390th Field Training Division
The 390th Field Training Division was a German infantry division during World War II .
Division history
The division was set up on September 4, 1942 in Hanover in military district XI as a field training division for Army Group Center and deployed on the Eastern Front.
At the end of 1943 the division was used to set up the 52nd field training division and was converted into a shadow division . In February 1944 he was transferred to the 390th Security Division e.g. V.
commander
- Major General Walter Hartmann : from the establishment to February 1943
- Colonel August Wittmann : from February 1943 to May 1943
- Major General / Lieutenant General Hans Bergen : from May 1943 until the dissolution (assumption of command of the 390th Security Division)
structure
- Infantry Field Training Regiment 635 from Kassel , Military District IX : until December 1943, to the 52nd Field Training Division
- Infantry Field Training Regiment 636 from Hanover , Military District XI
- Infantry Field Training Regiment 637 from Münster , Military District VI
- No artillery or other divisional units
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. Pp. 92 + 93, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerd Niepold: Middle Eastern Front, June '44: Presentation, assessment, teaching . ES Mittler, 1985, ISBN 978-3-8132-0196-3 , pp. 140 ( google.de [accessed on February 6, 2019]).
