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244th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 244th Infantry Division () was an Infantry Division, infantry division of the German Army (1935–1945), German army in World War II. History Formation and early service The 244th Infantry Division was founded on 8 September 1943 as a ''static division'' () in the Antwerp area under control of 15th Army (Wehrmacht), 15th Army and supervision by Wehrkreis I (East Prussia). Wehrkreis I had formed the ''Division E'' for recovering wounded soldiers on 19 June and used this Division E personnel for the formation of the 244th Infantry Division. Additionally, the division was joined by supply units of the former 39th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 39th Infantry Division, which had sustained heavy casualties in the southern sectors of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front and was subsequently dissolved. The initial divisional commander was Martin Gilbert (general), Martin Gilbert. Initially, the division consisted of Grenadier Regiment 932, 933 and 934, as well as Artil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Army (1935–1945)
The German Army (, ; ) was the Army, land forces component of the ''Wehrmacht'', the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946. During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million Wehrmacht foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts served in the German Army. Only 17 months after Adolf Hitler announced the German rearmament programme in 1935, the army reached its projected goal of 36 Division (military), divisions. During the autumn of 1937, two more corps were formed. In 1938 four additional corps were formed with the inclusion of the five divisions of the Austrian Armed Forces, Austrian Army after the Anschluss, annexation of Austria by Germany in March. During the period of its expansion under Hitler, the German Army continued to develop concepts pioneered during World War I, combining ground and air units into combined arms forces. Coupled with operational and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LXXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
The LXXXV Army Corps () was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps existed between 1944 and 1945 and had been preceded by a formation known as Group Knieß (), with its command designated General Command Knieß () between 1943 and 1944. History Group Knieß, also known as General Command Knieß, was formed in October 1943 in southern France. The formations was named after its initial commander, Baptist Knieß. Under the supervision of the 19th Army, Group Knieß remained on defensive duty in France until the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. On 10 July 1944, Corps Kniess was upgraded to become the LXXXV Army Corps. The LXXXV Army Corps remained under the supervision of the 19th Army until December 1944, when the corps was transferred to the 7th Army in the Ardennes. After a stay in the Saar Palatinate region between February and March 1945 under the 1st Army, the LXXXV was transferred back to the 7th Army in Hesse and Thuringia in April. At the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falaise Pocket
The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. Allied forces formed a pocket around Falaise, Calvados, in which German Army Group B, consisting of the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly ), were encircled by the Western Allies. The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine, which opened the way to Paris and the Franco-German border. Six weeks after the 6 June 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, German forces were in turmoil, having expended irreplaceable resources defending the frontline and with Allied air superiority threatening the availability of food and ammunition. However, on the Allied side, British forces had expected to liberate Caen immediately after the invasion, an operation which ended up taking nearly two months, and US forces had expected to control Saint-Lô by the 7 June, yet German resistance delayed this u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
242nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 242nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Army in World War II. World War II 242. Infanterie-Division was formed in Gross-Born (Borne Sulinowo) on 9 July 1943, when Division A, formed from convalescents of the disbanded 298. Infanterie-Division, was re-designated. From 8 August to 5 October 1943, the unit was subordinated to 15th Army in Antwerp and Gent in Belgium, before being transferred to 19th Army under Army Group G in Toulon, France. In 1944, the division fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon. After being ordered to defend Toulon to the last bullet, and to give the rest of Army Group G a chance to withdraw, Generalleutnant Johannes Bäßler and his 242nd division held out for 10 days, until 26 August 1944, when Bäßler was critically wounded and surrendered the division. The division was formally disbanded on 7 October 1944. Order of Battle 1944 ;Commanders *Generalleutnant () is the German-language variant of lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36th Infantry Division (United States)
The 36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead") also known as the "Panther Division", the "Lone Star Division", , history.army.mil, last updated 20 May 2011, accessed 23 January 2017 "The Texas Army", and the "T-patchers", is an infantry division (military), division of the U.S. Army and part of the Texas Army National Guard. The 36th Infantry Division was first organized during World War I (1914–1918) from units of the Texas and Oklahoma National Guards. After the war, the division was reformed as an all-Texas unit, and was called to service for World War II (1937–1945) on 25 November 1940, was deployed to the European Theater of Operations in April 1943, and returned to the Texas National Guard in December 1945. In late 1941, a unit of the 36th Infantry, the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, was deta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
45th Infantry Division (United States)
The 45th Infantry Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the United States Army, most associated with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, from 1920 to 1968. Headquartered for most of its history in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the guardsmen fought in both World War II and the Korean War. The 45th Infantry Division guardsmen saw no major action until they became one of the first National Guard units activated in World War II in 1941. They took part in intense fighting during the Allied invasion of Sicily, invasion of Sicily and the Allied invasion of Italy#Salerno landings, attack on Salerno in the 1943 Italian Campaign (World War II), Italian Campaign. Slowly advancing through Italy, they Battle of Anzio, fought at Anzio until the capture of Rome. After landing in France during Operation Dragoon, they joined the 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany, drive into Germany that ended the European theatre of World War II, War in Europe. After a brief inactivation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Infantry Division (United States)
The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) (nicknamed Rock of the Marne) is a combined arms division (military), division of the United States Army based at Fort Stewart, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is a subordinate unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps under U.S. Army Forces Command. Its current organization includes a division headquarters and headquarters battalion, two armored brigade combat team#Armored brigade combat team, brigade combat teams, one Army aviation, aviation brigade, a division artillery, a sustainment brigade and a combat sustainment support battalion along with a maneuver enhancement brigade. The division has a distinguished history, having seen active service in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and in the Iraq War (US phase 2003-2011), and in the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021). The Medal of Honor has been awarded to 61 members of the 3rd Infantry Division, making the division the most honored in the Army. The division fought Western Front (World War I), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
148th Infantry Division
The German 148th Reserve Division (German: ''148. Reserve-Division'') was a German reserve infantry formation during the Second World War. It was made up of three infantry regiments (the 281st, 285th, and 286th) and an artillery regiment. Initially an occupation force in southern France, serving as a depot for rest and rifitting, it was activated as an infantry division and fought in Italy from 1944 to 1945. Redesignated the 148th Infantry Division (German: ''148. Infanterie-Division'') in September 1944 to fight the allied invasion during Operation Dragoon, it later fought in the Po River battles, surrendering to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force on April 28, 1945, after being encircled in the Battle of Collecchio, near the city of Fornovo di Taro at Galano. History During Operation Dragoon, the 148th was ordered to counterattack against the beaches at Le Muy, where the US 45th Infantry Division had landed. The German plan was to throw the Allies in the Le Muy – Saint-Raph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
338th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 338th Infantry Division () was a division of the German Army in World War II. In 1944, the division was in southern France, and fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon. Order of Battle 1944 *757th Fortress Grenadier Regiment (two battalions) *758th Fortress Grenadier Regiment (two battalions) *759th Fortress Grenadier Regiment (two battalions) *338th Artillery Regiment (three battalions) *338th Panzerjäger Battalion *338th Reconnaissance Battalion *338th Pioneer Battalion *338th Signals Battalion Commanders The following commanders commanded the 338th Infantry Division: * 10 Nov 1942 to 5 Jan 1944: Generalleutnant Josef Folttmann * 5 Jan 1944 to 18 Sep 1944: Generalleutnant René de l'Homme de Courbière * 18 Sep 1944 to Oct 1944: Generalmajor Hans Oschmann * Oct 1944: Oberst ''Oberst'' () is a senior field officer rank in several German language, German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Colonel. It is currently used by both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
189th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 189th Infantry Division was a reserve division of the German Army in World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... Operational history *September 26, 1942: Formation of the 189. Reserve-Division *December 6, 1942: The 189. Reserve-Division is renamed 189. Infanterie-Division (B) *May 15, 1943: The 189. Reserve-Division is reformed in France from Division Nr. 189. In 1944, it fought against the Allied landings in Operation Dragoon in the South of France and suffered heavy losses. *October 8, 1944: The 189. Infanterie-Division was reformed in France from the 189. Reserve-Division and the 242. Infanterie-Division. *February 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division is destroyed in the Colmar Pocket. *March 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division was reformed again and fough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 198th Infantry Division () was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II. Initially assembled in December 1939, the 198th Infantry Division participated in the German invasion of Denmark as well as the occupation of Copenhagen on 9 April 1940. The division was subsequently transferred in July 1940 to serve occupation duty in German-occupied France between July 1940 and March 1941. It was then sent to the German-aligned Kingdom of Romania and transferred through the German-friendly Kingdom of Bulgaria to participate in the German invasion of Greece in early April 1941. After the German victory in Greece, it was redeployed to Romania, from where it participated in the German invasion of the Soviet Union ("Operation Barbarossa") on 22 June 1941. The 198th Infantry Division remained in combat on the Eastern Front against the forces of Soviet Union until early 1944. It participated in the First Battle of Rostov, Winter campaign of 1941/42, the German summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
716th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 716th Static Infantry Division (German: ''716. Infanterie-Division'') was a Nazi Germany, German World War II infantry division. It was raised on May 2, 1941, and sent to German military administration in occupied France during World War II, German-occupied France in June 1941. Many of the division's troops were elderly Germans and Conscription in Germany, conscripts from other German-occupied countries. The division also had some young German conscripts as well. As a ''bodenständig'' (static unit), it was not equipped with the standard configuration of vehicles and heavy weapons. Much of the division's artillery and anti-tank guns were from captured armaments. It is well-known for its involvement as a defensive unit in the Allied Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. Divisional history The 716th Infantry Division was mobilized for occupation duties in the 15th Wave Replacement Army on 2 May 1941 in Wehrkreis VI in Munster. After formation in Bielefeld, and transfer to Occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
