286th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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286th Infantry Division |
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| active | December 17, 1944 to February 1945 |
| Country |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry division |
| Second World War | Eastern Front |
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| Please refer: | Commanders |
The 286th Infantry Division was a German infantry division during World War II .
Division history
The division was formed on December 17, 1944 near Memel in East Prussia from the 286th Security Division in the area of the 3rd Panzer Army . Due to the Soviet offensive in East Prussia, the deployment and training was no longer completed. The association got involved in the fighting for East Prussia and was smashed in February 1945 near Neukuhren in East Prussia.
Then the remains of the combat units of the division in mid-April 1945, according to Swinoujscie sent and shared with the previous Infantry Division Raegener in the Education Division 286 renamed. The remnants of the staff units of the 286th Infantry Division remained in Samland and formed the staff of Division zbV 619 .
structure
- Grenadier Regiment 926 with two battalions
- Grenadier Regiment 927 with two battalions
- Grenadier Regiment 931 with two battalions
- Artillery Regiment 286 with three battalions
- Field Replacement Battalion 286
- News Department 286
- Field Replacement Battalion 286
Commanders
- Lieutenant General Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt : December 1944
- Lieutenant General Wilhelm Thomas (1892–1976): December 1944 to January 1945, formerly commander of the 203rd Security Division
- Colonel Willi Schmidt: January 1945
- Major General Emmo von Roden (fate unknown 1892–1945): January 1945 to April 1945
Staff officers
- Major Meyer: 1945
- Major Job von Witzleben : 1945
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. P. 336, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .
- Nafziger, George F. (2000). The German Order of Battle Infantry in World War II; Greenhill Books, p. 275.
Web links
- 286th Security Division / 286th Infantry Division on EHRI portal from the Federal Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ Norbert Kannapin: The German field post: Organization u. Location 1939-1945 . Biblio-Verlag, 1979, ISBN 978-3-7648-1169-3 , pp. 88 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2018]).