Jutland Infantry Division

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The Jutland Infantry Division was a German infantry division during World War II .

Division history

The division was set up on July 4, 1944 as a so-called shadow division in the course of the 28th wave of formation by the Wehrmacht commander in chief Denmark . The installation took place near Esbjerg on the Danish Jutland peninsula and should be completed by September. On August 3, 1944, the Jutland Infantry Division was used to set up the 19th Grenadier Division and the Jutland Infantry Division was disbanded.

On March 9, 1945, another Jutland infantry division was set up near Aalborg from recovering soldiers, so the troop strength was very weak for a division at the time of deployment. In mid-April, the division was named 325th Infantry Division Jutland , also 325th Infantry Division . The establishment of the division was not really completed by the end of the war. Nevertheless, the division was sent to the 1st Parachute Army on the Western Front and the surviving members of the division went into captivity at the end of the war.

The commander of the 325th Jutland Infantry Division was Lieutenant General Schaumberg.

The structure in 1945 was:

  • Grenadier Regiment 590 with two battalions each
  • Grenadier Regiment 591 with two battalions each
  • Grenadier Regiment 592 with two battalions each
  • Artillery Regiment 325 with two battalions each
  • Panzerjäger Company 325
  • Engineer Company 325
  • News Company 325

literature

  • Samuel W. Mitcham (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 . Pp. 216 + 217

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 63 ( google.de [accessed December 28, 2019]).