6th Paratrooper Division (Wehrmacht)

6th Paratrooper Division - 6th Fsjg.-Div. - XX
Troop registration
active	June 1944 to May 1945
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Wehrmacht
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Paratroopers
Type	Paratrooper Division
Installation site	France
commander
Division commander	Lieutenant General von Heyking

Soldiers of the 6th Fsjg.-Div.

The 6th Fallschirmjäger Division (short: 6th Fsjg.-Div. ) Was a major unit of the Luftwaffe of the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War . The division was set up in France in June 1944 under Lieutenant General von Heyking .

Before the end of the line-up, the major unit went to the front north of Paris . During the retreat the majority became the Division on 4 September 1944 in the cauldron of Mons in Allied captivity. Remnants made their way to the Netherlands. Here the division was newly formed with recruits. The large association went into British captivity in May 1945 near Amersfort in the Netherlands .

literature

• Werner Haupt : mountain troops, paratroopers and others. German special divisions 1935–1945. Dörfler, 2001, ISBN 3-89555-906-7 .
• Volkmar Kühn : German paratroopers in World War II. Verlagshaus Würzburg, 2006, ISBN 978-3-88189-635-1 , pp. 410-429.