101st Jäger Division (Wehrmacht)
101st Light Infantry Division |
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active | December 1940 to May 1945 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
Armed forces | army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | structure |
Installation site | Prague |
Second World War | Battle of Kharkov (1942) , Kuban bridgehead |
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The 101st light infantry division and later the 101st Jäger division was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht during World War II .
Division history
- Operations rooms of the 101st Light Infantry Division
- Germany : December 1940 to June 1941
- Eastern Front , Southern Section: June 1941 to July 1942
The 101st light ID was deployed in Prague in December 1940 as a division of the 12th wave of deployment . It consisted of parts of the 35th Infantry Division , border infantry and various fortress units. From 1940 to June 1941 the division was in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and had a brief deployment in the Balkan campaign . In the summer of 1941 she was on the border with the Soviet Union pulled together and took as part of Army Group South on Operation Barbarossa part. Her stations during the war against the Soviet Union were Przemysl , Uman , Kiev , Kharkov , the Donets Basin and Isjum . In July 1942 it was renamed the 101st Jäger Division.
- Operations rooms of the 101st Jäger Division
- Eastern Front, Southern Section: July 1942 to October 1944
- Slovakia , Hungary and Austria : October 1944 to May 1945
The renaming to the Jäger Division took place during the Battle of Kharkov . From mid-1942 the 101st Jäger Division took part in the offensive in the southern sector and advanced into the Caucasus. As a result of the defeat of Stalingrad , she had to retreat to the Kuban bridgehead after heavy losses in battles with the Red Army and partisans . At the end of 1943, the division was evacuated across the Kerch Strait and gathered on the Lower Dnieper . Together with the 1st Panzer Army , it was surrounded by Soviet troops in March 1944, but was able to join forces with the XLVI. Liberate Panzer Corps. She withdrew via western Ukraine , from there to Slovakia in October 1944 . This was followed by a further retreat via Hungary and Austria. The 101st Jäger Division surrendered in May 1945 when it was reduced to combat group strength.
people
period of service | Rank | Surname |
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December 10, 1940 to June 26, 1941 | General of the artillery | Erich Marcks |
June 26, 1941 to April 11, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Brauner von Haydringen |
April 11 to July 6, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Erich Diestel |
period of service | Rank | Surname |
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July 6 to September 1, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Erich Diestel |
September 1, 1942 to July 12, 1944 | General of the mountain troops | Emil Vogel |
July 12, 1944 to May 8, 1945 | Lieutenant General | Dr. Walter Assmann |
period of service | Rank | Surname |
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December 10, 1940 to February 5, 1942 | Lieutenant colonel | Volkmar Schöne |
6: July to October 20, 1942 | major | Hans-Joachim Ludendorff |
October 20, 1942 to November 15, 1943 | Lieutenant colonel | Gernot Nagel |
November 15, 1943 to May 1945 | Lieutenant colonel | Franz Vital |
Well-known members of the division
- Willi Heinrich served in the 1st Battalion / 258. Jäger Regiment of the 101st Jäger Division and was wounded five times. After the war, Heinrich wrote well-known novels such as “The patient meat”, “In Stolzer Trauer”, “So long, Archie” and others. In his war novel “The patient meat” he processed his traumatic war memories and, among other things, accused the inhumane command structure of the Wehrmacht .
- Hans Liebherr , master builder, inventor and company founder of the construction machine group Liebherr served in this division.
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101st Jäger Division 1942 |
101st Jäger Division 1944 |
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reception
The film " Steiner - The Iron Cross " is based on the war experiences of the 101st Jäger Division in the Crimea.
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 6. The Land Forces 71-130 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1172-2 .
- Willi Weinmann: The 101st Jäger Division in documents, pictures and reports , self-published, Offenburg (Marbach aN) 1966, publisher. Traditions-Verband, Sozial Hilfswerk 101. Jäger-Div. e. V. Offenburg.
- Hans Kissel : Attack of an infantry division: the 101st light infantry division in the spring battle near Charkow in May 1942 , Scharnhorst Buchkameradschaft , Heidelberg 1958.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ was filmed as " Steiner - The Iron Cross ".
- ↑ Fanhomepage by Willi Heinrich. Niki Gabel and Riet Stroomer, accessed February 24, 2011 .