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September, before being re-allocated to LV Army Corps – now with 17th Army – later that month. In early October, the division was briefly transferred
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Infantry Division – were two infantry
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and a horse-mounted cavalry company. What motor vehicles they were issued with had usually been captured. They were equipped as "pursuit" divisions. The division joined
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Ukraine, it fought in the
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in April 1941, attacking from Austria into northern Yugoslavia as part of the
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that was surrounded in March 1944; it formed the rear guard for the
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1138:] (in Russian). Moscow: Яуза-каталог .
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281:. Its home station was initially at
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279:Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
1059:. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books.
1040:. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books.
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404:The division was committed to the
344:battalion consisting of a bicycle
180:101. (leichte) Infanterie-Division
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675:101st Field Replacement Battalion
617:(1 September 1942 - 12 July 1944)
576:(10 December 1940 - 26 June 1941)
215:in late 1943. It was part of the
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706:(1977), served in the division.
170:101st (Light) Infantry Division
678:101st Divisional Supply Troops
657:101st Reconnaissance Battalion
585:(26 June 1941 - 11 April 1942)
527:) had a strength of 8,510 men.
1:
385:. After a brief period under
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583:Josef Brauner von Haydringen
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484:and transported through
455:Second Battle of Kharkov
381:, which was part of the
336:and three battalions of
233:Battle of the Dukla Pass
225:Kamenets-Podolsky pocket
110:Kamenets-Podolsky pocket
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654:85th Artillery Regiment
443:First Battle of Kharkov
340:light howitzers, and a
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302:35th Infantry Division
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141:101st Jäger Division
23:101st Jäger Division
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785:, pp. 157–158.
521:Army Group Heinrici
506:XXXXVI Panzer Corps
412:. It fought in the
154:101. Jäger-Division
39:101. Jäger-Division
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1047:978-0-8117-3416-5
1025:978-1-61121-101-6
756:978-0-306-81260-6
724:De Bruyne, Eddy.
703:The Cross of Iron
697:The Willing Flesh
459:capture of Rostov
451:XXXXIV Army Corps
298:Baden-Württemberg
296:, located in the
221:XLVI Panzer Corps
189:Battle of Kharkov
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548:Sudetenland
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277:-dominated
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1389:Emil Vogel
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175:‹See Tfd›
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1077:(2008).
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375:2nd Army
229:Slovakia
201:Red Army
158:Division
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