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Military unit
The 45th Infantry Division (German : 45. Infanterie-Division ) was an infantry division of the army of Nazi Germany during World War II. Towards the end of the war, the division was reassembled into a second iteration, the 45th Volksgrenadier Division (45. Volksgrenadier-Division
History
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45th Infantry Division
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With the annexation of Austria in 1938 by Nazi Germany , what was once the 4th Austrian Division was incorporated into the Wehrmacht (German Army) and re-designated the 45th Infantry Division.[1] Invasion of Poland , the division was on the right wing of Gerd von Rundstedt 's Army Group South .
On 22 June 1941, the 45th Infantry Division began Operation Barbarossa by starting the 9-day long siege of the Brest Fortress .[2] Red Army defeated the division at Livny , Russia and captured the archive of the division. That was the first time the Red Army learned about the defense of the Brest Fortress [3] Battle of Kursk . It was rebuilt but virtually destroyed at Bobruysk in June 1944 during Operation Bagration .
45th Volksgrenadier Division
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The destroyed 45th Division was again rebuilt as the "45th Volksgrenadier Division" in the autumn of 1944 in Poland , by renaming the short-lived 546th Grenadier Division (546. Grenadier-Division [4] 9th Army of Army Group A ) had a strength of 10,118 men.[5] : 504 Warsaw and Radom in 1945, retreating through Silesia to Koniggratz , and finally to Czechoslovakia , where it surrendered.[4]
Commanding officers
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General der Infanterei Friedrich Materna (1 April 1938 – 1 October 1940)
Generalmajor Gerhard Körner, (25 October 1940 – 27 April 1941)
Generalleutnant Fritz Schlieper , (27 April 1941 – 27 February 1942)
Generalleutnant Fritz Kühlwein, (27 February 1942 – 25 April 1943)
Generalleutnant Hans Freiherr von Falkenstein, (25 April 1943 – 30 November 1943)
Generalmajor Joachim Engel, (30 November 1943 – 27 February 1944)
Generalmajor Gustav Gihr , (27 February 1944 – 9 April 1944)
Generalmajor Joachim Engel, (9 April 1944 – ? June 1944)
Generalmajor Richard Daniel , (19 July 1944 – March 1945)
Generalmajor Erich Hassenstein, (March 1945 – 2 May 1945)
Order of battle
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1939
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Infantry Regiment 130
Infantry Regiment 133
Infantry Regiment 135
Reconnaissance Detachment 45
Artillery Regiment 98
I Detachment
II Detachment
III Detachment
I/Artillery Regiment 99
Engineer Battalion 81
Anti-Tank Detachment 45
Signal Detachment 65
Field Replacement Battalion 45
Supply Unit 45
1942
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Grenadier Regiment 130
Grenadier Regiment 133
Grenadier Regiment 135
Bicycle Detachment 45
Artillery Regiment 98
I Detachment
II Detachment
III Detachment
I/Artillery Regiment 99
Engineer Battalion 81
Panzerjäger Detachment 45
Signal Detachment 65
Field Replacement Battalion 45
Supply Unit 45
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Grenadier Regiment 130
Grenadier Regiment 133
Grenadier Regiment 135
Fusilier Battalion 45
Artillery Regiment 98
I Detachment
II Detachment
III Detachment
I/Artillery Regiment 99
Engineer Battalion 81
Panzerjäger Detachment 45
Signal Detachment 65
Field Replacement Battalion 45 (2 )
Supply Unit 45
References
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^ Christian Ganzer: German and Soviet Losses as an Indicator of the Length and Intensity of the Battle for the Brest Fortress (1941). In: The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Volume 27, Issue 3, p. 449-466.
^ Бешанов В.В.『Бресткая крепость』Минск, 2004 (in Russian) page 130
^ a b German Order of Battle, Samuel W. Mitcham , Stackpole, ISBN 0811734161
^ Lakowski, Richard (2008). "Der Zusammenbruch der deutschen Verteidigung zwischen Ostsee und Karpaten". In Müller, Rolf-Dieter (ed.). Die Militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht . Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg (in German). Vol. 10/1. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 491–681. ISBN 9783421062376
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