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Divisions Stripped in 1944 Prior to Embarkation
Effective 27 Apr 44 the following divisions were selected to bear the principal burden of providing enlisted men for overseas replacements
and suffered the following losses accordingly between April-September 1944.
8th Arrnd Div
13th A/ B Div
13th Armd Div
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20th Armd Div
42nd Inf Div*
63rd Inf Div*
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**Previously stripped by draft of Sep 43.
t Previously stripped by draft of Oct 43, which had also affected the 83rd Inf, 84th Inf, and 99th Inf Divs.
ttPreviously stripped by draft of Dec 43.
The aggregate of withdrawals for all purposes was tremendous. The 94th Inf Div. from activation to departure for port of embarkation, lost 8,890 enlisted
men: the 65th Inf Div, 11.782; the 106th Inf Div. 12.442; the lOOth Inf Div, 14,787; and the 69th Inf Div, 22,235. Additionally a ll suffered high officer losses. 1,336
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Source: Bell I. Wiley in The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops, The Army Ground forces. United States Army in World War II, Historical
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69th Infantry Divisi~n Combat Narrative
The division landed at Le Havre France on 24 Jan 45 and advance elements moved to Montenau Belgium 6 Feb 45 to
relieve the 99th Inf Div in line on 11 Feb 45. The division then held defensive positions in the West Wall, making a
limited attack on the ridge east of the Prether River to ensure the safety of the Hellenthal-Hollerath Highway on
27 Feb 45. The heights were secured from Honningen to Reschied by 3 Mar 45 as the 271st Inf took the last high
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ground position.
The division attacked with three regiments abreast on 6 Mar 45 and pushed rapidly to take Schmidtheim and Dahlem
which fell the next day. The division then mopped up, sent the 272nd Inf to take Waldorf and Hungersdorf south of the
Ahr on 8 Mar 45, and patrolled and trained in its zone. On 21Mar45 the division moved to the Rhine and relieved the
2nd Inf Div. The 272nd Inf crossed the Rhine 26 Mar 45 and captured the Luftwaffe Citadel and the Lahn River towns
of Bad Ems and Nassau the next day. The entire division followed across 28 Mar 45 and mopped up rear stragglers,
and then began movement to a new zone near Weilburg 30 Mar 45. It relieved the 9th Armd Div at Naumburg on
3 Apr 45. After relieving the Both Inf Div in the Kassel area it attacked 5 Apr 45, less the 272nd Inf which was guarding installations. On 7 Apr 45 the division reached the Werra River from Hann Muenden to Witzehausen and the
273rd and 272nd Inf crossed at both localities respectively. Following in the wake of the 9th Armd Div the division
continued to drive forward, the 271st Inf battling through Weissenfels 14 Apr 45 and the 272nd Inf reaching the
Weisse River at Luetzkewitz. The division ran into the outer defenses of Leipzig at Zwenkau on 16 Apr 45 and captured the city of Leipzig after house-to-house fighting by 19 Apr 45. It then relieved the 9th Armd Div in line along the
Mulde River 21 Apr 45.
The 271st Inf secured the east bank of the Mulde after the Battle for Eilenburg on 23 Apr 45 and Wurzen surrendered
to the 273rd Inf the following day. The division made patrol contact with the advancing Soviet Army near Riesa and
Torgau on 25 Apr 45. The division then patrolled and policed its area until hostilities were declared officially ended
7 May45.
During the closing stages of Operation
Lumberjack ( The U.S. First Army’s drive to the
West bank of the Rhine River. ), the 69th Infantry
advanced across the Weisserstein Watershed on
March 6, 1945, forcing remnants of the German
Army Group B - 5th Army - LXVI Corps ( 5th
Fallschirmjager Division ? ) Eastward towards the
Hohe Eifel and partial capture.
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1 March 1945
Army Group South:
Army Troops:
232nd Panzer Division
27th Hungarian Light Division (rebuilding)
153rd Infantry Division
Szent-Laszlo Division
44th Division
1st SS Panzer Division "Adolph Hitler"
12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Jugend"
37th SS Cavalry Division (enroute)
2nd Panzer Army:
LXVIII Corps
13th SS Mountain Division "Handschar"
71st Infantry Division
XXII Corps:
1st Volks MOuntain Division
118th Jäger Division
Army Group Balck - 6th Army
IV SS Panzer Corps
356th Infantry Division
5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking"
3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf"
Kampfgruppe 2nd Hungarian Panzer Division
Harteneck Group/I Cavalry Corps:
6th Panzer Division
3rd Cavalry Division
96th Infantry Division
711st Infantry Division
23rd Hungarian Infantry Division
VIII Hungarian Corps:
Kampfgruppe 1st Hungarian Cavalry Division
4th Cavalry Division
3rd Hungarian Army
II Hungarian Corps:
20th Hungarian Division
III Panzer Corps:
20th Hungarian Division
1st Panzer Division
3rd Panzer Division
23rd Panzer Division
8th Army:
"Frundsburg" (IV) Panzer Corps
Remains "Frundsberg" Panzer Division
Kampfgruppe 21st Volks Grenadier Division
Remains of 23rd Panzer Division
46th Volks Grenadier Division
271st Volks Grenadier Division
357th Infantry Division
1
LXXII Corps:
Kaiser Group
8th Jäger Division
XXIX Corps
Kampfgruppe 76th Infantry Division
Genera Assman Group
101st Jäger Division
24th Hungarian Infantry Division
Remains, 5th Hungarian Reserve Infantry Division
Army Group Center:
Army Troops:
601st Division Staff z.b.V.
602nd Division Staff z.b.V.
603rd Division Staff z.b.V.
Ersatz Brigade Gross Detuschland
31st SS Freiwilliger Grenadier Division
Jüterbog Panzer Division
Army Group Heinrichi (1st Panzer Army):
XXXXIX Mountain Corps:
Kampfgruppe 320th Volks Grenadier Division
Kampfgruppe 78th Sturm Division
Det/16th Hungarian Infantry Division
LIX Corps
Kampfgruppe 75th Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 544th Volks Grenadier Division
XI Corps:
Kampfgruppe 1st Skijäger Division
Kampfgruppe 371st Infantry Division
Det/18th SS Panzer Grenadier Division
"Wiking"
Kampfgruppe 344th Infantry Division
Silesian Corps Group:
Kampfgruppe 168th Infantry Division
20th Waffen SS Division (1st Estonian)
17th Army Group
VIII Corps:
45th Volks Grenadier Division
100th Jäger Division
254th Infantry Division
XVII Corps
Kampfgruppe 19th Panzer Division
20th Panzer Division
Kampfgruppe 359th Infantry Division
Breslau Fortress:
609th Division Staff z.b.V.
Fortress Command Breslau
XXXXVIII Corps:
208th Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 269th Division
Kampfgruppe 10th Panzer Grenadier Division
Nehring Group (XXIV Panzer Group):
LVII Panzer Corps:
Division Nr. 408
8th Panzer Division
103rd Panzer Brigade
2
Führer Escort Division
XXXIX Panzer Corps:
Kampfgruppe 6th Volks Grenadier Division
+ Det/21st Panzer Division
Kampfgruppe 17th Panzer Division
Führer Grenadier Division
4th Panzer Army:
Army Troops:
Kampfgruppe 16th Panzer Division
Gross-Deutschland Panzer Corps:
Division Staff 615 z.b.V.
Bulk of 21st Panzer Division
Kampfgruppe "Brandenburg" Panzer Grenadier Division
Kampfgruppe 1st Fallschirm Panzer Division
"Herman Göring"
Kampfgruppe 20th Panzer Grenadier Division
V Corps:
Kampfgruppe 72nd Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 342nd Infantry Division
275th Infantry Division
XXXX Panzer Corps:
Kampfgruppe 25th Panzer Division
"Matterstock" Division Staff
SS Brigade Dirlewanger
Kampfgruppe Division Staff z.b.V. 608
+ 35th SS Polizi Grenadier Division
100th Brigade z.b.V.
Army Group North
4th Army:
Firsche Nehrung Command
129th Staff
XXVI Corps:
14th Infantry Division
349th (Keets) Infantry Division
28th Jäger Division
24th Panzer Division
+ remains of 299th Infantry Division
VI Corps:
Kampfgruppe 151st Infantry Division
+10th Bicycle Jäger Brigade
Kampfgruppe 541st Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 61st Infantry Division
18th Panzer Grenadier Division
XX Corps:
Kampfgruppe 558th Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 21st Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 102nd Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 292nd Infantry Division
+Remains 120th Infantry Division
XXXXI Panzer Corps:
Kampfgruppe Hauser
Division Staff z.b.V. 605
56th Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 170th Infantry Division
3
Fallschirm Panzer Corps "Herman Göring"
Kampfgruppe 50th Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 69th Infantry Division
2nd Fallschirm Panzer Grenadier Division
"Herman Göring"
Grussdeutschland Panzer Grenadier Division
Samland Army Detachment
Army Troops:
Kampfgruppe 1st Infantry Division
5th Panzer Division
IX Corps:
Pillau Fortress Command
Staff, 548th Volks Grenadier Division
58th Infantry Division
95th Infantry Division
+Remains 286th Infantry Division
Kampfgruppe 551st Volks Grenadier Division
Army Group Kurland
Army Troops
201st Security Division
Kurland Division
18th Army:
Army Troops
Staff/52nd Security Division
Kampfgruppe 121st Infantry Division
12th Panzer Division
14th Panzer Division
X Corps:
Kampfgruppe 126th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division
87th Infantry Division
12th Luftwaffe Field Division
I Corps:
218th Infantry Division
132nd Infantry Division
L Corps:
11th Infantry Division
205th Infantry Division
225th Infantry Division
II Corps:
253rd Infantry Division
563rd Volks Grenadier Division
Kampfgruppe 290th Infantry Division
16th Army:
XXXVIII Panzer Corps:
329th Infantry Division
122nd Infantry Division
VI SS Freiwilliger Corps:
24th Infantry Division
19th Waffen Grenadier Division SS (2nd Lettisch)
XXXXIII Corps:
Coastal Command (F.K. 186)
Group East
Staff, Security Division z.b.V.207
Group Northwest
4
Group North
Group Southwest
Windau Fortress Command
Army Group Vistula
Army Troops:
Division Staff z.b.V. 610
Schlesien Division
9th Army:
10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsburg
V SS Mountain:
Division Staff z.b.V. 391
32nd SSPanzer Division "30 January"
Frankfurt Fortress
XI SS Panzer Corps:
712th Infantry Division
Kurmark Paner Grenadier Division
25th Paner Grenadier Division
Küstrin Fortress
CI Coirps:
Berlin Infantry Division
Döberritz Infantry Division
Division STaff z.b.V. 606
Oder Corps:
1st March Schützen Division
Obern Group
Klessek Group
3rd Panzer Army:
33rd Waffen Grenadier Division "Charlemagne"
Holstein Panzer Division
II Army Corps:
9th Fallschirmjäger Division
Deneke Group
III SS Panzer Corps:
261st Infantry Division
11th SS Freiwilliger Grenadier Division "Nordland"
28th SS Freiwilliger Grenadier Division "Wallonien"
Voigt Grenadier Group Division
+ 27th SS Division "Langemarck"
23rd SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Nederland"
X SS Corps:
5th Jäger Division
Division Staff z.b.V. 402nd
163rd Infantry Division
Tettau Corps Group:
Bärwald Replacement Division
Pommerland Replacement Division
+33rd SS Waffen Grenadier Division "2nd Lettish"
2nd Army:
Graudenz Fortress
Replacement Brigade
Fallschirm Panzer Division "Herman Göring"
Remains, 203rd Infantry Division
Remains, 547th Infantry Division
Remains, 549th Infantry Division
5
VII Panzer Corps:
4th SS Polizi Panzer Grenadier Division
7th Panzer Division
XVIII Mountain Corps:
32nd Infantry Division
215th Infantry Division
XXXXVI Panzer Corps:
389th Infantry Division
4th Panzer Division
227th Infantry Division
+ 1st Speer Brigade
XXVII Corps:
Kampfgruppe 73rd Infantry Division
251st Infantry Division
Det/31st Infantry Division
XXIII Corps:
542nd Volks Grenadier Division
232nd Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
357th Infantry Division
83rd Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Division
von Rappard Corps Group:
7th Infantry Division
Gumpel Group
20th Mountain Army
Division Staff z.b.V. 613
XXXVI Mountain Corps
Finland Ski Machine Gun Brigade
Norwegen Panzer Division
Army Detachment Narvik (XIX Mountain)
Norwegen Bicycle Reconnaissance Brigade
6th Mountain Grenadier Brigade 338
270th (Garrison) Mountain Brigade 193
LXXI Corps
230th Garrison Division
210th Garrison Division
+Lofoten Fortress Brigade
Division z.b.V. 140
139th Mountain Jäger Brigade
503rd Grenadier Division
7th Mountain Division
XXXIII Corps:
14th Luftwaffe Field Division
295th Garrison Division
199th Infantry Division
702nd Infantry Division
LXX Corps:
274th Garrison Division
280th Garrison Division
169th F.A.D.
Army Command Denmark:
Division Staff z.b.V. 614 Nordjütland
166th Infantry Division
160th Infantry Division
6
Remains/233rd Panzer Division
OB West
Army Group H:
25th Army:
XXX Corps:
Kampfgruppe 346th Garrison Division
LXXXVIII Corps:
Staff, 331st Infantry Division
Bulk of 2nd Fallschirmjäger Division
1st Fallschirmjäger Army:
Corps Troops:
15th Panzer Grenadier Division
180th Infantry Division
106th Panzer Brigade
XXXXVIII Panzer Corps
6th Fallschirmjäger Division
84th Infantry Division
116th Panzer Division
II Fallschirmjäger Corps:
8th Fallschirmjäger Division
7th Fallschirmjäger Division
Det/2nd Fallschirmjäger Division
LXXXVI Corps:
190th Infantry Division
LXIII Corps:
406th Infantry Division
+Det/176th Infantry Division
Army Group B
Army Troops
62nd Volks Grenadier Division
15th Army:
XII SS Corps:
Bulk, 176th Infantry Division
180th Volks Grenadier Division
338th Infantry Division
Panzer Lehr Division
LXXXI Corps:
9th Panzer Division
11th Panzer Division
363rd Volks Grenadier Division
Division Staff 476
390th Garrison Division
LVIII Panzer Corps:
3rd Panzer Grenadier Division
353rd Infantry Division
12th Volks Grenadier Division
5th Army:
LXXIV Corps:
3rd Fallschirmjäger Division
+85th Infantry Division
272nd Volks Grenadier Division
LXVII Corps:
89th Infantry Division
277th Volks Grenadier Division
7
Botsch Corps Group
18th Volks Grenadier Division
26th Volks Grenadier Division
LXVI Corps:
5th Fallschirmjäger Division
7th Army
Army Troops:
246th Volks Grenadier Division
LIII Corps:
Kampfgruppe 326th Volks Grenadier Division
167th Volks Grenadier Division
340th Volks Grenadier Division
XIII Corps:
79th Volks Grenadier Division
+Remains 276th Volks Grenadier Division
2nd Panzer Division
352nd Volks Grenadier Division
+Remains 9th Volks Grenadier Division
LXXX Corps:
Kampfgruppe 560th Volks Grenadier Division
212th Volks Grenadier Division
Army Group G
Army Troops:
553rd Volks Grenadier Division
1st Army:
Army Troops:
Reissler Division
LXXXII Corps:
256th Volks Grenadier Division
416th Infantry Division
6th Mountain Division
6th SS Mountain Division "Nord"
LXXXV Corps:
347th Garrison Division
719th Garrison Division
559th Volks Grenadier Division
XIII SS Corps:
19th Volks Grenadier Division
17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen"
LXXXX Corps:
16th Volks Grenadier Division
47th Volks Grenadier Division
Unknown Volks Grenadier Division
LXXXIX Corps:
257th Volks Grenadier Division
Division Group z.b.V. 905
19th Army:
LXIV Corps:
198th Infantry Division
Division Nr. 405
XVIII SS Corps:
Division z.b.V. 805
1005th Brigade
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XXV Fortress Lorient:
Remains 265th Garrison Division
OB South West
Army Troops
155th Infantry Division (forming)
715th Infantry Division (en route)
29th Panzer Grenadier Division
Ligurian Army:
LXXV Corps:
5th Mountain Division
Lombardy Corps:
134th Fortress Brigade
14th Army:
Army Troops
114th Jäger Division
LI Mountain Corps:
148th Infantry Division
232nd Garrison Division
XIV Panzer Corps:
65th Infantry Division
94th Infantry Division
303rd Infantry Division
8th Mountain Division
10th Army:
Army Troops:
90th Panzer Jäger Division
I Fallschirmjäger Corps:
1st Fallschirmjäger Division
4th Fallschirmjäger Division
278th Infantry Division
334th Infantry Division
LXXVI Panzer Corps:
26th Panzer Division
98th Infantry Division
162nd (Turkish) Infantry Division
362nd Infantry Division
42nd Jäger Division
LXXIII Corpz z.b.V.:
Alarm Units
LXXXXVII Corps:
710th Infantry Division
188th Mountain Division
237th Garrison Division
Army Group F (OB South East
XV Mountain Corps:
373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division
392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division
XXI Mountain Corps
Bulk of 7th SS Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"
964th Fortress Brigade
Kampfgruppe 369th (Croatian) Infantry Division
181st Infantry Division
966th Fortress Brigade
969th Fortress Brigade
9
1017th Fortress Brigade
XXXIV Corps z.b.V.:
22nd Infantry Division
+963rd Fortress Brigade
Det/7th SS Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"
41st Infantry Division
117th Jäger Division
LXIX Corps z.b.V.
1st Cossack Division
Eastern Agean Command
939th Panzer Grenadier Brigade
968th Fortress Brigade
Crete Command
Crete Fortress Division
Kreigstagbuch der Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht, 1940-1945, Frankfurt am Main, Bernard & Graefe, 1969.
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