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Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division

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Hello,

Would anyone have information about the Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division's means of transport and equipment in July 1944? Thanks in advance.
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Specifically, were there any Stamm-Division units partly horse-drawn during Operation Treffenfeld in July 1944? Thanks.
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Here below you have an interesting link:
http://www.axishistory.com/bookstore/15 ... m-division
Kindly regards from belgium
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Thank you very much, Prosper (from Belgium! :beer: ), but I already know the order of battle of the Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division (see my summary - in French - below from two sources). On behalf of someone who is interested in Operation Treffenfeld (France, July 1944), but does not speak either English or German, I simply wanted to know if some units of this division were partially horse-drawn, which is not indicated on Axis History or in the Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Maybe this person wants to know if the division had artillery...
Thanks anyway !

T. :D


Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division janvier – septembre 1944

Sources : Axis History http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations ... m-division
Peter Lieb, Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg?: Kriegführung und Partisanenbekämpfung in Frankreich 1943/44 (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2007)
Georg Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939 - 1945
Corrections : Lexikon der Wehrmacht http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... ammDiv.htm

La Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division (« division de volontaires ethniques ») a été formée en janvier 1944 dans le sud de la France en vue de compléter la formation des recrues des troupes de l’Est. Elle a été notamment utilisée dans la lutte contre les maquis.

Commandants :
Generalleutnant Ralph von Heygendorff (1er février au 11 mars 1944)
Generalmajor Wilhelm von Henning (11 mars au 12 septembre 1944)

Composition :
Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1 (Oberst Otto Macks) (Turcs, Géorgiens et Caucasiens du Nord)
- Turkestanische Feld-Bataillon I./370
- Georgische Feld-Bataillon I./9
- Georgische Feld-Bataillon II./4
Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 2 (Oberst Boehme) (Azerbaïdjanais, Arméniens et Tatars de la Volga)
- Aserbeidschanische Bataillon 804
- Aserbeidschanische Bataillon 806
- Armenische Bataillon I./73
- Wolgatatarische Legion
Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 3 (Major Wilhelm Sebald, puis Major Werner Anton) (Ukrainiens)
- Ersatz-Bataillon (bataillon de remplacement – instruction de base – à 4 compagnies)
- Ausbildungs-Bataillon (bataillon de formation – instruction complémentaire – à 6 compagnies)
Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 4 (Oberst Hans Hesse) (Russes et Ukrainiens)
- Ersatz-Bataillon (bataillon de remplacement à 5 compagnies)
- Ausbildungs-Bataillon (bataillon de formation à 5 compagnies)
- Genesenden-Bataillon (bataillon de convalescence)
N.B. L’Ost-Batterie 203 (artillerie) et l’Ost-Reiter-Schwadron 231 (cavalerie) n’ont été ajoutés qu’en octobre 1944.
Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 5 (Cosaques)
- I. Reiter-Abteilung (groupe de cavalerie à 5 escadrons)
- II. Reiter-Abteilung (idem)
- III. Reiter-Abteilung (idem)
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OK I understand,
Have a look over here:
http://www.guichetdusavoir.org/viewtopi ... =2&t=45689
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Thank you very much Prosper! :D
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