Theodor Körner Infantry Division

The Infantry Division "Theodor Körner" was a German infantry division of the Army in World War II . The unit consisted mainly of members of the Reich Labor Service (RAD).

Division history

The later RAD Division No. 3 "Theodor Körner" was formed as Infantry Division eg V. 3 in the course of the 35th wave of formation on April 4, 1945 from the staff of the 215th Infantry Division , men from the RAD of Wehrkreis III on the Döberitz military training area set up. It comprised about 10,000 men, with about 7,500 men from the RAD. The division was named after Theodor Körner a short time later .

She came to the Mulde and later in the XX. Army Corps in the 12th Army south of Berlin against Allied and Soviet troops. On April 26, the last attack operation in World War II took place near Beelitz with the formation:

on the left flank: Ulrich von Hutten Infantry Division
in the center: Scharnhorst Infantry Division
on the right flank near Niemegk with the infantry division "Theodor Körner"

The unit covered the flank in the Treuenbrietzen -Niemegk area . Overall, there was a short-term gain in space against the surprised Soviet troops.

The division was taken prisoner of war by the US in May 1945 near Tangermünde on the Elbe .

structure

Grenadier Regiments Theodor Körner 1st
Grenadier Regiments Theodor Körner 2nd
Grenadier Regiments Theodor Körner 3rd
Division Fusilier Battalion Theodor Körner
Theodor Körner Artillery Regiment
Pioneer Battalion Theodor Körner

commander

Lieutenant General Bruno Frankewitz , former commander of the disbanded 215th Infantry Division

literature

Richard W. Harrison: The Berlin Operation, 1945 . Helion & Company, 2016.

Samuel W. Mitcham (2007a). German Order of Battle. Volume One: 1st - 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. P. 268, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .

Samuel W. Mitcham (2007b). 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. 233, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .

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

Heinz Ulrich: The infantry division "Ulrich von Hutten" and "Theodor Körner" - In the last days of World War II with the 12th Wenck Army , 2016.

credentials

↑ Emanuel Hübner: The Olympic Village of 1936: Planning, Construction and History of Use . Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, 2016, ISBN 978-3-657-77988-8 , p. 247 ( google.de [accessed on November 18, 2018]).
^ Matthias Helle: Post-war years in the province: the Brandenburg district of Zauch-Belzig 1945 to 1952 . Lukas Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86732-111-2 , pp. 27 ( google.de [accessed on January 27, 2019]).

[1] Emanuel Hübner: The Olympic Village of 1936: Planning, Construction and History of Use . Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, 2016, ISBN 978-3-657-77988-8 , p. 247 ( google.de [accessed on November 18, 2018]).

[2] Matthias Helle: Post-war years in the province: the Brandenburg district of Zauch-Belzig 1945 to 1952 . Lukas Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86732-111-2 , pp. 27 ( google.de [accessed on January 27, 2019]).