19th Grenadier Division (Wehrmacht)

19th Grenadier Division 19. Grenadier-Division
Active	August 1944 - October 1944
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II

The 19th Grenadier Division (German: 19. Grenadier-Division) of the German Army in World War II was formed from remnants of the 19. Luftwaffen-Sturm-Division (19th Airforce Storm Division) and was renamed 19. Volksgrenadier-Division (19th People's Grenadier Division) in October 1944.

Commanders

• Oberst (later General-Major) Gerhard Bassenge: 1 October 1942 - 1 February 1943^[1]
• Generalleutnant Otto Elfeldt (? Aug 1944 - ? Aug 1944)
• Generalleutnant Walter Wißmath (? Aug 1944 - 9 Oct 1944)

Area of Operations

• Denmark (August 1944 - September 1944)
• France (September 1944 - October 1944)

Order of battle

• Grenadier Regiment 59.
• Grenadier Regiment 73.
• Grenadier Regiment 74.
• Artillery Regiment 719.
• 1. Battalion
• 2. Battalion
• 3. Battalion
• 4. Battalion
• Panzerjäger Battalion 119.
• Signals Battalion 119.
• Engineer Battalion 119.
• Supply troops

Notes

1. German Order of Battle, p. 317.

Sources

• Mitcham, Samuel W. Jr. German Order of Battle, Volume Two: 291st–999th Infantry Divisions, Named Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. Stackpole Books, 2007.
• NARA T312R1319 (KTB of AOK 2)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Deutsche Truppen im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Formationsgeschichte des Heeres und des Ersatzheeres 1939-1945 (in German) 1A. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-07-3.