Campaigns Western Front 1944 Destroyed France 1944 Reformed Holland 1944 Holland 1944-1945 History Formed 6.44 in Amiens (AOK.15). While the division was forming, FJR.16 was flown to Stendal and later to Vilna for action in Lithuania, and would be renamedFallschirm-Grenadier-Regiment 3, belonging to Fallschirm-Panzer-Korps Hermann Göring. The remainder of the division (battlegroupstrength only) went into […]
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Lineage Various alarm and school units Fallschirm-Jäger-Division Erdmann 7.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division Campaigns Western Front 1944-1945 History The 7.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division was formed in September 1944 near Venlofrom Fallschirm-Jäger-Division Erdmann.The regiments of the new division did not change their designations until11.25.44, and they operated initially with their old names. In January, 1945, the division fought in the region of northern […]
Lineage Fallschirm-Jäger-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Division 20.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division Campaigns Holland 1945 History This division was formed 3.20.45 at Assen in northern Holland, as aFeld-Ausbildungs-Division, or field-training division.Its formation was not completed as planned, and instead of Assen, most unitswent to Oldenburg. It was partially formed from the Fallschirm-Jäger-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Division. No part of the division is listed in […]
History The 13.Panzer-Division was formed from the 13.Infanterie-Division (mot.) on October 11th, 1940. After being transferred to the Vienna area, the 13.Infanterie-Division (mot.)was upgraded to the 13.Panzer-Division by the addition of the 4.Panzer-Regiment. In November 1940, the 13.Panzer was sent to Romania as a “Lehrtruppe” under the aegis of “Heeresmission Rumaenien”, ostensibly to teach the […]
The documentation of nearly every aspect of the German military across the span of 26 years and 3 distinct eras is a daunting and difficult task. Feldgrau is able to move ever closer to this goal partially through the submission of articles and unit histories from the many researchers and authors that frequent this site. […]
Geschwaderkommodore: ObLt Eitel Roediger von Manteuffel, 1.10.39 – 22.12.40 Maj Bernhard Woldenga, 22.12.40 – 23.6.41 Maj Gotthard Handrick, 23.6.41 – 16.5.42 Maj Gordon M. Gollob, 16.5.42 – 30.9.42 Maj Joachim Müncheberg, 1.10.42 – 23.3.43 ObLt Johannes Steinhoff, 1.4.43 – 1.12.44 Maj Johannes Weisse, 1.12.44 – 25.12.44 Maj Siegfried Freytag (acting), 26.12.44 – 15.1.45 Maj Erich […]
Gruppen Groups Küstenfliegergruppen Coastal Reconnaissance Groups Küstenfliegergruppen 106 Küstenfliegergruppen 306 Küstenfliegergruppen 406 Küstenfliegergruppen 506 Küstenfliegergruppen 606 Küstenfliegergruppen 706 Küstenfliegergruppen 806 Küstenfliegergruppen 906 Seeaufklärungsgruppen Sea Reconnaissance Groups Seeaufklärungsgruppe 125 Seeaufklärungsgruppe 126 Seeaufklärungsgruppe 127 Seeaufklärungsgruppe 128 Seeaufklärungsgruppe 129 Seeaufklärungsgruppe 130 Seeaufklärungsgruppe 131 Minensuchgruppe 1 Minesweeper Group 1 Trägergruppe 186 Aircraft Carrier Group 186 Bordfliegergruppe 196 Ship-based Flight […]
The German naval campaign in the Baltic Sea was one of Germany’s most successful military efforts of the entire Second World War. For most of the Second Wo…
The Soviet Union was the single most important factor in the defeat of Nationalist Socialist Germany. Germany essentially lost the Second World War on the Eastern Front and the key to that loss can be directly attributed to the different economic and industrial factors of both the Soviet Union and the Third Reich. German Military […]
WW2 Germany Population, Statistics, and Numbers that includes unit losses and demographics (age, sex, religion)