3. Fuse Division
The 3rd Security Division was a major unit of the German Navy during World War II .
history
The division was set up in mid-February 1941 for security tasks in the area of the French Atlantic coast. The staff of the leader of the outpost boats west was used for this purpose. The headquarters were in the following French locations: Brest , from May 1942 in Le Trez-Hir near Brest, from April 1942 in Nostang near Lorient and from July 1944 in Kernevel near Lorient. Initially, the division was subordinate to the Commander of Security West . On September 12, 1944, the 3rd Security Division in France (as part of the withdrawal of the Wehrmacht from France) was dissolved.
Commanders
- Captain Heinz Schiller (February 1941 to July 1941), former leader of the West Outpost Boats
- Corvette Captain Hans John (deputy from August 1941 to September 1941), later commander of the 4th Security Division
- Sea captain Arnold Bentlage (October 1941 to November 1941), later commander of the 5th Security Division
- Captain Hans Hartmann (December 1941 to August 1942)
- Sea captain Erich Breuning (September 1942 to April 1943)
- Corvette Captain Bodo Notholt (May 1943 to June 1943)
- Sea captain Karl Bergelt (July 1943 to September 1944), former commander of the 7th Security Division
structure
- 2nd outpost flotilla ( Saint-Malo )
- 7. Outpost Flotilla (Brest)
- 2nd minesweeping flotilla ( Bénodet )
- 6. Minesweeping Flotilla ( Concarneau )
- 24th minesweeping flotilla (Brest)
- 40th Minesweeping Flotilla (Brest)
- 46th Minesweeping Flotilla (Saint-Malo)
- 6th barrier breaker flotilla (Concarneau)
- 14th submarine hunting flotilla (Lorient) with ao KFK 500
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Ruge: In the coastal apron: mine search, escort, submarine hunting, outpost service . Lehmann, 1974, ISBN 978-3-469-00512-0 , pp. 78 ff . ( google.de [accessed on January 9, 2019]).
- ↑ Wolfgang Hausen: German Soldier Yearbook . Schild Verlag, 2000, p. 148 ( google.de [accessed on January 9, 2019]).
