Schlageter Infantry Division

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The Infantry Division Albert Leo Schlageter (RAD Division Nr. 1) was a German infantry division of the Army during World War II . The unit consisted mainly of members of the Reich Labor Service (RAD) .

Division history

Later RAD Division no. 1 "Schlageter" was as eg Infantry Division V. 1 in the course of the 35th line-up shaft on 31 March 1945 as a part of the destroyed 299th Infantry Division and RAD units on the Munster Training Area in East Prussia for the military district X set up. The division was named after Albert Leo Schlageter in April 1945 and should have a total strength of approx. 12,000 men.

The division represented a thrown together association. This was evident both in the incorporated people and in the line-up of the division. So were in the tank destroyer -Bataillon both Panzerschreck -Kompanie and an anti-aircraft and assault gun - Company present.

The division was initially the 12th Army , XXXIX. Panzer Corps , in the area west of Potsdam and subordinated to the Blumentritt Army Group from April 26th . The division arrived as part of the 3rd Panzer Army on April 29 in the area of XXXXVI. Panzer Corps deployed south of Lake Müritz against the Red Army . The Division united in goods , inter alia, with the remnants of the 281st Infantry Division and led by order of Hasso von Manteuffel (commander of the 3rd Panzer Army ) and Martin Gareis (leader XLVI. Panzer Corps) and counterclockwise OKW no counterattack on Neubrandenburg by . On May 2, 1945, the division received orders to move west in the direction of the 9th US Army , and on May 3, 1945, they fought on the southern Elde section. On the same day the division went into American captivity .

structure

  • Grenadier Regiment Schlageter 1st
  • Schlageter 2nd Grenadier Regiment
  • Grenadier Regiment Schlageter 3rd
  • Fusilier Battalion Schlageter
  • Panzerjäger Battalion Schlageter
  • Schlageter Artillery Regiment
  • Schlageter Engineer Battalion
  • News Department Schlageter

commander

Web links

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. 229 + 230, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . 14th volume, Osnabrück, 1967, p. 224
  • Klaus Voss, Paul Kehlenbeck: Last Divisions 1945 . Amun, 2000, et al. P. 42 ff.

reference

  1. ↑ Bernd Bölscher : On the banks of the Oder: Genesis of the end of the war . Books on Demand, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7357-6813-1 , pp. 300 ( google.de [accessed October 18, 2018]).