stahlecker...

Légion Wallonie, lit. "Wallonia Legion") was a unit of the German Army (Wehrmacht) and later of the Waffen-SS recruited among French-speaking collaborationists...

The 71st Infantry Division Kleeblatt ("Cloverleaf Division", "Lucky One") (German: 71. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army...

of the largest-scale German atrocities to be committed by Wehrmacht troops, Of the division's approximately 12,000 soldiers 1,300 died fighting the Germans...

battalions, formed into independent regiments or attached to Wehrmacht security divisions and Einsatzgruppen, perpetrated mass-murder in the Holocaust...

The 44th Infantry Division was formed on 1 April 1938 in Vienna, about two weeks after the Anschluss of Austria. It first saw combat at the start of the...

Division 118th Jäger Division 297th Infantry Division 711th Infantry Division LXVIII Corps 71st Infantry Division 13th SS Alpine Division The order of battle...

Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well...

Allgemeine-SS position and served as an officer in Regiment 2 of the Totenkopf Division. In 1941, he was transferred by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler to serve...