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12.Volksgrenadier-Division by Jason Pipes

Unit Emblems

Lineage

Wehrgauleitung Schwerin

Infanterieführer II

12.Infanterie-Division

12.Grenadier-Division

12.Volksgrenadier-Division

Traditions

Absorbed

Mobilized

Campaigns

Notable Points

Fate

History

The 12.Volksgrenader-Division was formed in October, 1944 from the 12.Grenadier-Division, a temporary designation given to the 12.Infanterie-Division that was destroyed in July, 1944.

The newly formed 12.Volksgrenadier-Division was dispatched west to the I.SS-Panzerkorps for the Ardennes Offensive of December 1944. US Army Intelligence attributed it to be the best infantry formation in the 6.Panzerarmee at the time. The division aquitted itself well in the ensuing battles, but was forced into the general retreat of German forces from the Ardennes salient as the offensive petered out.

Later attached to the II.SS-Panzerkorps as 6.Panzerarmee was diverted to Hungary, the 12.Volksgrenadier-Division fought at the Roer river against the advancing US 9th Army, and eventually found itself encircled in the Ruhr pocket along with the rest of Heeresgruppe B in April 1945. It's last commander, Generalmajor Ernst Konig, surrendered at Wuppertal on April 18, 1945.

Organization

1944

Fusilier-Regiment 27
Grenadier-Regiment 48
Grenadier-Regiment 89
Artillerie-Regiment 12
Artillerie-Regiment I./48
Fusilier-Flak-Abteilung 12
12th Divisional Support Units

Commanders

Knights Cross Holders

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War Service

Dates	Korps	Armee	Armeegrupp	Area
10.44	LXXXI	7. Armee	B	Aachen, Hürtgenwald
11.44-12.44	LXXXI	5. Pz. Armee	B	Aachen, Ardennen
1.45	Reserve	6. Pz. Armee	B	Ardennen
2.45-3.45	LVIII	15. Armee	B	Eifel, Roer
4.45	LVIII	5. Pz. Armee	B	Ruhrkessel

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