Fortress Division Stettin (Wehrmacht)

The Fortress Division Stettin was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht in the Second World War in the Vistula Army Group .

Division history

The division was set up on March 22, 1945 in the Pomeranian capital Stettin , Wehrkreis II , to defend the same in the course of the strategy of permanent places and the XXXII. Army Corps subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Army . With the advance of the Red Army on the city, parts of the division fled to the west, where they were later captured by British troops. The remaining parts of the division surrendered to the Red Army on April 26, 1945 and the city of Szczecin was liberated.

structure

• Fortress Regiment Stettin 1
  • Fortress Battalion 1453
  • Fortress Battalion 1454
• Fortress Regiment Stettin 2
  • Fortress Battalion 1455
  • Fortress Battalion 1456
• Fortress Regiment Stettin 3
  • Alert Battalion Over
  • Alert Battalion Roy
• Fortress Regiment Stettin 4
  • Alarm Battalion Benner
  • Alert Battalion Laase
• Fortress Regiment Stettin 5
• Fortress MG Battalion 85
• Fortress MG Battalion Stettin A
• Fortress Artillery Regiment 3132
• Fortress Pak Association VIII
• Construction Pioneer Regimental Staff 555

commander

• Major General Rudolf Höfer : from the establishment to April 1945
• Major General Ferdinand Brühl : April 1945 until dissolution

literature

• Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (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. Pp. 231 + 232, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
• Franz-Rudolf Zilm: History of the fortress and garrison Stettin , 1988