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2nd Marine Division (Wehrmacht)

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54: 71: 284:. The 2nd Marine Engineer Battalion was never established, with the establishment of the 2nd Marine Intelligence Division and 2nd Marine Field Replacement Battalion also never completed, along with the 200th Marine Supply Regiment never operational due to a lack of vehicles. 639: 545: 644: 634: 629: 538: 238:. Of the original almost 13,000 men, only 3,000 remained on 21 April after two weeks of heavy fighting. On 23 April, the remnants of the division settled in the 531: 187:
At the beginning of April 1945, the division was declared ready for action and, although poorly trained and equipped, relocated to the zone south of
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Army Group and moved in to defend the Weser-Aller line. On 10 April the division moved under the
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from excess naval personnel. The division also had a significant number of personnel from the
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The organisation of the division was as follows (with German title in parentheses, those in
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2nd Marine Division Field Replacement Battalion (2. Marine Division Feldersatzbataillon)
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The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: Volume I – Germany
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2nd Marine Division Fusilier Battalion (2. Marine Division Füsilier Bataillon)
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German Order of Battle, Volume One: 1st–290th Infantry Divisions in WWII
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bridgehead. From 15 April further actions occurred at Kirchboitzen,
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The remnants of the division were on 20 April in the area south of
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area. At the end of the war, the remains of the division were at
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2nd Marine Artillery Regiment (2. Marine Artillerie Regiment)
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4th Battery, 162nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Luftwaffe troops)
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7th Marine Grenadier Regiment (7. Marine Grenadier Regiment)
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6th Marine Grenadier Regiment (6. Marine Grenadier Regiment)
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5th Marine Grenadier Regiment (5. Marine Grenadier Regiment)
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German naval infantry division during World War II (1945)
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In March 1945, the 2nd Marine Division was formed in
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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Index

German
Nazi Germany

Kriegsmarine
Marine
Amphibious warfare
Division
Glückstadt
Defence of the Homeland
German
German Navy (Kriegsmarine)
German Army (Heer)
Second World War
Schleswig-Holstein
Glückstadt
Hitler Youth
Waffen-SS
Bremen
Weser River
Kurt Student's
Blumentritt Army Group
Verden an der Aller
Rethem
Essel
Schwarmstedt
Kirchlinteln
Visselhövede
Neunkirchen am Potzberg
Bremen
Cuxhaven

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