Ost-Bau-Pionier-Bataillon 559 (Eastern Construction Engineering Battalion 559) was an auxiliary unit of the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...

(

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) during

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. It was formed on March 15 1943 in

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as Straßen-Bau-Bataillon 559 (Road Construction Battalion 559) under the Army Group South. It was consecutively renamed to , , and to its final name on August 19. In 1944, it was moved to Upper Silesia under the command of the Army Group Center. Georg Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 39-45, 1977

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