8. Fuse Division
The 8th Security Division was a major unit of the German Navy during World War II .
history
The division was set up on April 20, 1944 for security tasks in the area of the Danish coast from Skagerrak to Kattegat . By setting up the division, the security of the Danish coastal apron was handed over to the commanding Admiral Skagerrak . In terms of troops, the division was subordinate to the BSO .
The headquarters were in the following Danish locations: Copenhagen and, from June 1944, in Aarhus on Jutland .
Commanders
- Sea captain Max Klein (April 1944 to May 1945), former commander of the 5th Security Division
structure
- 4. Sicherungsflottille: from the in October 1943 Small coastal protection flotilla Belt , formerly Hafenschutzflottille Fredericia formed,
- 5th security flotilla: formed in October 1943 from the 19th outpost flotilla
- 8. Sicherungsflottille: in October 1943 from the Hafenschutzflottille Copenhagen formed
- 9th Security Flotilla: formed in October 1943 from the 9th Outpost Flotilla
- 10th security flotilla : formed in October 1943 from the 10th outpost flotilla , including the ship Pippilotta
- 12. Security flotilla
- 15th Security Flotilla, deployed in August 1944
- 16. Sicherungsflottille: in September 1944 from the Hafenschutzflottille Esbjerg the Seekommandantur South Jutland formed
- 5th Artillery Carrier Flotilla , until February 1945, then to 10th Security Division
- 8th barrier breaker flotilla
- 16. Outpost Flotilla
- 29. Minesweeping Flotilla
- Mine clearance ship 11 ( Osnabrück )
