Fortress Division Frankfurt an der Oder (Wehrmacht)
The Fortress Division Frankfurt an der Oder was a short-lived large formation of the army of the German Wehrmacht during World War II .
The division was set up in Frankfurt an der Oder in January 1945 to defend the city and from February was placed under the 9th Army . The division capitulated to the Red Army in April 1945 .
The commanding officer was Lieutenant General Hermann Meyer-Rabingen .
structure
- Fortress Grenadier Regiment 1
- Fortress Grenadier Regiment 2
- Fortress Grenadier Battalion 3rd
- Fortress Grenadier Regiment 4
- Fortress Infantry Battalion 1449
- Fortress MG Battalion 84
- Fortress Flak Battalion 829
- Artillery Replacement and Training Section 59
- Fortress Artillery Department 1325
- Fortress Artillery Department 1326
- Fortress Artillery Division 3157
- Engineer Lockdown Battalion 952
- Fortress Pak Association XXVI
literature
- Samuel W. Mitcham (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 . Pp. 209 + 210
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in the Second World War 1939–1945: Edited on the basis of documents from the Federal Archives Military Archive . Biblio Verlag, 1980, ISBN 978-3-7648-1111-2 , p. 79 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
