The 12th Luftwaffe Field Division (''German: 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division'') was a major military organization of the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...

during the

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. The Luftwaffe Field Division was formed from ''Flieger-Regiment 12'' at the end of 1942, and was assigned to

Army Group North Army Group North () was the name of three separate army groups of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Its rear area operations were organized by the Army Group North Rear Area. The first Army Group North was deployed during the invasion of Pol ...

in early 1943.Kevin Conley Ruffner: Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941–1945, Osprey Publ., Oxford 1990. . After being decimated during the fighting in the area in the

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, the division was evacuated by ship to Danzig, and employed there between Danzig and Zoppot until the beginning of May 1945, when it had been almost completely wiped out.

Known division members

* (1899–1944), was from 1933 to 1934 chief police officer of Nuremberg - Fürth and from 1939 to 1944

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member of the Reichstag. *

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References

* *Peter Schmitz / Klaus -Jürgen Thies / Günter Wegmann / Christian Zweng: The German divisions 1941–1945, Bd. 3, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996. . 12 1942 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 {{WWII-stub