Märkisch-Friedland Infantry Division
The Märkisch-Friedland Infantry Division (also Märkisch-Friedland Division and Lehmann Group ) was a German infantry division during World War II .
Division history
The division was set up on January 20, 1945 at Märkisch-Friedland in Pomerania to fill the Pomeranian position. To this was near units available from educational institutions of the Armed Forces (u. A. From the Artillery School Gross Born the, military training area Gross Born and remnants of other units) rapidly contracted. During the capture of Märkisch Friedland in mid-February 1945, the unit was overrun by the Red Army and largely destroyed. The remaining parts of the association escaped as so-called breakout units were only disbanded in March 1945 when the Soviets breached the Dievenower bridgehead.
The division's commanding officer was Colonel Curt Lehmann.
Despite the short time of the formation, several soldiers of the division, especially the regimental leaders, were awarded the Knight's Cross. Friedrich Buchenau received the award as leader of the Fahnenjunker Regiment 4 in the Infantry Division Bärwalde (assigned from February 1945).
structure
- Fahnenjunker -Regiment 1 ( officer cadets , Bering Regiment)
- Fahnenjunker-Regiment 2
- Fahnenjunker-Regiment 3 (Regiment Wiechec)
- Fahnenjunker-Regiment 4 (Buchenau Regiment), assigned to the Bärwalde Infantry Division from February 1945
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. Pp. 220 + 221, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
- George F. Nafziger (2000). The German Order of Battle Infantry in World War II; Greenhill Books, p. 399.