Bärwalde Infantry Division
The Infantry Division Bärwalde was a German Infantry Division of the Army in World War II , based in Gross-Born in the Military District II .
Division history
The division was set up as a "Gneisenau unit" on January 20, 1945 near Bärwalde in Pomerania to occupy the Pomeranian position on the Eastern Front . For this purpose, units available in the vicinity from training facilities of the Wehrmacht (including the Artillery School I from Gross-Born), remnants of other units, alarm and Volkssturm units were quickly brought together.
The division was part of the provisional corps group of Tettau together with the Pommerland infantry division . At the beginning of the division's front service, the von Tettau corps group was assigned to the 11th SS Panzer Army , and from March to the 3rd Panzer Army .
The association fought for the Dievenow bridgehead and was disbanded on March 12, 1945 after it had previously been severely decimated in battles with the Red Army .
structure
- Bärwalde Regiment 1
- Bärwalde Regiment 2
- Bärwalde Regiment 3
- Bärwalde Regiment 4
- Bärwalde Regiment 5
- Artillery Regiment Bärwalde
- Bärwalde Pioneer Battalion
- Telecommunication Battalion Bärwalde
commander
Web links
- Bärwalde division / Köslin division / Pommernland division on EHRI portal from the Federal Archives
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. P. 202, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .