20. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division
Kommandeure:
- GenMaj Walter Barenthin, 1.4.45 - 9.5.45
Ia:
- Maj Steuer, 4.45 - 1945
- Obstlt Gerhart Schirmer, 4.45 - 5.45
Formed 20.3.45 at Assen in northern Holland, as a Field-Training Division. By order of 5.4.45 was to consist of the following units:
- Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 58
- Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 59
- Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 60
- Fallschirm-Artillerie-Abteilung 20
- Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 20
- Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 20
- Fallschirm-Granatwerfer-Bataillon 20
- Fallschirm-Pionier-Regiment 20
- Fallschirm-Kraftfahr-Abteilung 20
- Fallschirm-Sanitäts-Abteilung 20
Formation was not completed as planned, instead of Assen, most units went to Oldenburg. Formed from parts of the Fallschirm-Jäger-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Division.
No part of the division is included in the Feldpostübersicht, so only few details are known.
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