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369th (Croat) Infantry Division

'Devil's division' (369. 'Vražja' divizija)

History

• Formed : 21 August 1942 - Stokerau, Austria as 369. (Kroatische) Infanterie-Division

The name was taken from 42nd Division of Croatian Home Defense (Hrvatsko Domobranstvo) in WWI.

Division was formed and trained from September 1942 at military training field at Doellersheim. At the end of 1942 division had 12,000 soldiers.

First train transport for Croatia left on 18th December 1942, moving division to Sisak. On 5th January 1943 division took first casualties when one train carrying Reconnaissance section hit a mines 8 km south from Sisak with locomotive and four wagons being derailed. 11 soldiers and 1 railway official were killed from fire which opened up from both sides of railway.

Â	Required	Reported on 1.9. 1943.			Diffrence	Â
Â	Â	Germans	Croats	Total	Â	Â
Officers:	299	223	26	249	-50	Â
Civilians:	86	75	-	75	-11	Â
Subofficers (NCO):	1922	1769	251	2020	+98	Â
Soldiers:	9617	1634	8905	10539	+922	Â
Total:	11924	3701	9182	12883	+959	Â

Armament

Â	1942	1943			Â	Â
Â	9.12.	14.1.	1.4.	Â	Â	Â
Pistols:	Â	Â	1501	Â	Â	Â
Rifles:	Â	Â	9800	Â	Â	Â
Submachine-guns:	Â	Â	489	Â	Â	Â
Anti-tank rifles:	Â	Â	24	Â	Â	Â
Light machine-guns:	359	359	351	Â	Â	Â
Heavy machine-guns:	76	76	72	Â	Â	Â
Light mortars:	60	60	52	Â	Â	Â
Heavy mortars:	52	52	48	Â	Â	Â
lJG:	2	2	2	Â	Â	Â
7,62cm ZIS:	8	8	8	Â	Â	Â
3,7cm Pak 36:	6	12	10	Â	Â	Â
5cm Pak 38:	33	29	28	Â	Â	Â
10.5 cm leFH 18:	24	24	22	Â	Â	Â
15 cm sFH 18:	8	8	8	Â	Â	Â

Order of battle

1942/43
Division Headquarters Ia LtColonel Bussman Ib Captain Specht later Captain Schmidt-Bruecken
369. Infanterie-Grenadier Regiment Co: Colonel Nitsche, from March '43 colonel Fischer, from November '44 colonel Heinz Wetzel	I. battalion Captain Bauer	1. Company
		2. Company
		3. Company
		4. Company
	II. battalion Major Wolfmayer	5. Company
		6. Company
		7. Company
		8. Company
	III. battalion Major Hoehe	9. Company
		10. Company
		11. Company
		12. Company
	13. Company 1st Lieutenant Dustmann
	14. Company 1st Lieutenant Hahn
	15. Headquarters Company Captain Schwarz	Signal platoon
		Pioneer platoon
		Cavalry platoon
370. Infanterie-Grenadier Regiment Captain Waiss	I. battalion Captain Froebse	1. Company 1st Lieutenant Wendler
		2. Company 1st Lieutenant Heise
		3. Company 1st Lieutenant Labs
		4. Company 1st Lieutenant Schulenberg
	II. battalion Captain Boehm	5. Company Captain
		6. Company Captain Becker
		7. Company 2nd Lieutenant Kiene
		8. Company 2nd Lieutenant Bruegge
	III. battalion Captain Oehler	9. Company 1st Lieutenant Peulecke
		10. Company 1st Lieutenant Klee
		11. Company 1st Lieutenant Wirrwich
		12. Company Captain Genzel
	13. Company 1st Lieutenant Froehlich	8 cm Mortar Platoon
		8 cm Mortar Platoon
		7,62 cm Gun-Howitzer Platoon
		7,62 cm Gun-Howitzer Platoon
	14. Company 1st Lieutenant Reh	3,7 cm Anti-tank Platoon
		3,7 cm Anti-tank Platoon
	15. Headquarters Company
369. Reconnaissance Section Captain Holschbach	1. bicycles
	2. bicycles
	3. motorized
	4. motorized
369. Artillery Regiment LtColonel Kutchtner	I. Battalion (FH 18) Captain Gaebelein
	II. Battalion (FH 18) Captain von Schroeder
		4th Battery Captain Funke
		6th Battery 1st Lieutenant Paul Schueter
	III. Battalion (FH 18) Captain Seeger	Headquarters Battery 1st Lieutenant Granicky
		7th Battery 1st Lieutenant Rademacher
		8th Battery 1st Lieutenant Widmann
369. Anti-tank Battalion (5 cm PAK) LtColonel Woerthmueller	1st Company Captain Franz
	2nd Company 1st Lieutenant Herzner
369. Pioneer Battalion Captain Kopp	1st Company 1st Lieutenant Reimers
	2nd Company
	3rd Company (motorized) 1st Lieutenant Keibel
369. Liaison Battalion Captain Wild	1st Company 1st Lieutenant Buelow
	2nd Company Captain Wohlgemuth
369. Reserve Field Battalion Major Froboese	1. Company
	2. Company
	3. Company
	4. Company
	5. Company
369. Medical Company

Staff
Rank	Name	From	Until
Commander	Lt.-General Fritz Neidholt
	a
Ia
	LtColonel Hans Klein
0 1	Natus
0 2	Pernickel
z.b.v.	Adler
Ib	Schmidt-Bruecken
Ic	Kurz
NSFO	Exner
IIa

Battles & Campaigns

• Operation Teufel 14
• Operation WEISS
• Operation SCHWARZ
• 6- Jun - Operation Å EKOVIĆI
• Jul - Operation ? - eastern Bosnia with 7th SS
• Sep - Tuzla operation
• 13 Nov - Rauchreif
• Operation KUGELBLITZ
• Operation SCHNEESTURM
• 11 Jul - Operation SONNENSTICH
• Operation WALDRAUSCH
• 18-20 Aug - Operation WOLFSHÖLLE
• 19 Dec - Operation HEUSCHOBER
• 21 Dec - Operation MARS
• 23 Jan - Operation SCHLAGETER
• 27-29 Jan - Operation BURA
• Mostar operation (Mostarska operacija)

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