381st Field Training Division

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The 381st Field Training Division was a German infantry division during World War II .

Division history

The division was set up on September 8, 1942 as a field training division for Army Group A in the rear front area in southern Russia . The staff was formed by the military district XVIII and the three infantry regiments from the military districts XIII , V and VII . The soldiers of the motorized infantry regiment came from the military districts VI , VIII , IX and XIII. The division was replenished by members of the RAD .

The division was dissolved on February 26, 1943 and the former members of the division were integrated into the 17th Army . The staff remained with Army Group A and was subordinated to the Commander Crimea for coastal protection , who was also assigned to Army Group A in the 17th Army, and was only disbanded on August 10, 1943.

The only commanding officer of the division was Major General Hellmuth Eisenstuck .

structure

literature

  • Samuel W. Mitcham (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. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 82 + 83.
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 10. The Land Forces. Name associations. The air force. Flying bandages. Flak deployment in the Reich 1943–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1975, p. 27.