Silesia Infantry Division

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The Silesian Infantry Division was set up on July 4, 1944 as a so-called Shadow Division .

The deployment took place in the course of the 28th wave of deployment on the Neuhammer military training area in Silesia for military district VIII . Headquarters was in Wadowitz .

On August 13, 1944, the Silesia Infantry Division was sent to Army Group C in Italy . The dissolution followed on August 21, 1944, with the individual units of the division largely being used to refresh the 94th Infantry Division . The Grenadier Regiment Silesia 1 came with the staff to Grenadier Regiment 281 of the 148th Infantry Division . Further battalions came to freshen up, including the 71st Infantry Division and the 98th Infantry Division .

The structure of the so-called division was:

  • Grenadier Regiment Silesia 1
  • Grenadier Regiment Silesia 2nd
  • Artillery Department Silesia
  • Pioneer Battalion Silesia

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. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , p. 231.
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 14. The Land Forces. Name associations. The air force. Flying bandages. Flak deployment in the Reich 1943–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1980, p. 224.