LXXXIV CORPS TROOPS

[WAKEN]

I have recently acquired some scanned images of original German reports from 1944. One of them shows the corps troops under LXXXIV.Armee-Korps dated 1.4.44. It shows the following units under z.b.V Rgt 752 (Oberst Kessler):

Georg Btl 797
Ost Btl 281
II./Sich.Rgt.521

Underneath that entry, and I presume not part of z.b.V Rgt 752; there is also II./Sich.Rgt.195

Questions:

1. Does anybody know where these units were stationed?
2. Does anybody know if these units were still under LXXXIV.Armee-Korps command on D-Day?

Thanks,

Neil

[Jan]

Hi
Korpstruppen LXXXIV.AK 01.06.1944:
Korps-Kartenstelle 484
le.Beob.Btl.33 (mot.)
ARKO 118
ARKO 474
Fest.-Pi.Reg.Stab 11
Korps-Nachr.Abt.460 (mot.)
Kdr.d.Korpsnachschubtruppen 460
II./Sich.Reg.195 (ex. Lds.Btl.849), Thury-Harcourt
Feldgendarmerie-Kp.460 (mot.)
Geheime-Feldpolizei-Zug
le.Pz.Zug 507
Fest.-Stammtruppen LXXXIV.AK

Ost-Gren.Reg.z.b.V.752 Gr.Granville
--Ost.Art.Abt.752
--Ost-Pi.Kp.752
--Ost-Btl.797 (IV./Gren.Reg.919) Gouville (2.Kp. by St.Ló d´Ourville)
--Sich.Btl.521 vicinity Granville
--Ost-Btl.635
--1.Kp./Pi.Btl.319

Jan

[Leo Niehorster]

Please see here:
Gen.Kdo. LXXXIV. AK

@ Jan
My sources seem to be incomplete.
Would you be so kind as to answer some questions regarding
Ost-Gren.Reg.z.b.V.752?
-- I found this regiment detached to 243. Infanterie-Division (bo). Any idea when this happened, or how long?

--Ost.Art.Abt.752
Do your sources indicate the batteries and their artillery equipment?

--1.Kp./Pi.Btl.319?
Interesting. Where did this data come from?

Thanks
Leo
(Are you Endzeit-Jan or the other Jan? at FdWM)

[Jan]

Hello
I know not when the regiment of the 243.Inf.Div. was assumed. This is not shown in my records. When the regiment was subordinated to the Division used in the 243.Inf.Div. many more units still in question.


A breakdown of from later June shows this unit as a Pi.Btl. with 3 companies replaced by a 3 batteries.
On 9 June it was referred to as an Art.Abt... I know not how the Dept. was armed.


I can not say where the information came you. It the attempt of a summary of the outlines of OB West. I gained a few years ago of a 150 page transcript.

Jan
Yes I am the end times Jan in the Forum of the Wehrmacht and the Jan at axis.

[Leo Niehorster]

@ Jan
Is the 150 page document Richard Anderson's "Ration strength od the 7-Armee?"

Cheers
leo

[Jan]

No
it is: Annotated Order of Battle of the Wehrmacht in the West circa 1 June 1944
Jan

[WAKEN]

Jan and Leo,

Thanks for your posts. Since I posted my initial query Richard Anderson was kind enough to send me his document on OB West on 1.6.44. That shows the composition of Ost Gren Regt z.b.V 752 as:

II./Sich Regt 521
Ost Btl 635
Ost Btl 797 (Georgian, minus 2. Komp)
1.Pi Btl 319

Thanks,

Neil

[Rich]

No
it is: Annotated Order of Battle of the Wehrmacht in the West circa 1 June 1944
Jan

Same document, different version and title Jan.

It appears that Ost-Gren.-Regt. z.b.V. 752 was created specifically to fill the coastal defenses on the west coast of the Cotentin between the Brest and St. Malo fortified zones. Its composition changed a couple of times and the designations of its units appear to have been given in different ways too, so it is rather confusing.

Ost-Gren.-Regt. z.b.V. 752, Gefechtsstand – Gavray, Kdr.: Oberst Kessler

Ost-Art.-Btl. 752 This is the most confusing unit. It was incorporated into Ost-Gren.-Regt. z.b.V. 752 in April. A Gliderung from later in June shows this unit as a Pi.-Btl. with 3.Kp. replaced by a 3.Bttr. On 9 June it was referred to as an “Art.-Abtl.”

Ost-Pi.-Kp. 752

Sich.-Btl. 521, Gefechtsstand – vicinity Granville, Kdr: Major Franz Falk, 1.-4. Kp.

Ost-Btl. 635, Gefechtsstand – St. Nicolas (east of Granville), 1.Kp. – Douville (northeast of Granville), 2.Kp. – St. Nicolas, 3.Kp. – St. Pair (south of Granville), 4.Kp. – Queron (7 kilometers south of Granville)

Ost-Btl. 797 (Georgiches) (I./Gren.Regt. 739) (minus 2. Kp., the battalion was attached from Inf.-Div. 709), Gefechtsstand – Gouville (12 kilometers northwest of Coutances), 3.Kp. – Montmartin (8 kilometers southwest of Coutances)

1./Pi.-Btl. 319 (was attached from 319. Inf.-Div.)

Cheers!

[MadDog]

I bumped into Ost.Art.Abt.752 in a couple of places and I was never sure what to make of it:

T78 R418
(6387907)

T311 R030 (Heeresgroup D)
Sept 23 (7036904)


Mad Dog

[WAKEN]

A Google search for Ost Art Abt 752 takes you to this: http://bunkersite.com/locations/france/ ... hoofd.html

[Leo Niehorster]

10,5 cm K18/40 (r) ??

Should read 10,5cm leFH 18/40.
The 275. Artillerie-Regiment had nine batteries of light field howitzers, and three of heavy field howitzers. None with 10,5cm guns.

Would be

Cheers
Leo

[WAKEN]

Leo,

Has to be leFH 18/40 as you say.

Regards,

Neil