Stumpfeld Infantry Division

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The Stumpfeld Infantry Division (actually von Stumpfeld or (Combat) Group Stumpfeld ) was a German infantry division of the Army during World War II .

Division history

The division was set up on December 12, 1942 in Stalingrad for Army Group South and named after its commander. The association was formed from Russian and Ukrainian volunteers, defected Russian officers as well as Cossack units and German support staff (officers, NCOs). It is doubted that the association was close to division strength, which is why the name prevailed as a group . The equipment consisted mainly of Russian captured weapons and weapons from the 9th Flak Division .

The unit was subordinated to the 6th Army and defended the "Dzerzhinsky" tractor factory during the Stalingrad pocket , but was destroyed there in February 1943. There are reports that members of the unit managed to get through enemy lines from the Stalingrad pocket because of Russian equipment such as uniforms and weapons.

structure

  • Schmid Infantry Regiment with five battalions
  • Infantry regiment body with three battalions
  • Morossovskaya Cossack Battalion
  • Panzer Company Abendrot (with three T-34 and two T-70 )
  • Support unit from the 9th Flak Division
  • Artillery group

commander

literature

  • Dörr, Hans (1955). The campaign to Stalingrad - attempt at an operational overview. ES Mittler and Son, 1955.
  • Nafziger, George F. (2000). The German Order of Battle Infantry in World War II; Greenhill Books, p. 403.
  • Contributions to military and war history . German publishing company , 1974.