47th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)

The 47th Volks Grenadier Division was a military major unit of the Wehrmacht in the German Reich.

History

On September 17, 1944 the unit to the training area wild spots ( Lower Franconia ) was erected from parts of which are still in preparation 577th Grenadier Division. Half of it was made up of donations from Air Force and Navy organizations. The age distribution was very heterogeneous with one third of recruits born between 1926/1927 and experienced Ostkämpfern.

As of October 6, 1944, the division was moved to Aarhus ( Denmark ) and should be usable until 31 October. On October 22, the headcount was 9,314 men, in case of failure of 837 men. Starting with the 9 November, the Division to Army Group B ( Western Front ) was set in motion. There it was used in the third Battle of Aachen. Here they suffered heavy losses. So were on the 24th November, the battle strengths of Grenadier regiments only 60, 215 and 36 man. Therefore, on the same day was the formation of the " Kampfgruppe Angel", which the former took the remains of the 12th and 47th people Grenadier Division under the command together. From 26 November, the regiments were detached from the front, and relocated to freshen up the room Wollersheim Sinzenich - Vlatten, with divisional headquarters in Burvenich. Until December 8 about 3,000 men arrived reinforcements.

The second combat deployment of the division was that of December 11, 1944 lasting until January 5, 1945 participation in the Battle of the Hurtgenwald. To this end, the Division was west of the Roer inserted in the defensive front to replace the abkommandierte the Ardennes offensive 3rd Parachute Division.

During the performed surgery in the Alsace region north wind, the division was held in reserve as of 9 January 1945. The third combat mission began on 19 January with the detachment of the 25th Panzer Grenadier Division and 7th Parachute Division. After weaning, the Americans on the Moder, the division was formed together with the 25th Panzer Grenadier Division of the LXXXIX. Army Corps. An attack to form a bridgehead east of the modernists failed.

By April, the division remained in the Rhine Palatinate and the Upper Rhine. On 14 April 1945, the division commander supported the peaceful surrender of the city of Ludwigsburg to the 1st French Army. The division headquarters and remnants withdrew to Tyrol. There they were in a battle group of the LXIV. Incorporated Army Corps, which defended the Fern Pass from 26 April to 2 May 1945.

Insinuation

Structure

  • Grenadier - Regiment 103 I. battalion
  • II battalion
  • I. battalion
  • II battalion
  • I. battalion
  • II battalion

Commanders

References

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  • Federal Archives - Military Archives Freiburg ZA1 / 955 ( B -602 ), Bork, Max: 47 people Grenadier Div 1 October 1944 - January 5, 1945. Third Battle of Aachen, Punch, German, 16 pages (1 figure), 1947
  • Federal Archives - Military Archives Freiburg ZA1 / 1053 (B -700), Bork, Max: 47 people Grenadier Div, 6 January to 31 March 1945. From Alsace through the Palatinate on the Rhine, Punch, German, 27 pages ( 4 plants ), 1947
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