Security Brigade 74 (Wehrmacht)

The backup brigade 74 was a German infantry brigade of the army in the Second World War under the command of the French military .

The brigade was set up on June 30, 1944 in Montargis in occupied France . During the entire war, the brigade was mainly used in France near Belfort for security tasks. The association was also named Brigade Jesser after its commander and was disbanded after the withdrawal from France in 1944.

structure

• Security regiment 1000
• Security Regiment 1010
• Reconnaissance Department 1000

commander

• Major General Kurt von Jesser : from formation to dissolution

literature

• Peter Lieb : Conventional War or Nazi Weltanschauung ?: Warfare and Fight against Partisans in France 1943/44. Walter de Gruyter , 2012, p. 61.
• Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007). Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of WWII and Their Commanders. Mechanicsburg, PA, United States: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3353-3 , p. 208.
• Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 8. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1976, ISBN 3-7648-1083-1 , pp. 9-12.