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297th Infantry Division

297. Infanterie-Division

History

Before start of withdrawal of Army Group E began 297th division and 21st Mountain Corps were transferred under its command in order to ease coordination since 21st Corps was suppose to cover withdrawal route from any possible interference by Western Allies or both Yugoslav and Albanian Partisans. Withdrawal lasted for two months, from November to January 1945 taking troops by route Ohrid - Tirana - Shkodër (Scutari) - Vjetarnik/Vjeternik Pass - Bijelo Polje - Višegrad - Sarajevo - Slavonski Brod.

Staff

• Lt General Friedrich-Wilhelm Deutsch from 1 April 1943
• Lt General Otto Gullmann from 17 February 1944
• Lt General Albrecht Baier 26. October 1944
• Major von Lützow, Ib
• 522nd Regiment
• LtColonel Hellmuth Mäder
• LtColonel Huwe
• Franz Mayer
• 523rd Regiment
• Colonel Friedrich Neumann
• 1st Battalion
• Major Peuleke
• 2nd Battalion
• Major Fulde
• 524th Regiment
• Colonel August Adam
• Colonel Alfred Burgemeister from 23 January 1944
• 297th Artillery Regiment
• LtColonel Hugo Hesse-Wortmann
• 3rd Battery
• Major Sepp Schwarz
• 297th Tank Hunting Battalion
• Ltn. Dr. Otto Franz Geyer, adjutant
• 1st Company
• Captain Graf Nostitz
• 297th Pioneer Battalion
• Captain Kempf

Battles & Campaigns

• 3 Sep Höhenluft (Mountain Air) - Mitrovica by 522 Reg

Reference

• Dr. Alois Beck: bis Stalingrad...(1941 - 1943) - Albanien und Jugoslawien (1943 - 1945) - Die 297. Infanterie-Division, Abt-Verlag, Ulm 1983

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