7th Paratrooper Division (Wehrmacht)
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7th Paratrooper Division |
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 Troop registration |
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| active | October 9, 1944 to May 4, 1945 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | air force |
| Branch of service | Paratroopers |
| Type | Paratrooper Division |
| Installation site | Venlo |
The 7th Paratrooper Division was a major unit of the Luftwaffe of the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War . The division was set up on October 9, 1944 in Venlo in the Netherlands , under its division commander Lieutenant General Wolfgang Erdmann , by renaming the Erdmann Fallschirmjäger Division , which had already been set up in Arnhem in the Netherlands in August 1944 . The division kept the association badge of the predecessor association.
The division was used on the Western Front in the Netherlands, Alsace and Northern Germany . During the retreat in the direction of Schleswig-Holstein , the division fell into Allied captivity on May 4, 1945 near Cuxhaven .
Well-known members of the division
- Rudolf Löytved-Hardegg (1905-2003), was from 1958 to 1964, as Brigadier General of the Air Force of the Bundeswehr , part of the 4th Allied Tactical Airforce (4th ATAF) of NATO
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.
