292nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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292nd Infantry Division

active February 1940 to April 4, 1945
Country German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire
Armed forces Wehrmacht
Armed forces army
Type Infantry division
structure See outline
Installation site Groß Born military training area
Commanders
list of Commanders

The 292nd Infantry Division was a military major unit of the Army of the Wehrmacht .

Division history

The division was set up in February 1940 in Groß Born / Pommern as part of the 8th wave of deployment . For the western campaign , the division was relocated to Aachen and crossed the Maas at Montherme . Several fighting broke out on the Oise-Aisne Canal . After crossing the Marne , 292nd Infantry Division was involved in the fighting at Soilly and Try.

In 1941 the division was used as part of Operation Barbarossa on the Polish-Soviet border. On June 20, 1941, pioneers of the PiBtl. 179 a pontoon bridge at Drohiczin-Rogawka over the bow , so that the 292nd and 78th Infantry Division could cross over with heavy equipment. The IR 507, 508 and 509 crossed the river under protection of the artillery with rubber boats and assault boats . On June 26, 1941, IR 508 reached the Białowieża Primeval Forest , where the Red Army tied the attackers into a heavy forest fight for several days . Furthermore, soldiers of the 292nd Infantry Division were involved in the fighting over the Jelnja bend (July to September 1941), the boiler shafts of Roslavl and Klinzy and the double battle near Vyazma and Bryansk . During the advance on Moscow the 292nd Infantry Division was stopped at Akulowo and Nikolskije.

In January 1942 the remnants of the 292nd ID, 183rd ID and 255th ID were integrated into the "Seeger" group and fought at the positions of the Istra river. During 1943, the 292nd Infantry Division was involved in the Buffalo Movement Company , the Gypsy Baron Company and the Citadel Company of the Central Army Group . The year 1944 was marked by defensive and retreat battles between Pripjet and Bug.

In 1945 the division withdrew to East Prussia . In the battle of encirclement Heiligenbeil she was crushed and dissolved on 4 April 1945th

Incorporation and subordination of the 292nd ID during the Second World War
date Army Corps army Army Group Location
June 1940 XXXXII 9th Army B. France
July 1940 XXXV 18th Army - Poland
September 1940 4th Army B.
January 1941
June 1941 IX center Brest , Białystok
August 1941 XX Panzer Group 2 Smolensk
September 1941 IX 4th Army
October 1941 XX Yelnya
November 1941 VII Vyasma
November 1941 XX south Moscow
January 1942
February 1942 4th Panzer Army Gschatsk
May 1942 3rd Panzer Army Gschatsk, Vyazma
September 1942 IX
January 1943
February 1943 XX 4th Army
April 1943 to disposal - Orel
May 1943 2nd Panzer Army
June 1943 XXXXVII
July 1943 XXXXI 9th Army
August 1943 XXXXVII
September 1943 XXXV Gomel
October 1943 2nd Army
December 1943 XX Rechyza
January 1944 Pripjet
April 1944 9th Army
May 1944
July 1944 XXIII 2nd Army
October 1944 Cavalry Corps Pinsk , Ostrow
November 1944 XXXXI Narew
January 1945 XX
February 1945 4th Army North Holy ax
April 1945 to disposal OKH - Pillau

structure

  • 507th Infantry Regiment
  • 508th Infantry Regiment
  • 509th Infantry Regiment
  • 292nd Artillery Regiment
    • I.–IV. Department
  • Motorized tank destroyer division 292
  • Bicycle Battalion 292
  • Engineer Battalion 292
  • News Section 292
  • Supply troops

people

Commanders

Division commanders of the 292nd Inf.-Div.
period of service Rank Surname
February 6, 1940 to September 29, 1941 Lieutenant General Martin Dehmel
September 29, 1941 to August 24, 1942 Lieutenant General Willy Seeger
August 24 to September 1, 1942 Lieutenant General Curt Badinski
September 1, 1942 to July 20, 1943 Lieutenant General Wolfgang von Kluge
July 20, 1943 to June 30, 1944 Lieutenant General Richard John
June 30 to September 1, 1944 Major general Johannes Gittner
September 1, 1944 to April 1945 Lieutenant General Rudolf Reichert

First General Staff Officers (Ia)

General staff officers (Ia) of the 292nd Inf.-Div.
period of service Rank Surname
February 8 to June 1, 1940 major Hubert Diermayer
June 1, 1940 to May 5, 1941 major Johannes Kirsch
May 1941 to March 14, 1942 major Joachim Meichßner
March 15 to August 29, 1942 major Jobst from talking
August 1942 major from Trotha
August 1942 to December 10, 1943 Colonel Wilhelm Deyhle
December 12, 1943 to August 1, 1944 Lieutenant colonel Erwin Fussenegger
August 1, 1944 to May 6, 1945 major Rudolf Gruener

Excellent members of the division

A total of 23 members were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and 94 with the German Cross in Gold.

Rank Surname unit Award date
lieutenant Walter Brüning Adjutant and Führer III.Btl./IR 508 January 12, 1942
First lieutenant Bernhard Kuhna Leader II.Btl./IR 508 January 12, 1942
Captain Dr. Julius Gerlach Battalion Commander III.Btl./IR 507 February 10, 1942
Colonel Hans Hahne Regimental commander IR 507 February 10, 1942
Sergeant Major Willi Zahn Platoon leader 14th Kp./Panzerjäger GR 507 July 18, 1943
lieutenant Paul Weber Leader 9th Kp./GR 508 July 25, 1943
major Josef Fischer Battalion Commander II. Btl./GR 507 August 6, 1943
Lieutenant General Wolfgang von Kluge Division commander 292nd ID August 29, 1943
Sergeant Otto Loose Gun leader 14th Kp./Panzerjäger GR 507 November 4, 1943
Major general Dipl.-Ing. Richard John Division commander 292nd ID December 20, 1943
Captain Erich Plettner Battalion Commander I. Btl./GR 507 January 1, 1944
major Günther Johanns Battalion Commander PiBtl. 292 January 9, 1944
Sergeant Major Ewald Tost Platoon leader 1. Kp./GR 507 August 27, 1944
major Joachim Heidschmidt Regimental commander GR 509 August 27, 1944
Sergeant Major Kurt Lieske Platoon leader II. Btl./GR 508 September 2, 1944
First lieutenant Walter Brauer Company commander 14th Kp./Panzerjäger GR 507 September 10, 1944
lieutenant Harro Nolte Leader 4th Kp./GR 507 October 4, 1944
major Jakob Zimmermann Regimental commander GR 509 February 1, 1945
Sergeant Major Walter Wurl Platoon leader 2nd Kp./GR 509 February 18, 1945
sergeant Wilhelm Günter Platoon leader 13th Kp./GR 508 March 5, 1945
lieutenant Heinz Meng Company commander PiBtl. 292 March 5, 1945
Major general Rudolf Reichert Division commander 292nd ID March 11, 1945

Well-known members of the division

literature

  • Günther Nitz: The 292nd Infantry Division . Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1967.
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 9. The Land Forces 281-370 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1174-9 .

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