303rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 303rd Infantry Division was a German infantry division during World War II .

Division history

The division, also known as Döberitz Infantry Division , was formed on January 31, 1945 at the Döberitz military training area near Berlin as an alarm unit for Military District III from the staff of the division zbV 611, which had been formed shortly before ; the combat units of this division came to division zbV 615; set up. The division was deployed in March on the Oder front near Küstrin and later as part of the 9th Army in the Battle of Berlin , including the Battle of the Seelow Heights . In April 1945 the division was broken up in the Halbe pocket.

Commanders

Major General / Lieutenant General Rudolf Hübner : from the establishment to March 9, 1945
Colonel Walter Scheunemann: from March 9, 1945 until dissolution

structure

Grenadier Regiment 300
Grenadier Regiment 301
Grenadier Regiment 302
303rd Artillery Regiment
Panzerjäger Battalion 303
Fusilier Battalion 303
Engineer Battalion 303
News Battalion 303
Field Replacement Battalion 303

literature

Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. P. 206, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .

credentials

^ 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. 183 ( google.de [accessed July 30, 2019]).

[1] 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. 183 ( google.de [accessed July 30, 2019]).