Matterstock Infantry Division

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The Infantry Division Matterstock was a German Infantry Division of the Army in World War II .

history

The division was named after its commander Lieutenant General Otto Matterstock and was set up in early February 1945 to occupy the Oder position. For this purpose, units available nearby, including from training facilities of the Wehrmacht and remnants of other units , both alarm battalions and Volkssturm units, were quickly brought together. The division was assigned to the 4th Panzer Army and Army Group Center . The division consisted of three regiments.

The division took part in the Lower Silesian Operation and was involved in the heavy fighting for the town of Guben , where it had withdrawn. The large association was finally broken up during fighting with the Red Army in Lusatia in April 1945. The remaining units were assigned to other formations of the Army Group Center.

structure

  • Otwarka Regiment
    • Grenadier Replacement Battalion 122
    • Grenadier Replacement Battalion 128
    • Alert Battalion
    • Volkssturm Battalion
  • Teermann Regiment
    • two alarm battalions
  • Grenadier Replacement Regiment 533
    • Fortress Infantry Battalion
    • Landessschützen-Training-Battalion 3
    • Engineer Replacement Battalion 3rd
    • Alert Battalion
    • four Volkssturm battalions

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. 221, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
  • Nafziger, George F. (2000). The German Order of Battle Infantry in World War II; Greenhill Books, p. 399.