Division "von Manteuffel"
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Division "von Broich" / Division "von Manteuffel" |
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 Sign of the DAK: palm with swastika |
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| active | November 15, 1942 to June 30, 1943 (formal dissolution) |
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.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| structure | structure |
| Insinuation | 5th Panzer Army |
| Installation site | Tunis |
| Second World War | Africa campaign |
| Commanders | |
| please refer | Commanders |
The "von Broich" division , later the "von Manteuffel" division, was a large association of the German armed forces with mixed troops .
history
During the occupation of French Tunisia, which began on November 9, 1942, as a result of the German-Italian defeat in the second battle of El Alamein and the Allied landings in French Morocco and Algeria in Operation Torch , the German troops formed several staff units to lead the already troops in the country. The "Stab Harlinghausen" led the troops in and around Tunis while the "Stab Lederer" coordinated all the troops in the bridgehead around Bizerte . On November 18, command of the staff passed to Colonel Friedrich von Broich . At this time, the subordinate units were formed into the "von Broich" division, which was tasked with taking up defensive positions against the Allied troops advancing from the west. Due to further reinforcements, the division had a nominal strength of seven battalions with 7,629 men on December 1st . It was composed of paratroopers , infantry landed in Tunis from the Tunis field battalions , and an Italian regiment. On November 19th it was the LXXXX. Army corps under Lieutenant General Walther Nehring . The corps was absorbed into the newly formed 5th Panzer Army on December 8th, Colonel General Hans-Jürgen von Arnims . Until the complete arrival of the Panzer Army Africa retreating from Italian Libya on January 28, 1943, the "von Broich" division together with the 334th Infantry Division and the 10th Panzer Division attempted the defensive lines of Bizerte and northern Tunisia to extend as far as possible to the southwest to cover the retreat.
On February 5, 1943, Colonel von Manteuffel took over the division and participated in the Battle of Tunisia (Tuniskessel). The division took part in numerous defensive battles and was able to successfully bind the Allied formations through counter attacks. On March 31, von Manteuffel collapsed from exhaustion and was sent back home. With the transfer he was promoted to major general. With the last commander Lieutenant General Bülowius, the division went into British captivity with the surrender of the 5th Panzer Army on May 11, 1943.
Commanders
- November 18, 1942 to February 5, 1943 - Colonel / Major General Friedrich Freiherr von Broich
- February 7 to March 31, 1943 - Colonel / Major General Hasso von Manteuffel
- March 31 to May 9, 1943 - Lieutenant General Karl Bülowius
structure
- Divisional troops
- Division staff
- Motor vehicle column (motorized) "Weber"
- Workshop company (motorized) 215
- Medical company "Burgass"
- Catering Office (mot.)
- Field post office (mot.)
- Subordinate units
- Air Force Regiment (motorized) "Barenthin" (Air Force)
- Panzer Grenadier Regiment (motorized) 160
- Paratrooper Pioneer Battalion (motorized) 11 (Air Force)
- Motorized tank news train 190
- Bersaglieri Regiment (mot.) 10 (Italian)
- IV./ "Africa" Artillery Regiment (motorized) 2
- Flak combat force (Luftwaffe)
Remarks
- ^ Douglas E. Nash: Rommel's Lost Battalions. 2012, pp. 14-16.
literature
- Douglas E. Nash: Rommel's Lost Battalions. In: Army History. No. 84, 2012, ISSN 1546-5330 , pp. 6-24. ( PDF; 11.1 MB ).
- Janusz Piekalkiewicz: The Second World War. ISBN 3-89836-472-0 .
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 14. The Land Forces. Name associations. The air force. Flying bandages. Flak deployment in the Reich 1943–1945 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1980, ISBN 3-7648-1111-0 , p. 31 ( limited preview in Google Book search).