246th Volksgrenadier Division: Difference between revisions

The '''246th Infantry''' (later '''''Volksgrenadier''''') '''Division''' was a Third Wave [[List of German divisions in World War II|division]] of the [[Wehrmacht]] formed in [[Trier]] (Wkr. XII) and initially stationed on the Saar Line, later in South-western [[France]] from August 1941 until January 1942.<ref>[http://artofwar.ru/m/maa/text_0270.shtml Mageramov, Alexander Anatolyevich, Combat history of several units and formations, forum notes]</ref>

 

On formation it consisted of:

 

From February 1942 to January 1943 the division served in the area of [[Vitebsk]] and was a part of the [[9th Army (Germany)|9th Army]]). Most of the operations in which the division participated were in the area of [[Bely]] and south-west of it, the sector extending to [[Smolensk]]. The division's most active period was during the Winter-Spring of 1942, but from May it was transferred to the ''Kampfgruppe Esebeck'' (Generalleutenant [[Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck]])<ref>K14, Ian V. Hogg ed., ''German Order of Battle, Arms and Armour Press'', London, 1975</ref>, and from March in ''Kampfgruppe Zeidlitz''. During July 1942, in cooperation with the [[2nd Panzer Division (Germany)|2nd Panzer Division]] it was engaged in combat with the 17th Guards and 135th Rifle Divisions and the 21st Tank Brigade.

 

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