147th Reserve Division (Wehrmacht)

The 147th Reserve Division was a German infantry division of the Army during World War II .

Division history

Division No. 147

The division was set up in April 1940 as Division 147 in Augsburg ( military district VII ) as a replacement division of the replacement army and remained so for the military district until October 1942.

147th Reserve Division

The 147th Reserve Division was set up in Augsburg on October 1, 1942 from Division No. 147 and Division No. 407 , formerly Division zbV 407 , replaced the replacement division in Wehrkreis VII. It operated in the Ukraine until January 1944 and the division was encircled near Zwiahel and relocated to the Eastern Front after a loss-making break from the pocket . There the division was destroyed very quickly due to insufficient combat experience / training. The survivors were used, among other things, to set up the 363rd Infantry Division and the 394th Field Training Division . The 394th Field Training Division took over the position of the division in Ukraine.

structure

For installation

• Infantry Replacement Regiment 27 Augsburg
  • Infantry Replacement Battalion 40
  • Infantry Replacement Battalion 63
  • Infantry Replacement Battalion 91
• Infantry Replacement Regiment 212 Ingolstadt
  • Infantry Replacement Battalion 316
  • Infantry Replacement Battalion 320
  • Infantry Replacement Battalion 423
• Artillery replacement. Regiment 27 Augsburg
  • Artillery Replacement Division 27
  • Artillery Replacement Division 63
  • Artillery Replacement Division 212
  • Artillery Replacement Division 268
• Pioneer Replacement Battalion 27 Ingolstadt

1942

• Reserve Grenadier Regiment 212 Korosten
  • Reserve Infantry Battalion 63
  • Reserve Infantry Battalion 316
  • Reserve Infantry Battalion 320
  • Reserve Infantry Battalion 423
  • Reserve Infantry Battalion 468
• Reserve Grenadier Regiment 268 Zwiahel
  • Reserve Infantry Battalion 91st
  • Reserve Infantry Battalion 488
• Reserve Artillery Battalion 27 Zwiahel
• Reserve Pioneer Battalion 27 Zwiahel
• Division catering office 947 Zwiahel

commander

• Major General / Lieutenant General Karl Held : April 1940 to March 1942, reactivated after his departure in 1931, promoted to Lieutenant General in February 1941
• Lieutenant General Rudolf Sintzenich : April 1942 to December 1942
• Colonel / Lieutenant General Paul Mahlmann : December 1942 to August 1943, promoted to Lieutenant General in January 1943
• Major General Paul Hoffmann : August 1943 to September 1943
• Lieutenant General Otto Matterstock : September 1943 until dissolution

literature

• Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume One: 1st - 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. Pp. 193 + 194, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .

Web links

• 1th through 199th German Infantry, Security, and Panzer Grenadier Divisions. Organizations and Histories 1939–1945 Nafziger Collection, Combined Armed Research Library.

• Division No. 147 / 147. Reserve Division on EHRI portal from the Federal Archives