Unit Emblems Mobilized Part of standing Army in 1939, 1st mobilization wave History Formed in 1936, the 26.Infanterie-Division was comprised mainly ofWestphalian Rheinlanders and a small portion of East Prussians. It wasknown as the “Dom-Division” after the stylized divisional emblem itadopted of the Great Cathedral at Cologne’s twin spires. It was notinvolved in the […]
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History The 1.Marine-Infanterie-Division was formed in February of 1945 in Stettinfrom Marine-Schützen-Brigade Nord.For some reason, the division has different designations in variousdocuments: The 1.Marine-Schützen-Division in the SchematischeKriegsgliederung, the 1.Marine-Division in the Feldpostübersicht, and the1.Marine-Infanterie-Division in the despatches sent from the divisionto Kriegsmarine HQ. The correct designation for this unit is 1.Marine-Infanterie-Division.The 1.Marine-Infanterie-Division was organised like […]
Commanders: Kapitän zur See Hollweg, 3.45 – 5.45 Formed 3.45 in Steenwijk from 4. Schiffs-Stamm-Regiment Marine-Schützen-Regiment 161 Marine-Schützen-Regiment 162 Marine-Schützen-Regiment 163 The division is not mentioned in the Feldpostübersicht or in theSchematische Kriegsgliederung (last entry there is 12.4.45). Two Tarn-Divisions(cover divisions) were mentioned 12.4.45: 219. Infanterie-DivisionGren.Rgt. 604 = 4. Schiffs-Stamm-RegimentFüs.Gren.Btl. 219 and Gren.Btl. 1919 = […]
History Formed 3.45 in Beverloo from the 2. Schiffs-Stamm-Regiment. This Division is not actually mentioned in the Feldpostübersicht or inthe Schematische Kriegsgliederung (The last entry there is 4.12.45). If this Division was fully formed or not is an open to question, as thepossibility is that this was actually a “false division” created to fool theAllies. […]
[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] June 1st June 1st, 1940: In the West, the evacuation of the British ExpeditionaryForce from Dunkirk continues, with another 64,400 men taken off thebeaches. The British destroyers Keith, Basilisk and Havant and thetransport Scotia are sunk by Luftwaffe dive bombers. June 1st, 1941: […]
[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] March 1st March 1st, 1941: Bulgaria joins the Tripartite Pact of Germany, Italy and Japan,following Slovakia, Rumania and Hungary. March 1st, 1943: On the central front in the East, German troops begin theevacuation of the Rshev area. March 1st, 1945: In the West, […]
[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] May 1st May 1st, 1941: The Luftwaffe begins a series of 8 consecutive nightraids against Liverpool. May 1st, 1942: In the East, the siege of the Crimean fortress ofSevastopol by 11.Armee (von Manstein) continues with a ceaselessbombardment by batteries of heavy guns (up […]
[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] September 1 September 1, 1939: Three German Armeegruppen begin the invasion of Polandat 4:45am CET, offically launching the world into what would be the mostdestructive and deadly war in all of history. Massive strikes by theLuftwaffe destroy vital communications and assembly areas, decimating […]
When the Austrian-Hungarian Empire collapsed in 1918, the Imperial Danube Flotilla (Kaiserliche- und Königliche-Donau-Flotilla) was stationed mainly in Hu…
[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] April 1st April 1st, 1945: In the East, bitter fighting rages in the western suburbs of the fortress city of Breslau. In the Southeast, the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front (Tolbukhin) reaches Wiener Neustadt in its advance toward Vienna.In the West, the US Ninth […]