Brandenburg Division

Brandenburg Division

History

Brandenburg Regiment was expanded to full division with four light infantry regiments, signals battalion, tropical battalion and coastal raider battalion in February 1943. Being experienced in anti-partisans warfare more and more divisions units were being transferred from other fronts to Yugoslavia and Greece.

Brandenburgers specialist troops were used in numerous anti-partisans operation launched by Germans from 1943 to 1944.

First to arrive was 4th Regiment which was stationed in Sjenica where it was subordinated to 1st Mountain Division. Regiment participated in disarming of Italian formation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in September 1943.

2nd Regiment which was spread between Greece and Albania was moved to Montenegro and participated in operation Kugelblitz.

1st Regiment attacked Grahovo during operation Rösselsprung.

It was also planned to use Brandenburg commandos in cancelled Operation FREISCHÜTZ.

Division suffered heavy losses during Belgrade operation.

Bataillon Ebbinghaus

Lehr und Bau Kompanie z.b.V. 800

Bataillon Brandenburg

Regiment Brandenburg

Division Brandenburg

Infanterie-Division Brandenburg (mot)

Panzergrenadier-Division Brandenburg

References

BRANDENBURG DIVISION: Commandos of the Reich by Eric Lefevre

The Brandenburger Commandos: Germany's Elite Warrior Spies in World War II by Franz Kurowski

The Brandenburgers Global Mission by Franz Kurowski

Brandenburgers - The Third Reich's Special Forces by Ian Westwell

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