21st Flak Brigade

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The 21st Flak Brigade was a brigade-strength task force of the Luftwaffe in World War II . The establishment of the brigade staff took place on April 19, 1943 by converting the regimental staff of the Flak Regiment 93. The command post was Nuremberg .

Mission history

Initially set up under the name Flak Brigade XXI , the brigade staff took over the operational management of all flak forces in the northern Bavaria - Regensburg - Danube area . On November 1, 1943, the following were subordinate to the brigade staff:

  • Flak Regiment 93 as Flakgruppe Nürnberg
  • Flak Regiment 179 as Flakgruppe Schweinfurt
  • Flak regiment z. b. V. as Flak Group Regensburg (renamed Flak Regiment 71 from December 1943) and the
  • Flak-headlight regiment 199 as Flak-headlight group Nuremberg

The Flak Regiment 179 was responsible for the air protection of the ball and roller bearing factories that were important to the war effort in this area. The flak regiment z. b. V. in Regensburg was responsible for protecting the Messerschmitt works there. The air protection tasks assigned were also reflected in the high firepower of the anti-aircraft regiments. In the greater Schweinfurt area, 47 heavy batteries , 4 medium and light batteries and in Regensburg a further 17 heavy and 7 medium / light batteries were stationed.

In September 1944, the brigade staff was removed from its previous field of activity and relocated to the central German industrial area. Leuna became the command post . Here he was subordinate to October 8, 1944

  • Flak Regiment 33 as Flakgruppe Halle and that
  • Flak Regiment 145 as Flakgruppe Leuna

At the end of December 1944, 73 heavy flak batteries were stationed in this area. There were also 2 medium / light batteries and 9 headlight batteries and 2 fog companies. When the situation on the Eastern Front worsened in January 1945, the Flak Regiment 145 was transferred to the Oder Front. There she was part of the 15th Flak Brigade . The regiment was crushed by the Red Army in the second half of April 1945 . However, individual parts and the regimental commander were able to withdraw to the west and surrender to the American units there.

The Flak Regiment 33 remained entrusted with the air protection of the industrial plants in the Halle area after the separation of the Flak Regiment 145. On April 13, 1945 the attack wedge of the 2nd US Infantry Division reached Leuna and Merseburg , which forced the German flak forces to go into ground combat. However, since there were no infantry units of their own to protect the flak batteries, some of which were permanently stationed, these were individually rolled up, smashed or occupied by the American units until April 19, 1945.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel Alfred Heller April 19, 1943 to October 22, 1944
Colonel Gustav Nordmeyer October 23, 1944 to April 13, 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. 163-164 .