28th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht)
West campaign War against the Soviet Union
The 28th Infantry Division, later 28th Light Infantry Division and as of 1942 28 Hunter Division, was a military major unit of the Wehrmacht.
Division history
The 28th Infantry Division was set up on 1 October 1936 in Wroclaw in Military District VIII and mobilized as part of the first wave formation, on 1 August 1939. She took part in Poland and western campaign and the campaign against the Soviet Union. After working during the Battle of Moscow, in which they suffered heavy losses, it was in November 1941 withdrawn from the front and moved to France. Here, it was reorganized in December as a light infantry division with only two fighter regiments.
In February 1942, the nunmehrige 28th Light Infantry Division was again, this time to the Crimea at the disposal of Army Group South, relocated to the Eastern Front. On March 30, it was still classified as fully combat- capable with six infantry battalions in great condition and a full Division artillery unit. She took in May at the company Trappenjagd and then at the final assault on Sevastopol part. On 1 July 1942 she was renamed 28 Hunter Division. After the backup tasks to the Crimea the 28th JD was moved to the Volkhov in September to Army Group North, where she took part in the First Battle of Ladoga. In 1943 came the second and third Ladoga battle.
In January 1944, she took on the remaining survivors of the 1st Field Division (L ) during the Soviet Leningrad - Novgorod operation. In June, she was placed for short periods of the 4th Panzer Army in Army Group North Ukraine in space Kovel, then transferred to the 2nd Army. After the retreat to Poland as a result of Operation Bagration, she was transferred to the 4th Army reorganization located in East Prussia. Here she was smashed in March / April 1945 in the battle of encirclement Heiligenbeil. The division had less than 1000 soldiers when they returned when the war ended the Red Army.
Commanders
First General Staff (Ia )
Awards
A total of 49 [A 1] Knight's Crosses to members of the 28 ID/28. lID and 28 JD awarded, and 85 German Cross in Gold.