25th Flak Division

25th Flak Division
active	April 1, 1944 to May 1945
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Flak
Type	division
Location	Northern Italy
Butcher	Imperial Defense
commander
list of	Commanders

The 25th Flak Division was a major combat unit of the German Air Force in World War II .

history

The division was set up at the beginning of April 1944 by reclassifying the General of the Flak Artillery South . It was placed under Air Fleet 2 .

The area of responsibility was air defense in northern Italy with a special focus on the regions of Milan and Brescia . In December 1944, the division's headquarters were moved from Milan to Brescia. This moved the division's area to the Brescia- Bergamo - Trento area .

In total, the division had reported over 1,000 aircraft kills.

After the surrender of Army Group C , the division went into British captivity in early May 1945 .

Commanders

Major General / Lieutenant General Walter von Hippel : from the establishment to February 10, 1945
Colonel / Major General Oskar Vorbrugg : February 10, 1945 until dissolution
- Colonel Alfred Thomas (Commander of the Flak Regiment 131): in March 1945 as deputy commander

structure

Flak Regiment 5
Flak Regiment 131 (since 1943 in Sicily , formerly Flak Group Leuna , from the 3rd Flak Brigade)
Flak Regiment 137
Flak Regiment 149
Air Communication Company 145

Individual evidence

^ Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . Mittler, 1965, ISBN 978-3-7648-1097-9 , pp. 365 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).
↑ ^a ^b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 345 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).
^ News for the troops . Kraus Reprint, 1945 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).
^ ^A ^b Franz Thomas, Günter Wegmann: The knight's cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939-1945 . Biblio-Verl., 1991, ISBN 978-3-7648-1797-8 , pp. 263 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).

[1] Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . Mittler, 1965, ISBN 978-3-7648-1097-9 , pp. 365 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).

[:0-2] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 345 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).

[3] News for the troops . Kraus Reprint, 1945 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).

[:1-4] A ^b Franz Thomas, Günter Wegmann: The knight's cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939-1945 . Biblio-Verl., 1991, ISBN 978-3-7648-1797-8 , pp. 263 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).