391st Field Training Division

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The 391st Field Training Division was a German infantry division during World War II .

Division history

The division was set up on August 31, 1942 as a field training division for the Army Group Center in the Soviet Union , which could not be used at the front . For this purpose, people from the military districts I , XII and X were brought together. On September 11, 1942, people from the Reich Labor Service of the year 1924 replenished the number .

In mid-November 1943 the regrouping took place and together with units of the 390th field training division the 52nd field training division was formed as a result. The original 391st field training division was reclassified into a shadow dision as part of the 23rd wave of deployment that followed in January 1944 .

In March 1944 the division was transferred to Army Group North and disbanded the following month. Most of the 567 Grenadier Regiment was surrendered to the 331st Infantry Division . Battalion II went to the 78th Sturm Division as a Sturm Division . Grenadier Regiment 718 was subordinated as Regiment 463 of the 263rd Infantry Division and the Grenadier Regiment 720 as Regiment 173 of the 87th Infantry Division .

The staff had already been renamed the 391st Security Division zb V. at the end of March 1944 .

The sole commanding officer was the major general , later promoted to lieutenant general in this position , Albrecht Baron Digeon von Monteton .

structure

By January 1944

  • 718 Infantry (Field Training) Regiment (Military District I), January 1944 I. at 52nd Field Training Division
  • 719 Infantry (Field Training) Regiment (Military District XII), January 1944 Staff and II. At 52nd Field Training Division
  • 720 Infantry (Field Training) Regiment (Military District X), January 1944 II. At 52nd Field Training Division
  • No artillery and division units

From January 1944

  • Grenadier Regiment 567, from Field Training Regiment 719
  • Grenadier Regiment 718, from Field Training Regiment 718
  • Grenadier Regiment 720, from Field Training Regiment 720

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. 93 + 94.

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