275th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 275th Infantry Division was a military major unit of the Wehrmacht in World War II.
Division history
The division was established in November 1943 as a division of the 22 -up shaft in November 1943 in western France. It was composed of the division headquarters and remaining parts of the shattered on the Eastern Front 223 Infantry Division, supplemented by parts the 158th Reserve Division, together and wore short time the number 352 in December was renamed to 275th Infantry Division. Even during the installation, the Division was moved to Brittany.
At the beginning of the Allied landing in Normandy two infantry or Fusilier battalions of the 275th were sent to the local battle area. In July 1944, the remainder of the division, which was used on the Cotentin peninsula followed. She suffered in the course of the fighting by the American Operation Cobra as well as on the decline in the boilers of Falaise and Mons heavy losses, and decreed as she reached the German border at Aachen, only about 800 men.
In early October 1944, a refresh of the Division, including by supplying two Air Force Fortress battalions. Meanwhile, the U.S. forces had advanced to the Western Wall near Aachen. The 275th was sent into battle again at Düren and met in October 1944, the U.S. 9th Infantry Division in the so-called " All Souls " around the village of Schmidt. Here, the division was again virtually destroyed. Your survivors were incorporated into the 344th Infantry Division.
There were plans to set up the new 275th in November 1944 as a people Grenadier Division from the evacuated division headquarters. A limited reorganization in early 1945 as part of the 33 line-up wave at Flensburg. The newly formed unit was used from March 1945 on the Eastern Front in the Lausitz and destroyed in April in the Halbe pocket.
People
Structure
- Grenadier - Regiment 983
- Grenadier - Regiment 984
- Grenadier - Regiment 985
- Divisions Fusilier Battalion 275
- Artillery Regiment 275 I to IV Department