708th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)

The 708 people Grenadier Division was a major combat unit of the German army in World War II.

Service history

The division emerged from a facility in the list 573 people Grenadier Division on 4 September 1944. Your first combat mission took place on November 5, 1944 in space Piešťany (Slovakia ) as part of the 19th Army at Army Group G. On February 3, 1945, the Division was broken up during the Battle of the so-called bridgehead Alsace on the Western Front and subsequently dissolved.

Structure

At the time when the division came under the following associations:

• Grenadier Regiment 728: I.-II. Battalion (formerly Grenadier Regiment 1177 )
• Grenadier Regiment 748: I.-II. Battalion (formerly Grenadier Regiment 1178 )
• Grenadier Regiment 760: I.-II. Battalion (formerly Grenadier Regiment 1179 )
• Artillery Regiment 658 I.-IV. Department (formerly Artillery Regiment 1573)
• Division troops 708 (formerly Division troops 1573) Engineer Battalion 708
• News department 708
• Supply Regiment 708

Transformation of the regiment rods

Existing staffs regiment was reorganized on 14 April 1945.

• Regimental staff Grenadier Regiment 728 106 in the regimental headquarters of the Grenadier Regiment 240 Infantry Division
• II and III. Division Artillery Regiment 658 in the First and Second Division of the Artillery Regiment 352
• Staff Engineer Battalion 708 719 to the staff of Pioneer Battalion 719 Infantry Division

Commanders