3.Panzergrenadier-Division

Unit Emblems

3.Panzergrenadier-Division Emblem

Lineage

    • Wehrgauleitung Frankfurt
    • Kommandant von Frankfurt
    • 3.Infanterie-Division
    • 3.Infanterie-Division (mot)
    • 3.Panzergrenadier-Division

History

The 3.Panzergrenadier-Division was formed in June of 1943 from the 386.Infanterie-Division (mot) and the 3.Infanterie-Division (mot) that was lost in the Stalingrad Pocket.

After formation, the 3.Panzergrenadier was sent to Italy in July 1943 where it took part in the Battles for Salerno, Cassino, the Bernhard Line, the Anzio beachhead, and then in the general retreat to Rome in May and June 1944.

The 3.Panzergrenadier-Division was transferred to Florence in late June 1944, and then was sent to the Western Front near Paris in August 1944 where it was engaged by the Allies before taking part in the general withdrawal across France, operations in and near Nancy, and then in the Battles for Metz.

The 3.Panzergrenadier-Division saw action in Aachen in November 1944 and was then rested behind the lines shortly before the Ardennes counter-offensive in December 1944, and the operations for Eifel in January 1945.

The 3.Panzergrenadier-Division was in action defending near Cologne when it wastrapped by the Allies in the Ruhr Pocket where it surrendered in April,1945.

Organization

General Composition
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8
Panzergreadier-Regiment 29
Artillerie-Regiment 3 (mot)
Panzer-Bataillon 103
Panzer-Aufkälrung-Abteilung 103
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3
Pionier-Abteilung 3 (mot)
Nachrichten-Abteilung 3 (mot)
3rd Divisional Support Units

Knights Cross Holders

War Service

DateCorpsArmyArmy GroupArea
6.43ReformingDLyon (Charbonnieres)
7.43XIV (arriving)OB SüdUpper Italy
8.43 – 10.43ReserveOB SüdUpper Italy
11.43XIV10. ArmeeOB SüdVolturno (Italy)
12.43ReserveCItaly (north of Rome)
1.44 – 3.44LXXVI14. ArmeeCAprilia (Italy)
3.44 – 6.44I. Fallsch. Korps14. ArmeeCAprilia (Italy)
7.44 (remnants)XIV14. ArmeeCNorth Italy
8.44XXXXVII1. ArmeeBMaas, Mosel
9.44XIII. SS1. ArmeeBMetz
10.44Reserve7. ArmeeBMetz
11.44 – 12.44LXXXI5. Pz. ArmeeBAachen, Ardennes
1.45XXXIX5. Pz. ArmeeBArdennes
2.45LXXIV5. Pz. ArmeeBArdennes
3.45LVIII15. ArmeeBKöln, Remagen
4.45LXXIV15. ArmeeBSauerland, Ruhr

German Bibliography

  • Die deutschen Infanterie-Divisonen, Band 1-3, by Werner Haupt
  • Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, Band 1-3, by Nobert Kannapin
  • Die Pflege der Tradition der alten Armee in Reichsheer und im der Wehrmacht, by Schirmer/Wiener
  • Die Truppenkennzeichen… der deutchen Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Band 1-4, by Schmitz/Thies
  • Der Zweite Weltkrieg im Kartenbild, Band 1-3, by Klaus-Jurgen Thies
  • Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939, by George Tessin
  • Verbände und Truppen der deutchen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS…, Band 1-14, by Georg Tessin
  • Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung 1815-1939, Teil 1, der deutschen Heer, Band 1-3, by Günter Wegner
  • Die Deutsche Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Ihre Kommando. u. Grossverbände… im Zweiten Weltkrieg, author unknown
  • Das Reichsheer und Seine Tradition, author unknown
  • Deutsche Rote Kreuz Suchdienst, Divisionsschicksale, author unknown