Commander of the anti-aircraft artillery in Denmark

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The commander of the anti-aircraft cartillery in Denmark was a division of the German Air Force during the Second World War . It was set up in January 1944 under the name Flakstab zbV or later Flak-Führer Denmark . On November 14, 1944, the office was closed. The division commander was Major General Ludwig Schilffarth from January to February 1944 . His successor, Colonel Ludwig Grauert , led the command from March to September 1944, only to hand it over to Colonel Max Hecht on September 21, 1944 . The division staff was directly subordinate to the General of the German Air Force in Denmark, Rudolf Meister . The task was to ward off a possible Allied invasion of Denmark. Nothing was known about subordinate associations.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German flak cartillery 1935-1945. Your major formations and regiments . VDM, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , p. 125-126 .