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1st Luftwaffe Field Division

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51: 274:(German Air Force) ground crew. The division included four battalions of infantry, as well as artillery, engineer and signal units although it lacked regimental staff. After training was completed in December 1942 it was sent to 725: 720: 137: 557: 715: 642: 710: 550: 305:
The division's personnel were inadequately trained for its role as infantry and due to the heavy losses incurred in the Soviet attacks of the
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German Order of Battle, Volume Two: 291st–999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII
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At least 680 graves of soldiers of the 1st Luftwaffe Field Division are found at the war cemetery in
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German Order of Battle, Volume Three: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII
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in December 1943. The division saw little fighting until the withdrawal from
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that fought in World War II. It was formed using surplus ground crew of the
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from late 1942 to early 1944 at which time it was disbanded.
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Ranks stated are those at the time of taking command.
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
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Rudolf Petrauschke (1 October 1943 – February 1944).
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Index

Nazi Germany
Luftwaffe
Infantry
Division
World War II
Eastern Front
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
‹See Tfd›
German
Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht
Eastern Front
such divisions
Königsberg, Eastern Prussia
Oberst
Gustav Wilke
Army Group North
18th Army
Novgorod
Army
Leningrad
heavy defensive battles
1943/1944 winter
28th Jager Division
Gustav Wilke
Generalmajor
Veliky Novgorod
colonel
brigadier general

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