280th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

280th Infantry Division

active April 22, 1942 to May 1945 (surrender)
Country German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire
Armed forces Wehrmacht
Armed forces army
Type Infantry Division
structure See outline
Stationing locations Stavanger , Bergen (Norway)
Commanders
list of Commanders

The 280th Infantry Division was a major unit of the German Wehrmacht during World War II .

Division history

The deployment of a 280th ID as part of the 10th wave of deployment began in May / June 1940 and should be completed on July 1, 1940. Due to the rapid end of the western campaign , the installation was canceled.

The division was reorganized on April 22, 1942 in occupied Norway from the aforementioned Stavanger Coast Guard Association . The coastal protection association of Stavanger emerged on March 14, 1942 from the renaming of the Stavanger Fortress Command, which was set up in Wroclaw on February 21, 1942 . The division was subordinate to the LXX. Army Corps . The division itself was only subordinate to army troops until September 1943, when some fortress battalions were incorporated. No fighting became known until the end of the war.

structure

In September 1943 the division was subordinate to the fortress battalions 655, 657 and 666. At the beginning of January 1945 the division was divided into the following units:

  • Fortress Battalion A (formed on the command route)
  • Fortress Battalion 645
  • Fortress Battalion 655
  • Fortress Battalion 658
  • Fortress Battalion 666
  • Fortress Battalion 1013
  • Fortress Battalion 1015
  • News Company 280
  • Supply Troops 280
  • Panzer company mountains

Commanders

Rank Surname Period
Lieutenant General Karl von Bereren April 22, 1942 to November 10, 1944
Lieutenant General Johann de Boer November 10, 1944 to May 8, 1945

literature

  • Romuald Bergner: Troops and Garrisons in Silesia 1740-1945 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag 1987, ISBN 3-7909-0318-3 , p. 94 f.

Web links