Ulrich von Hutten Infantry Division

The Ulrich von Hutten Infantry Division , also Volksgrenadier Division Ulrich von Hutten or Division (von) Hutten , was a German infantry division during World War II . The division was named after Ulrich von Hutten .

Division history

The division was formed on March 30, 1945 in the course of the 35th wave of formation in Wittenberg from personnel from various training institutions of the Wehrmacht, but also from the staff of the 56th Infantry Division with its former commander Blaurock and parts of the 190th Infantry Division and the 18th Infantry Division Panzer Grenadier Division , set up in the type of an infantry division 45 in Wehrkreis IV .

She arrived at Bitterfeld on April 12th as part of 11th Army and then as part of 12th Army in XX Army corps deployed in relief attack on Berlin . On April 26, the last attack operation in World War II took place near Beelitz with the formation:

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

The unit advanced north-east of Belzig towards Berlin. 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 .

Commanders

Lieutenant General Edmund Blaurock : from the establishment to mid-April 1945
Lieutenant General Gerhard Engel : from mid-April 1945 until dissolution

structure

Grenadier Regiment Ulrich von Hutten 1st
Ulrich von Hutten 2nd Grenadier Regiment
Ulrich von Hutten 3rd Grenadier Regiment
Ulrich von Hutten Artillery Regiment
Ulrich von Hutten's Fusilier Battalion
Ulrich von Hutten tank destroyer battalion
Pioneer Battalion Ulrich von Hutten (formerly Pioneer Training Battalion 845)
News Battalion Ulrich von Hutten

literature

Günther W. Gellermann: The Wenck Army. Hitler's last hope. Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 2007, ISBN 3-7637-5870-4 .
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. Pp. 233 + 234, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
Heinz Ulrich: The infantry divisions "Ulrich von Hutten" and "Theodor Körner" . Dr. Ziethen, 2016.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 25 ( google.de [accessed on January 26, 2019]).
^ 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]).
^ Günther W. Gellermann: The Wenck Army, Hitler's Last Hope: Deployment, deployment and end of the 12th German Army in spring 1945 . Bernard & Graefe, 1990, ISBN 978-3-7637-5870-8 , pp. 84 ( google.de [accessed on January 26, 2019]).

[:0-1] A ^b 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. 25 ( google.de [accessed on January 26, 2019]).

[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]).

[3] Günther W. Gellermann: The Wenck Army, Hitler's Last Hope: Deployment, deployment and end of the 12th German Army in spring 1945 . Bernard & Graefe, 1990, ISBN 978-3-7637-5870-8 , pp. 84 ( google.de [accessed on January 26, 2019]).