19th Grenadier Division explained

Unit Name:	19th Grenadier Division 19. Grenadier-Division
Dates:	August 1944 – October 1944
Branch:	Army
Type:	Infantry
Size:	Division
Battles:	World War II

The 19th Grenadier Division (German: 19. Grenadier-Division) of the German Army in World War II was formed in October 1944 from the depleted 19. Luftwaffen-Sturm-Division ("19th Air Forces Assault Division"), which was transferred to the Heer ("Army") and renamed 19. Volksgrenadier-Division ("19th People's Grenadier Division") .

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

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)
• Book: Scherzer, Veit. Deutsche Truppen im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Formationsgeschichte des Heeres und des Ersatzheeres 1939–1945 . German . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 2007 . 978-3-938845-07-3 . 1A.

Notes and References

1. German Order of Battle, p. 317.