Panzer-Grenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle

Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1
Active	20 June 1943 - May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Panzergrenadier
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Operation Achse Eastern Front Minsk Offensive Battle of Budapest

The Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle, was a semi-armoured formation of the German Army during World War II.

History

The Panzergrenadier Division "Feldherrnhalle" was created on 20 June 1943 in the south of France by the renaming and reorganization of the 60th Infantry Division which had been destroyed at Stalingrad. Most of the recruits had previously been members of the SA or had undergone a training course in one of the twelve "Sturm Banners" scattered throughout the Reich. The name "Feldherrnhalle" was used by the original infantry regiment 271 or its 3rd Battalion.

During the division's formation, it was stationed in the Nimes - Montpellier area. At the beginning of September 1943, the division took part in the disarmament of the 8th Italian Army as part of Operation Achse. At the end of October 1943, the division moved to northern France to the Arras-Doullens area and at the beginning of December 1943 to the Eastern Front.

Here it was used as part of the 3rd Panzer Army in the area of Vitebsk for defensive combat against the Soviet Vitebsk Offensive (February – March 1944). The division was destroyed during the Soviet Minsk Offensive in July 1944, as part of Operation Bagration.

Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle (1)

The Division was recreated on 1 September 1944 in Warthelager and then in Hungary in the Debreczen area.
On 27 November 1944, the division was renamed Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle and again destroyed during the Battle of Budapest in February 1945.

The division was recreated again as Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1.
The remnants of the division surrendered to the Soviets in May 1945 at Deutsch-Brod .

Composition Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle, June 1943

• Division Stab'
• Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• Grenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
• Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
• Artillerie Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• FlaK-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
• Pionier-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
• Nachrichten-Kompanie Feldherrnhalle

Sources

Lexikon der Wehrmacht, PGDFeldherrnhalle