47th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)

47th Volksgrenadier Division

47. Volksgrenadier Division Vehicle Insignia
Active 1944-1945
Country Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Branch Heer
Type Volksgrenadier
Size Division
Engagements Second World War

The 47th Volksgrenadier Division (German: 47. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the Heer (German Army) during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.

Operational history

The division was formed from the remnants of the 47th Infantry Division in Denmark in September 1943, under the command of Lieutenant General Max Bork.[1]

In mid-November, the division was ordered just east of the village of Gressnich, now part of Stolberg in North Rhine-Westphalia. Field Marshal Model, believing the division to be inexperienced, moved them out of the way of the American Ninth Army.[2]

It remained in action on the Western Front, until it was destroyed in March 1945.[1]

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Components

Sources

  1. 1 2 "47. Volksgrenadier-Division". Axis History Factbook. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  2. Miller, Edward G. (2003). A Dark and Bloody Ground: The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945. Texas A&M University Press.

See also

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