Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1

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Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1

active January to May 1945
Country German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire
Armed forces Wehrmacht
Armed forces army
Branch of service tank
Type Panzer Division
structure structure
Commanders
list Commanders

The Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1 was a large unit of the Army of the Wehrmacht .

Division history

Areas of application:

  • Hungary : November 1944 to February 1945
  • Austria : February to May 1945

The Panzer Division (PD) Feldherrnhalle 1 was the successor unit of the Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle and was renamed on April 20, 1945. It consisted of survivors from the PGD Feldherrnhalle, which was destroyed in July 1944 during Operation Bagration near Minsk . It was deployed at the front as a tank division in January 1945. During the fighting for Budapest it was almost completely destroyed in January 1945, so that it had to be reorganized in February 1945. In May 1945 she capitulated to the Red Army near Deutsch-Brod .

insignia

The designation Feldherrnhalle should express the connection with the SA standard Feldherrnhalle. The Feldherrnhalle runes were carried on the shoulder by officers of the division. Many former members of the SA served in PD Feldherrnhalle 1 .

people

Division commanders of the Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1
period of service Rank Surname
November 27, 1944 to May 8, 1945 Major general Günther Pape

structure

  • Panzergrenadier Regiment Feldherrnhalle
  • Feldherrnhalle Fusilier Regiment
  • Artillery Regiment (mot) Feldherrnhalle
  • Tank department Feldherrnhalle
  • Tank reconnaissance department Feldherrnhalle
  • Division support troops Feldherrnhalle

literature

  • Erich Jainek: Soldiers of the Standard Feldherrnhalle. Probation at the focal points of the Second World War. DVG - Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Rosenheim 1997, ISBN 3-920722-46-9 .
  • Frank Kuhlemann: Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle. A German youth under the swastika flag. Projekt-Verlag Cornelius, Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-86634-417-4 .
  • Alfonso Escuadra Sanchez: Feldherrnhalle. Forgotten Elite. Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle and Antecedent Formations, Eastern and Other Fronts, 1939-1945 (= Stahlhelm Series. 166). Shelf Books, Bradford 2000, ISBN 1-899765-66-2 .

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