13th Flak Brigade

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The 13th Flak Brigade was a large unit in brigade strength of the Luftwaffe in World War II . The brigade staff was set up in June 1942.

Mission history

Initially set up under the name Flak Brigade XIII for use in Finland , the brigade staff took over the operational management of all German flak forces in Finland. The command post was in Rovaniemi . As of November 1, 1943, it was under her control

  • Flak Regiment 142 as Flakgruppe Finland
  • Flak-Regiment 181 as Flakgruppe Lappland
  • Flak Regiment 229 as a Flakgruppe Eismeer

In total, the firepower of the anti-aircraft brigade at that time amounted to twelve anti-aircraft divisions. After Finland's armistice with the Soviet Union on September 19, 1944, the armed forces units still in Finland were asked to evacuate the country. In the course of the Lapland War , the command post of the 13th Flak Brigade had to be relocated to Banak in Northern Norway. At the end of 1944 the Flak Brigade had 14 anti-aircraft divisions with 96 batteries , including only one heavy and 14 mixed anti-aircraft divisions. Another nine anti-aircraft alarm batteries were under her control.

As a result of the withdrawal of the Wehrmacht from Finland, the brigade staff was disbanded on February 9, 1945. The regiments under her command were shipped to Germany as soon as possible and thrown there as ground troops on the collapsing eastern and western fronts.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Ernst Buffa June 20 to December 21, 1942
Major general Wolfgang Freytag December 22, 1942 to December 19, 1944
Colonel Kurt Schwerdtfege December 20, 1944 to February 6, 1945

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German flak cartillery 1935-1945. Your major formations and regiments . VDM, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , p. 150 .