8th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht)
Battle of France German - Soviet War
The 8th Infantry Division, later renamed the 8th Light Infantry Division and 8th Jäger Division was a major unit of the Army of the Wehrmacht.
Division history
The 8th Infantry Division III was established on October 1, 1934, the codename artillery leader in Military District III in Opole from the 7th ( Prussian ) Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Reichswehr. The unmasking of the associations of Staff on October 15, 1935, renamed the 8th Infantry Division. The division consisted of the infantry regiments 28, 38 and 84, each with three battalions and the artillery regiment 8 with the First Department of the Artillery Regiment 44th
Poland and western campaign
The Division participated in the Association of the 14th Army on the Polish campaign in 1939 and some came from Silesia protrudable prior to Krakow, crossed the San and participated in the attack on the Polish Army Krakow between Lviv and Lublin between the Bug and San part.
In the western campaign of 1940, the 8th Infantry Division took part in the 4th Army under Army Group A in the advance through Belgium and advanced along the Salm, Ourthe and the Meuse. They crossed the Sambre and came before against the Allied troops trapped at Dunkirk. Subsequently, the division came about Oise and Somme front of Paris. On 14 June 1940, the Division took along with the 28th Infantry Division at the draw in Paris. The division then crossed the Loire at Tours and witnessed the end of the campaign at Rouen. By 1941, the Division remained as an occupation force in France.
German - Soviet War
During the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, the 8th Infantry Division in mid fought under the command of the 9th Army under Army Group in the Bryansk area and Wjasma and pushed on towards Moscow. In November 1941, the division was moved to France and regrouped to the 8th Light Infantry Division. The Infantry Regiment 84 was delivered to the 102nd Infantry Division; the other two infantry regiments were formed into fighter regiments.
The 8th Light Infantry Division was again transferred to the Eastern front in the area of Army Group North, where she took part in the liberation of the bridge in the boiler enclosed by Demyansk German troops in the company. In July 1942, the Division was then used on land bridge in space Demyansk, transformed the Hunter Division and renamed 8th Fighter Division. In 1943, the division on the retreat across the Lovat to Redja position part and covered the retreat of the settling out of the kettle own forces. This was followed by defensive struggles in the Redja position in space and Penna.
The Division in early 1944 was moved into the room Novgorod. She participated in the defensive battles in space Mjedwed and the withdrawal Fighting over Ssolzy - Dno - Porkhov in the Panther position east of Ostrow and then participate in the defensive fighting south of Pskov.
In May 1944, the division was moved to Romania to the 8th Army of Army Group South Ukraine, where she was employed at the eastern edge of the Carpathians. This was followed by withdrawal struggles to Eger on the manganese position Arpad - Maramosz - Sziget - Koroly - Tokaj - Miskolc, then more defensive battles in space Eger. The division withdrew to the Brno area. After heavy fighting in Brno, the division withdrew to the Vltava River to surrender to the Americans. But this movement was no longer possible and the division came in May 1945 in Brno in Russian captivity.
Insinuation and use spaces
Structure
- Infantry Regiment 28 ( as of 1942 Hunters Regiment 28)
- Infantry Regiment 38 ( as of 1942 Hunters Regiment 38)
- Infantry Regiment 84 (up to 1941)
- Cycling Division 8 ( 1942-43 )
- Observation Division 8 ( from 1939 education department 8)
- Antitank Division 8 ( from 1939 Tank Destroyer Division 8)
- Engineer Battalion 8
- Artillery Regiment 8
- I. / Artillery Regiment 44 (up to 1942)
- News department 8
- Infantry division supply officer 8 ( from 1942 commander of the infantry division supplies troops 8)
- Field Replacement Battalion 8 (from 1939)
People
- Eduard Freiherr von Böhm- Ermolli ( born February 12, 1856 in Ancona, then the Papal States, † December 9, 1941 Opava, Sudetenland )
Awards
A total of 50 [A 1] members of the 8 ( slight ) was awarded the Knight's Cross Infanterie-/Jäger-Division 126 and the German Cross in Gold.