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306th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 306th Infantry Division (german: 306. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. History The 306th Infantry Division was formed on 15 November 1940 as a static division of the 13th ''Aufstellungswelle'' in the Hamm area in Wehrkreis VI. The division's initial recruitment pool came from a third each of the 86th and the 291st Infantry Divisions, as well as the Field Recruit Battalion 129. The initial commander of the 306th Infantry Division was Hans von Sommerfeld. After deployment was fully completed by May 1941, the 306th Infantry Division served in occupied Belgium until the winter of 1942 to 1943. On 12 March 1942, the division gave parts of its manpower to the newly formed 371st Infantry Division of the 19th ''Aufstellungswelle''. On 17 July 1942, the previously incomplete Artillery Regiment 306 was completed with three additional artillery batteries to prepare for the impending deployment to the Eastern Front. On 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Army (Wehrmacht)
The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the German Navy, ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the German Air Force, ''Luftwaffe'' (German Air Force). , the German Army had a strength of 62,766 soldiers. History Overview A German army equipped, organized, and trained following a single doctrine and permanently unified under one command in 1871 during the unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia. From 1871 to 1919, the title ''German Army (German Empire), Deutsches Heer'' (German Army) was the official name of the German land forces. Following the German defeat in World War I and the end of the German Empire, the main army was dissolved. From 1921 to 1935 the name of the German land forces was the ''Reichswehr, Reichsheer'' (Army of the Empire) and from 1935 to 1945 the name ''German Army (We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kremenchug
Kremenchuk (; uk, Кременчу́к, Kremenchuk ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnipro river, Dnipro River. The city serves as the Capital city, administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (Raion, district) in Poltava Oblast (Oblast, province). Kremenchuk is administratively incorporated as a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance administered by its own city council and does not form a part of the Raions of Ukraine, raion. Its population is approximately Along with its Satellite town, city-satellites Svitlovodsk and Horishni Plavni, it is an urban agglomeration and transportation hub. Although not as large as some other oblast centers and cities of regional significance, Kremenchuk has a large industrial center in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. A KrAZ truck plant, the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery of Ukrtatnafta, the KVBZ, Kriukiv Railway Car Building Works, and Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant, in near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group D
Army Group D (''Heeresgruppe D'') was a German Army Group which saw action during World War II. Army Group D was formed on 26 October 1940 in France, its initial cadre coming from the disbanded Army Group C. On 15 April 1941, the status of Army Group D was upgraded. From that date on, the commander of Army Group D was also to be considered Oberbefehlshaber West (or OB WEST – the Commander in Chief for the Western Theatre). As a result of this, Army Group D is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Army Group West. Commanders Orders of battle May 1941 * Seventh Army * First Army * Fifteenth Army * Commander of all German troops of Occupation in the Netherlands May 1944 * Army Group G * Army Group B * Panzer Group West * First Fallschirm Army December 1944 * Army Group G * Army Group B * Army Group H Army Group H (''Heeresgruppe H''), Army Group Northwest (''Heeresgruppe Nordwest'') after March 1945, was a German army group in the Netherlands and in Nordrhein-We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 15th Army (German: 15. ''Armee'') was a field army of the German army in World War II. History The 15th Army was activated in occupied France on 15 January 1941 with General Curt Haase in command. It was tasked with occupation and defensive duties in the Pas de Calais area. The Allies landed further west, in Operation Overlord, during June 1944. Afterwards, the 15th Army was withdrawn to the Netherlands, where it fought the Allies during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. It suffered defeat against the First Canadian Army in the Battle of the Scheldt during which the Army Headquarters at Dordrecht was subject to a mass attack by Hawker Typhoons of the Second Tactical Air Force on 24 October 1944. Two generals and 70 other staff officers were killed in the attack. During October 1944 the 15th Army continued to resist against the Canadian First Army and British Second Army as they pushed west from the Nijmegen/ Eindhoven salient in Operation Pheasant. The Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXXVII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
The LXXXII Army Corps (german: LXXXII. Armeekorps) was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was formed in 1942 and existed until 1945. History The LXXXII Army Corps was created on 25 May 1942 from the renamed ''Höheres Kommando z. b. V. XXXVII'', which had in turn been created on 20 October 1939 from the ''Grenzschutz-Abschnittkommando 30'' and additionally served since 1 July 1940 as ''Befehlshaber der Truppen in Holland''. The initial commander of the LXXXII Army Corps was Alfred Böhm-Tettelbach. The corps, assigned to the 15th Army under Army Group D, was originally headquartered at Aire-sur-la-Lys. Böhm-Tettelbach was replaced as corps commander by Ernst Dehner on 1 November 1942. Dehner was in turn replaced by Johann Sinnhuber on 10 July 1943. The corps remained on defensive duty in France until the Normandy landings of June 1944. By the end of August 1944, the corps had been transferred to the 1st Army and deployed in the Loire region. Walte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Replacement Army
The Replacement Army () was part of the Imperial German Army during World War I and part of the Wehrmacht during World War II. It was based within Germany proper and included command and administrative units as well as training and guard troops. Its primary role was to provide replacements for the combat divisions of the regular army. Third Reich It was formed in the various German military districts ('' Wehrkreise'') and was tasked with the conscription, recruitment, training and replacement of personnel, testing of new military equipment, and administration such as responsibility for soldiers on home leave. The ''Ersatzheer'' contingency plans for Operation Valkyrie were deliberately misused as part of the unsuccessful 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, arrest SS troops, and stage a military coup d'etat through the organization driven by the newly appointed Chief of Staff, Claus Von Stauffenburg in early 1944. Its commander, ''Generaloberst'' Friedrich Fromm, had enough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group South Ukraine
__NOTOC__ Army Group South Ukraine (german: Heeresgruppe Südukraine) was a Wehrmacht, German army group on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during World War II. Army Group South Ukraine was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group A. This army group saw action during the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944), Jassy-Kishinev Operation and after taking heavy casualties was redesignated Army Group South (''Heeresgruppe Süd'') at midnight on 23 September 1944. Order of Battle, June 1944 * Sixth Army (Wehrmacht), Sixth Army - General der Artillerie Maximilian Fretter-Pico * 8th Army (Wehrmacht), Eighth Army - General of the Infantry (Germany), General der Infanterie Otto Wohler * Romanian Third Army * Romanian Fourth Army Commanders Notes Bibliography Citations References * * Army groups of the German Army in World War II, South Ukraine Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units and formations disestablished in 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of Units ( SI) is more precise:The second ..is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, Δ''ν''Cs, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom, to be when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−1. This current definition was adopted in 1967 when it became feasible to define the second based on fundamental properties of nature with caesium clocks. Because the speed of Earth's rotation varies and is slowing ever so slightly, a leap second is added at irregular intervals to civil time to keep clocks in sync with Earth's rotation. Uses Analog clocks and watches often have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dniester
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again. Names The name ''Dniester'' derives from Sarmatian ''dānu nazdya'' "the close river." (The Dnieper, also of Sarmatian origin, derives from the opposite meaning, "the river on the far side".) Alternatively, according to Vasily Abaev ''Dniester'' would be a blend of Scythian ''dānu'' "river" and Thracian ''Ister'', the previous name of the river, literally Dān-Ister (River Ister). The Ancient Greek name of Dniester, ''Tyras'' (Τύρας), is from Scythian ''tūra'', meaning "rapid." The names of the Don and Danube are also from the same Indo-Iranian word ''*dānu'' "ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 111th Infantry Division was a major unit of the German Wehrmacht. Formed in late 1940 in the further expansion of the German army it was committed to the campaign against Russian, and spent 3 years on the eastern front. The division was finally trapped in the Crimea and destroyed in the spring of 1944. Combat history In May 1941, the division moved to the German-occupied zone of Poland, ready for the launch of operation Barbarossa in June. After crossing the Bug river, the division advanced on Dubno, where it fought off Russian counter attracts by the xx Mechanised corps, 34th Tank division. As part of 6th Army the division continued to push the soviet 5th Army forces back towards Kiev and by the end of August the division had reached the Dnieper river north of the Ukrainian capital, and formed bridgehead with 113th and the 298th Infantry Divisions. On 1 September these forces attacked out of the bridgehead striking into the rear of the Russian xxx Front, as a part of the hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo-Helmut Lieb
__NOTOC__ Theo-Helmut Lieb (25 November 1889 – 20 March 1981) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who held several divisional commands during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 7 February 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of XXXXII. Armeekorps ** 400th Oak Leaves on 18 February 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of XXXXII. ArmeekorpsFellgiebel 2000, p. 67. References Citations Bibliography * 1889 births 1981 deaths People from Freudenstadt Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States People from the Kingdom of Württemberg M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Pfeiffer
Georg Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeiffer was killed in an air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ... on 15 January 1943 as '' Generalleutnant'' and commander of 94. Infanterie-Division References Citations Bibliography * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfeiffer, Georg 1890 births 1944 deaths German Army generals of World War II Generals of Artillery (Wehrmacht) German commanders at the Battle of Stalingrad German Army personnel killed in World War II German A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
