9th Paratrooper Division (Wehrmacht)

The 9th Paratrooper Division was a major unit of the Luftwaffe of the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War .

history

The division was set up on September 24, 1944 in Stargard in Pomerania . The unit was deployed on the Eastern Front in the area east of Szczecin .

During the Battle of the Seelow Heights (April 16-19, 1945) the division fought under General Bruno Bräuer in the Association of the XI. SS army corps against the Soviet troops in the Oder - bridgehead near Küstrin . The front was broken through at Zechin and Letschin and the defeated division was pushed back to Wriezen via Gusow and Buckow . During the Battle of Berlin , the remnants of the unit were smashed in Berlin-Neukölln until May 2nd .

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.